Dismissed....for now?

marque

Hi Folks,


I received a summons 2 weeks ago (no car tax). It had been hand delivered to my present address,labelled with my old address. I don't know who delivered it as there was nobody home at the time. It may have been my local guards or my old landlord (who I now live across the road from).

I went to court yesterday and met with the guard who orginally stopped me. I explained to him that I hadn't paid the fine, because it had gone to my old address. I showed him my new driving licence (which shows my current address-once I got summons I immediately updated my licence) and my updated/backdated tax details. He was under pressure, and kept saying 'whats your name again?, why did I stop you? etc....'

Anyway the time comes for him to be called up to present his cases...I waited and waited and I was never called.

He came over to me and asked me again about the summons. Was it hand delivered, was there a sig on it etc...now in my haste to get out the door yesterday morning I had forgotten to bring the summons

Anyway he said 'look you are not on the register today, whichever garda delivered that summons, they never registered it in court'. I asked him what does that mean, and he said 'dismissed-thanks for coming, sorry about that, now go home'....

I'm just wondering now does that mean the 'case' is gone forever or am I still liable for the original fine (which I've never seen)

Thanks

Peregrinus

They can summons you a second time, and this time do it properly. But they quite possibly won't.

I don't think the guard is right to say that the case has been dismissed. More probably it was never listed, which means there hasn't been a trial, which means there could still be.

Atlantic Dawn

You should also reregister you car to your current address, this is most likely what was used to find out where you live.