My client was accused of not replying to a s172 notice aka the ‘NIP.’ My client successfully contended that the presumption of service by first class post should be rebutted on the basis that his post often goes missing as he lives on a development which shares its postcode with a number of other properties. On the balance of probabilities the court accepted that he had not received the notice and therefore was found not guilty, thereby avoiding 6 penalty points and a fine.
Mike Gray
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