A friend of mine recently received a fixed penalty notice for a driving offence(mobile phone) which happened early december. He noticed that the placename where it occured is spelled wrong on the fine. I was wondering if anybody knew whether this was technically wrong and as such would deemed as a mistake by the garda and would be regarded as never happened?
Yes the others are right sadly. Minor errors on the notice wont make a difference but if a major error like a name mispelt then you have some chance of a challenge!
If the matter goes as far as the District COurt the Judge is likely to amend the spelling mistake if it is reasonably certain where the offence happened