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Re: Advice on handling a speeding ticket that was never sent
DIR By: ManxTom
Date: August 24, 2026, 1:52 pm
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So you know the conviction date but Nottingham Magistrates court
has no record of it?
Presumably they checked by your name
Do you have a very common name which could be confused with
somebody else's?
Have they checked by your DL number?
#Post#: 128729--------------------------------------------------
Re: Advice on handling a speeding ticket that was never sent
DIR By: cyss2
Date: August 24, 2026, 2:03 pm
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Yes, but it was over the phone, which is why I have written to
them for further information.
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Re: Advice on handling a speeding ticket that was never sent
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: August 24, 2026, 2:38 pm
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£220 is not a fixed penalty. It is exactly the fine you would
expect for a Band A offence (see Mags' Sentencing Guidelines
HTML https://sentencingcouncil.org.uk/guidelines/speeding-revised-2017/)<br
/>with no discount for a guilty plea (e.g. SJPN ignored) and an
assumed RWI of £440 (no statement of means submitted).
This is consistent (but not conclusive) with someone naming (and
purporting to be) you in response to a NIP addressed to you, and
then burying their head in the sand when an SJPN arrived in your
name.
Absent compelling reasons to the contrary, speeding cases should
be heard at the court nearest to the offence, or a "linked
court". Not sure whether the SJPN process would be an exception
to this (it is not a conventional hearing).
Unless the DVLA have managed to outdo themselves on this
occasion, an order for endorsement under your name (whether
purporting to be you or someone else with the same name) came
from Nottinghamshire Magistrates' Court on April 20th. Other
than similarly not being fit for purpose, it is inexplicable
(and/or unacceptable) that they are unable to find any record of
that.
*If* the court are that incompetent, what can we be sure of?
Logically, either the court have f*cked up, or the DVLA have.
Have you asked the DVLA webchat people if they have access to
the instruction from the court? Did it have your correct and
full name, date of birth and driver number?
Going back to the spite angle, would your ex have had access to
the property when a NIP would have arrived (within 14 days of
the date of offence if it was your vehicle and you are/were the
RK with up to date details)? Unless paperwork sent to you as RK
was intercepted, there is every reason to believe that your
vehicle was not involved in the offence.
#Post#: 128745--------------------------------------------------
Re: Advice on handling a speeding ticket that was never sent
DIR By: cyss2
Date: August 24, 2026, 7:12 pm
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Interesting.
For the record - I have discussed with the police and my car has
never had any speeding tickets recorded in Nottingham/Leicester,
so clearly the ticket was incurred on a different car.
My best guess is that my ex's sister incurred a speeding ticket
in her own car (as while my ex didn't have a car at the time,
her sister had a car with her partner), named me as the driver
(possibly with partial information) when the NIP arrived and
stated that all further correspondence should be directed to her
address, and ignored all subsequent correspondence. The police
don't seem too convinced about this angle (not least because I
don't know her full address/car reg) because in theory I should
have received a notice if she did so.
I guess the remaining options now would be to try and chase the
MC for a case number under the assumption that the address they
may have on file for me is wrong, or alternatively to try and
get the DVLA to dig up further details about the court
instruction?
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Re: Advice on handling a speeding ticket that was never sent
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: August 25, 2026, 2:05 am
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If the DVLA are being helpful (which I believe is one of the
signs of an impending apocalypse), then I would be minded to try
to get as much info from them as possible - to try to narrow
down exactly what info was provided by the court - before asking
the court again.
A question that the webchat people would probably need to
escalate is what they (the DVLA) would require (presumably from
the court) in order to rescind the endorsement applied in
response to an ostensibly lawful instruction from the court.
#Post#: 128772--------------------------------------------------
Re: Advice on handling a speeding ticket that was never sent
DIR By: NewJudge
Date: August 25, 2026, 5:50 am
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I think you need to take a step back.
All you know is what you have been told by your insurers. They
say you have been convicted by Nottingham Magistrates’ Court.
The details you posted in post #9 confirms that it was indeed a
conviction from a Magistrate’s’ Court (rather than a fixed
penalty).
The police say no action has been taken for any offences
involving your car. Nottingham court has no convictions in your
name and nobody has been chasing you for payment of the fine and
costs etc. (which will amount to about £400). With a conviction
date four months ago, I should have thought they would have been
on to you by now.
If your suspicion about your ex’s sister is correct, I doubt she
has paid £400 just to see you with three points on your licence.
If anybody knocked on her door demanding money with menaces, I
imagine she would have given them your address.
The most likely explanation for me is that somebody else was
convicted in the Nottingham court for an offence involving a car
other than yours. They have paid the fine, etc., but there has
been an error made, either by the court or the DVLA, in the
process used see the endorsement added to your record.
I think you must find out from the DVLA who instructed them to
endorse your licence. They need to check what they have done to
ensure they have not made an error. If they have not, you must
go to whoever instructed them.
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Re: Advice on handling a speeding ticket that was never sent
DIR By: BertB
Date: August 26, 2026, 3:58 am
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I think as much as the vindictive Sister-in-Law angle is
intriguing (and potentially entertaining), that neither the
Police nor Courts have a record of a conviction in your name, or
any action issued in your name or against your VRN would suggest
this is probably an admin error.
I couldn't find the post Andy was referencing earlier that I
also recall, where I think the OP had multiple convictions due
to a ticket scamming operation, but I did find this one from
last year.
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/speeding-and-other-criminal-offences/incorrect-endorsement-information-on-my-driving-licence-advice/
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/speeding-and-other-criminal-offences/incorrect-endorsement-information-on-my-driving-licence-advice/
They may not have any record against Paul Jones, but that
doesn't mean they haven't messed up processing Phil Jones'
conviction who happens to have the same birthdate.
Edit. As Andy said, the DVLA being helpful is a sign of
impending doom. However the DVLA being helpful but denying they
f**ked up is probably likely and resets the threat level.
#Post#: 129009--------------------------------------------------
Re: Advice on handling a speeding ticket that was never sent
DIR By: cyss2
Date: August 27, 2026, 7:06 am
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If anyone's interested, this is the current situation:
- DVLA won't help as they say they don't keep any records of the
court instruction, but would accept a request from the MC to
remove the endorsement
- The MC have no records of any case on file with my records, so
are deferring to the police
- The police aren't able to search for other people's records on
my behalf, so unless I miraculously get my ex to confess or
something it's not going anywhere
At this point I might as well just ask my insurance if they want
to have a gander...
#Post#: 129011--------------------------------------------------
Re: Advice on handling a speeding ticket that was never sent
DIR By: BertB
Date: August 27, 2026, 7:13 am
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The court have the date, the judgement and your licence number.
It shouldn't be too hard to track down the case. It is more a
case of you are dealing with a group of people who don't want to
do it. But keep at them. There is no way that they can claim t0
have applied justice correctly if they have punished the wrong
person.
#Post#: 129015--------------------------------------------------
Re: Advice on handling a speeding ticket that was never sent
DIR By: The Slithy Tove
Date: August 27, 2026, 7:47 am
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If you really are getting nowhere, then it would be worth
writing to (emailing) your MP, being very clear (but concise)
what the position is and what you want done about it. If you can
engage them, MPs have more influence as public bodies will jump
a bit higher when that letter from an MP arrives. Don't start on
the conspiracy theories about your ex, just stick to the known
facts and the obstinacy/finger pointing of the DVLA/MC.
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