Archive: Civil Penalties for Clandestine Entrants
Civil Penalties For Clandestine Entrants Reduced by Almost £68,000.00
This Company and Driver were facing penalties of £80,000.00 following the discovery of 5 clandestine entrants in the vehicle. Millicent Dooher made representations to Border Force through a Notice of Objection. These were accepted and the penalties were reduced from £80,000 down to just £12,585.
300% reduction in Financial Penalty for Clandestine Entrants
The Operator faced a £96000 bill after Border Force found 6 Illegal Immigrants in on of its vehicles before it border the Ferry to England. Murray Oliver challenged this with a Notice of Objection and reduced the penalty to £24,000. Operators have 28 days from the issue of a Notice […]
£96,000 Civil Penalty reduced to £24,000 after notice of Objection
The Operator faced a £96000 bill after Border Force found 6 Illegal Immigrants in on of its vehicles before it border the Ferry to England. Murray Oliver, senior solicitor, challenged this with a Notice of Objection and reduced the penalty to £24,000. Operators have 28 days from the issue of […]
Civil Penalty Liability Reduced By 75% For Company and More than 99% For Driver
Millicent Dooher represented this Company and Driver following the imposition of civil penalties for 3 clandestine entrants. The Company penalty sat at £30,000.00 and the Driver penalty at £18,000.00. It was accepted that the regulations had not been complied with. Millicent was able to persuade Border Force to consider the […]
Civil Penalty Reduced from £32,000.00 to £5,138.00.
This Company faced a civil penalty of £20,000.00 and the Driver £12,000.00 following the discovery of two clandestine entrants in the Company vehicle. Following a Notice of Objection submitted by Millicent Dooher, the Company’s penalty was reduced by 75% to just £5,000.00 and the Driver’s penalty was reduced to just […]
Notice of Objection Reduces Civil Penalty By More than 50%
This client faced a civil penalty of £16,000 (driver and company) following the discovery of 1 clandestine entrant in a Company vehicle. Following a Notice of objection, the Driver’s penalty was reduced to £245.00 only and the Company’s penalty was reduced by 25%.
Driver’s civil penalty reduced from £30,000.00 to £820.00
Millicent Dooher submitted representations on behalf of this driver following the imposition of a penalty in the sum of £30,000 after the discovery of 6 clandestine entrants in his vehicle. A Notice of Objection was submitted and the Driver’s penalty was reduced to just £820.00, saving him over £29,000. For […]
£120,000.00 penalty reduced to just £160.00- Clandestine entrant civil penalty
This driver, represented by Millicent Dooher, received a penalty of £120,000.00 following the discovery of 20 clandestine entrants in his vehicle. Following the submission of a Notice of Objection, the driver’s penalty was reduced to just £160.00 in total.
Civil Penalty Appeal: County Court Cancels Company Penalty
This Company received a civil penalty of £5,000.00 following the discovery of 1 clandestine entrant in their vehicle. The Company lodged an appeal to the County Court on the basis that: They had complied with the regulations; They accepted they were not part of the accreditation scheme They accepted they […]
Civil Penalties For Clandestine Entrants – More Penalties Cancelled on Appeal.
Our client, a major Belgian hauler, was hit with civil penalties following the discovery of a clandestine entrant in one of their trucks with a liability of up to £20,000 under the new rules. We appealed against those penalties, and, after a contested court hearing the penalty imposed on our […]
