Clandestine entrant civil penalty of £96,000.00 reduced to just £15,954.00

Millicent Dooher submitted representations for both Company and Driver who had received civil penalties following the discovery of 6 clandestine entrants in one of the Company vehicles. The Company received a penalty of £60,000.00 and the Driver a penalty of £36,000.00. Following the representations, the Company penalty was reduced by 75% to £15,000.00 and the driver penalty was reduced by 97% to just £954.00.

Get it touch with one of our lawyers today if you have received a clandestine entrant civil penalty. The Company is always jointly and severally liable for the Driver’s penalty. If the penalties are not paid, Border Force will seize vehicles belonging to the Company when they enter the United Kingdom.