Thursday 21 June 2007

After Hearing 1 - Serve notices

After your first hearing and in preperation for your trial, immediately serve a notice on London Bus Services Limited. Advise them that this is a formal notice and that you require their asistance in organising the driver's attendance at the court.

Advise them of the garage code on your summons along with the date of travel, ask them to identify the driver, which garage he works at, what his name is and his badge number and if possible the name and phone number of the garage manager.

London Bus Services probably will not assist in finding your bus driver on the grounds that all bus companies are franchises and technically the drivers do not work for them. However they ought to provide you with the above information.

If you are an Oyster card customer, also within the same notice request a full breakdown of your Oyster card usage. Your oyster card will probably have been confiscated, however the serial number of a confiscated Oyster card will be on the summons.

Important

Copy this notice to the magistrates court, this provides a paper trail should you need to request an adjournment in the event of your not receiving the required information.

If you do not receive all the information that you require, write once again to London Bus Services and copy all correspondence to the court so that you can prove you have been making earnest efforts to write your defence.

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