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       Re: Single Justice Procedure notice issued
   DIR By: wdc251023
       Date: March 12, 2025, 7:53 am
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       > If it is the former, it does make me question what the use in
       providing my financials was, if they leave it to the Fines
       Officer anyway? If it is the latter, this is very concerning
       that they have asked for it in full, despite my financials.
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       You have only been asked to provide details of your income, as
       that is needed to determine the (income-related) fine.
       That doesn't reflect your ability to pay.
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       I was also asked to provide details of all of my outgoings. I
       assumed these would be considered when determining my fine and
       it would be based on income AND outgoings. Perhaps not.
       Thank you for the advice to all who have replied. As it turns
       out, the Fines Office were extremely helpful. I am taking the
       minimum monthly payment allowed before it had to be referred to
       a Supervisor which would include completing an Income and
       Expenditure. This was just about affordable. It is slightly less
       than £20 p/w. All in all, an expensive lesson.
       Thank you to everyone for your help on here during what you can
       appreciate is an extremely stressful time.
       #Post#: 62091--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Single Justice Procedure notice issued
   DIR By: NewJudge
       Date: March 12, 2025, 8:30 am
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       Glad the fines office was helpful - they usually are as all they
       are interested in is securing payment. There's nothing in it for
       them to make it difficult or impossible for defendants to meet
       their payments.
       If you had attended court in person at a normal Magistrates'
       Court hearing (you cannot attend a "Single Justice" hearing) you
       would have had the opportunity to agree a payment plan with the
       court before you left.
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       > I assumed these would be considered when determining my fine
       and it would be based on income AND outgoings. Perhaps not.
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       Definitely not.
       Only your income is used to calculate your fine. The guidelines
       quote the recommended fines in multiples of weekly income. Your
       outgoings and other financials are used to assess how quickly
       you should pay or, if a payment plan is agreed, how much the
       instalments should be.
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