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    #11
    Originally posted by KentPhilip View Post
    How fast were you going?

    You could try asking at advice site: PePiPoo: Helping the motorist to get justice
    However these days they are very much on the side of the police not the driver.
    I can't argue. I was speeding. It's a fair cop.

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      #12
      You may get offered the option of a Speed Awareness Course, which costs about the same as the fine, but prevents the points going onto your licence, and more importantly you don't have to inform your insurance company of the offence. I doubt it is chargeable, but will almost certainly work out cheaper than elevated insurance premiums (average +30%, for 5 years)...
      My subconscious is annoying. It's got a mind of its own.

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        #13
        Originally posted by JRCT View Post
        I can't argue. I was speeding. It's a fair cop.
        Don't let that worry you, they are not interested in justice only helping you worm your way out of accepting blame!
        Originally posted by MaryPoppins
        I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
        Originally posted by vetran
        Urine is quite nourishing

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          #14
          Originally posted by Clare@InTouch View Post
          ... He hadIt was more convenient to park outside his restaurants in London, there was never anywhere to park, so he got them on a daily basis.
          FTFY
          Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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            #15
            Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
            FTFY
            Very likely true! I can't find a like for the life of me, but I'm sure I heard about it on a tax course at some point....
            ContractorUK Best Forum Adviser 2013

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              #16
              When a key employee of MyCo was caught for speeding, MyCo paid to hire a legal representative who helped the driver get points and not a ban, on the basis that said key employee needs his driving licence and losing it would have heavily impacted MyCo's business.

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                #17
                Originally posted by Clare@InTouch View Post
                You cannot claim for fines when you break the law, unless it's treated as a benefit in kind (the company paying your personal liability). The same goes for legal fees - you can claim them if you win, but not if you lose.

                Oddly though I think it was Gordon Ramsey who appealed parking fines and got away with it, because he got so many it was deemed to be a part of his trading expenditure. He had to park outside his restaurants in London, there was never anywhere to park, so he got them on a daily basis.
                I am not surprised he drove. After all, there is no public transport in London so everyone has to drive.

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                  #18
                  Try taking 4 trays of cabbages on the tube.
                  Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                  I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                  Originally posted by vetran
                  Urine is quite nourishing

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                    Try taking 4 trays of cabbages on the tube.
                    I'm taking the client project team on a reference site visit to London next week, if that counts.
                    The material prosperity of a nation is not an abiding possession; the deeds of its people are.

                    George Frederic Watts

                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                      Try taking 4 trays of cabbages on the tube.
                      You think Gordon "failed footballer" Ramsey takes his own food in?

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