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, add the car to your account and you'll be covered.

When adding the car to your account, you'll have a choice to set a start and end date. If you travelled more than 7 days ago a toll notice will be sent to the car's registered owner.

You should give as much information as you can for the whole of the time you want your benefit backdated.

If you have more than one reason for not claiming sooner, you must tell us about all those reasons.

I am sure that from time to time we have all come across the vexed question of backdating documents.

A client or, in the case of an in house lawyer colleague (who for the purposes of this article will also be considered a client), asks you to prepare a document and then your heart sinks as he says “oh and it has to be dated” and gives a date which has already passed.

Add a car to your account after you've driven in 3 easy steps: plate to your account and any trips will be charged to your account along with a no tag in vehicle fee.

The event did not happen during the time period required for the benefit so an attempt is being made to pretend that it did.

We can only consider backdating your benefit from the date we receive your request.

A good cause is any reason that stopped you from making a claim for housing benefit or council tax support earlier.

The real question is why would he even try to backdate a document?

I have been offered backdated documents in the course of litigation a dozen times or more in my career. Typically, they came from ordinary business people.