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    • no i meant the email from parcel2go which email address did they send it from and who signed it off (whos name is at the bottom)
    • I understand confusion with this thread.  I tried to keep threads separate because there have been so many angles.    But a team member merged them all.  This is why it's hard to keep track. This forum exists to help little people fight injustice - however big or small.  Im here to try get a decent resolution. Not to give in to the ' big boys'. My "matter' became complicated 'matters' simply because a lender refused to sell a property. What can I say?  I'll try in a nutshell to give an overview: There's a long lease property. I originally bought it short lease with a s.146 on it from original freeholder.  I had no concerns. So lender should have been able to sell a well-maintained lovely long lease property.  The property was great. The issue is not the property.  Economy, sdlt increases, elections, brexit, covid, interest hikes etc didn't help.  The issue is simple - the lender wanted to keep it.    Before repo I offered to clear my loan.  I was a bit short and lender refused.  They said (recorded) they thought the property was worth much more and they were happy to keep accruing interest (in their benefit) until it reached a point where they felt they could repo and still easily quickly sell to get their £s back.  This was a mistake.  The market was (and is) tough.   2y later the lender ceo bid the same sum to buy the property for himself. He'd rejected higher offers in the intervening period whilst accruing interest. I had the property under offer to a fantastic niche buyer but lender rushed to repo and buyer got spooked and walked.  It had taken a long time to find such a lucrative buyer.  A sale which would have resulted in £s and another asset for me. Post repo lender had 1 offer immediately.  But dragged out the process for >1y - allegedly trying to get other offers. But disclosure shows there was only one valid buyer. Lender appointed receiver (after 4 months) - simply to try acquire the freehold.  He used his powers as receiver to use me, as leaseholder, to serve notice on freeholders.  Legally that failed. Meanwhile lender failed to secure property - and squatters got in (3 times).  And they failed to maintain it.  So freeholders served a dilapidations notice (external) - on me as leaseholder (cc-ed to lender).   (That's how it works legally) I don't own the freehold.  But I am a trustee and have to do right by the freeholders.  This is where matters got/ get complicated.  And probably lose most caggers.   Lawyers got involved for the freeholders to firstly void the receiver enfranchisement notice. Secondly, to serve the dilapidations notice.  The lack of maintenance was in breach of lease and had to be served to protect fh asset. The lender did no repairs. They said a buyer would undertake them. Which was probably correct. If they had sold. After 1y lender finally agreed to sell to the 1st offeror and contracts went with lawyers.  Within 1 month lender reneged.  Lender tried to suggest buyer walked. Evidence shows he/ his lawyers continued trying to exchange (cash) for 4 months.  Evidence shows lender and receiver strategy had been to renege and for ceo to take control.   I still think that's their plan. Lender then stupidly chose to pretty much bulldoze the property.  Other stuff was going on in the background. After repo I was in touch by phone and email and lender knew post got to me.   Despite this, after about 10 months (before and then during covid), they deliberately sent SDs and eventually a B petition to an incorrect address and an obscure small court.  They never served me properly.  (In hindsight I understand they hoped to get a backdoor B - so they could keep the property that way.)  Eventually the random court told them to email me by way of service.  At this point their ruse to make me B failed.  I got a lawyer (friend paid). The B petition was struck out. They’d failed to include the property as an asset. They were in breach of insolvency rules. Simultaneously the receiver again appointed lawyers to act on my behalf as leaseholder. This time to serve notice on the freeholders for a lease extension.  He had hoped to try and vary the strict lease. Evidence shows the already long length of lease wasn't an issue.  The lender obviously hoped to get round their lack of permission to do works (which they were already doing) by hoping to remove the strict clauses that prevent leaseholder doing alterations.   The extension created a new legal angle for me to deal with.  I had to act as trustee for freeholders against me as leaseholder/ the receiver.  Inconsistencies and incompetence by receiver lawyers dragged this out 3y.  It still isn't properly resolved.  Meanwhile - going back to the the works the lender undertook. The works were consciously in breach of lease.  The lender hadn't remedied the breaches listed in the dilapidations notice.  They destroyed the property.  The trustees compiled all evidence.  The freeholders lawyers then served a forfeiture notice. This notice started a different legal battle. I was acting for the freeholders against what the lender had done on my behalf as leaseholder.  This legal battle took 3y to resolve. The simple exit would have been for lender to sell. A simple agreement to remedy the breaches and recompense the freeholders in compensation - and there's have been clean title to sell.  That option was proposed to them.   This happened by way of mediation for all parties 2y ago.  A resolution option was put forward and in principle agreed.  But immediately after the lender lawyers failed to engage.  A hard lesson to learn - mediation cannot be referred to in court. It's considered w/o prejudice. The steps they took have made no difference to their ability to sell the property.  Almost 3y since they finished works they still haven't sold. ** ** I followed up some leads myself.  A qualified cash buyer offered me a substantial sum.  The lender and receiver both refused it.   I found another offer in disclosure.  6 months later someone had apparently offered a substantial sum via an agent.  The receiver again rejected it.  The problem of course was that the agent had inflated the market price to get the business. But no-one was or is ever going to offer their list price.  Yet the receiver wanted/wants to hold out for the list price.  Which means 1y later not only has it not sold - disclosure shows few viewings and zero interest.  It's transparently over-priced.  And tarnished. For those asking why I don't give up - I couldn't/ can't.  Firstly I have fiduciary duties as a trustee. Secondly, legal advice indicates I (as leaseholder) could succeed with a large compensation claim v the lender.  Also - I started a claim v my old lawyer and the firm immediately reimbursed some £s. That was encouraging.  And a sign to continue.  So I'm going for compensation.  I had finance in place (via friend) to do a deal and take the property back off the lender - and that lawyer messed up bad.   He should have done a deal.  Instead further years have been wasted.   Maybe I only get back my lost savings - but that will be a result.   If I can add some kind of complaint/ claim v the receiver's conscious impropriety I will do so.   I have been left with nothing - so fighting for something is worth it. The lender wants to talk re a form of settlement.  Similar to my proposal 2y ago.  I have a pretty clear idea of what that means to me.  This is exactly why I do not give up.  And why I continue to ask for snippets of advice/ pointers on cag.  
    • It was all my own work based on my previous emails to P2G which Bank has seen.
    • I was referring to #415 where you wrote "I was forced to try to sell - and couldn't." . And nearer the start in #79 .. "I couldn't sell.  I had an incredibly valuable asset. Huge equity.  But the interest accrued / the property market suffered and I couldn't find a buyer even at a level just to clear the debt." In #194 you said you'd tried to sell for four years.  The reason for these points is that a lot of the claims against for example your surveyor, solicitor, broker, the lender and now the receiver are mainly founded in a belief that they should have been able to do something but did not. Things that might seem self evident to you but not necessarily to others. Pressing these claims may well need a bit more hard evidence, rather than an appeal to common sense. Can you show evidence of similar properties, with similar freehold issues, selling readily? And solid reasons why the lender should have been able to sell when you couldn't.
    • You can use a family's address.   The only caveat is for the final hearing you'd need to be there in person   HOWEVER i'd expect them to pay if its only £200 because costs of attending will be higher than that
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Yesterday I was out of town on an appointment, called into Morrisons for 10 minutes, came back to a parking ticket for £40 or £15 if I pay in 14 days.

 

I'm not familiar with this particular town and as I drove into the car park, saw a sign saying 2 hours parking free. I just parked up and ran in, didn't realise you have to get a pay and display ticket, and I'm presuming you then get your money back from the store...

 

Anyway, I was fuming, the 'warden' said he was working for Morrisons, Morrisons say he's not working for them, he works for CP Plus and to take it up with them.

 

There was a shoddy badly photocopied note in with the parking ticket saying any appeals should be made in writing but appeals will only be considered if the charge was issued by mistake and no appeals will be considered if you were not aware of any charges / did not see the signs / did not know how to pay / vehicle was broken down.

 

So basically, they've got me haven't they?

 

I'm fuming. £15. I spent £50 in that store, it's just not fair.

 

Shall I pay or throw the ticket away?

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well their invoice already breaks at least one Statutory Instrument (and I can think of a couple more). Do NOT contact them. Wait for the Registered Keeper to receive a letter from them and then post that up here - also suitably washed of personal details. I note that you said it was you that parked (bad idea !) but have not said who the Owner of the vehicle is - that is good. Do NOT mention who the owner is in this thread OR IN ANY PMs that you may send - ever. And do NOT imply it either.

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I'm really quite nervous about this, shall I take the pictures down now?

 

I'm on the verge of paying the £15 to be honest, I just don't want to get to the stage where the fee is going up and up...

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The man has given you a penalty charge. Private companies cannot issue penalties - only councils can do such a thing.

 

It's probably an offence under the 2006 Fraud Act to even demand a penalty charge.

 

All you have is an unenforceable invoice. All they can do is claim the losses they've incurred (£1 from you not pay and displaying) and even then, since you were a customer I doubt they're even entitled to that.

 

It's just one big [problem].

 

• do not pay

• do not contact them

ignore any letters you receive, no matter how threatening

• they will go away after 5 or 6

 

 

I'm on the verge of paying the £15 to be honest, I just don't want to get to the stage where the fee is going up and up...

 

The 'fee' will go up and up. It's just a con to scare you into paying. They could send you a letter next week demanding £1,000. They could demand a million pounds.

 

Why do you think you should pay? Just ignore the clowns. It's a [problem].

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How very modern of CP Plus that they will take payment in £s or Euros, although I see they are using a conversion rate of 1.62 when the current rate is more like 1.28 so I bet they also hope everyone pays in Euros!!

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Well I cheered up a bit reading these replies, BUT... they seem like a 'proper' company, they have a website and a client list, and surely Morrisons wouldn't employ a bunch of thieves...

 

I'm worrying myself sick about all this, it's just so unfair.

 

And how did I spend £50 in ten minutes? Firstly I'm a woman, secondly I can't resist a wine offer.

 

To pay or not to pay. I really want to believe you guys... and that it will all go away if I ignore it...

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Well I cheered up a bit reading these replies, BUT... they seem like a 'proper' company,

 

they may be a "proper" company, but that doesn't make them honest and ethical

 

they have a website and a client list,

..and may have been set up in 5 minutes ( probably wasn't but that doesn't change anything)

 

and surely Morrisons wouldn't employ a bunch of thieves...

 

 

*rofl* why not?

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We had a similar one and they went away eventually.

 

Not as bad as the day I got wheelclamped for going to the Co-op in Whitby for ten minutes. They wanted £117.50 which I did not have so I told him to take my car as it wasn't worth that. He took the clamp off:D

BANK CHARGES

Nat West Bus Acct £1750 reclaim - WON

 

LTSB Bus Acct £1650 charges w/o against o/s balance - WON

 

Halifax Pers Acct £1650 charges taken from benefits - WON

 

Others

 

GE Money sec loan - £1900 in charges - settlement agreed

GE Money sec loan - ERC of £2.5K valid for 15 years - on standby

FirstPlus - missold PPI of £20K for friends - WON

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BUT... they seem like a 'proper' company, they have a website and a client list, and surely Morrisons wouldn't employ a bunch of thieves...

 

You would be surprised. They're all at it - remember the supermarket gets a cut from every ticket. Feel free to write and complain to Morrisons and tell them how disgusted you are that they are employing companies who scare and intimidate their customers into paying unlawful penalties.

 

I'm worrying myself sick about all this, it's just so unfair.

Please try not to worry. You're the exact reason these companies make their money - by scaring you into paying. People do get scared and they try to make their paperwork seem as intimidating as possible because they know it.

On the other hand, why worry at all? All you have to do is ignore some letters that come through your door. After they've sent 4 or 5 and used up their red ink they WILL go away.

 

If you want more reassurance, post your thread here too and a whole new bunch of people will tell you what we're telling you!

FightBack Forums -> Parking and Decriminalised Notices

 

To pay or not to pay. I really want to believe you guys... and that it will all go away if I ignore it...

Please don't pay. If it's any comfort, I got one in March and have had two letters which I completely ignored. The record on the forum is 70 (seventy) of these tickets.

 

Feel free to post every letter you receive (minus personal details) and we'll tell you to ignore each one. No doubt they'll be full of illegal terms.

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Zayna,

 

If you're really that concerned, wait for them to write to the registered keeper (RK). Then the registered keeper should write to them stating (without saying anything about the situation) that the letter appears to have been sent by mistake, and would they mind sending corroborating information otherwise the RK will ignore all future correspondence.

 

In all likelihood they won't - the registered keeper will just get a standard "your appeal has been rejected" letter. Then you're home free as they can't take you or the registered keeper to court if they haven't answered a reasonable question with a straightforward answer. At the very least they should provide a copy of the alleged contract.

 

Take a deep breath, have a glass of that nice wine you bought and you'll soon perk up :)

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CALM DOWN !

 

look at my thread, going through two at the moment

one sainsbury's one wickes... See some of the threatening letters

I have received !!!

 

I'm just ignoring them all

 

I would have paid long ago had I not discovered this site

 

(from page 12 on http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences/20701-parking-charge-70-euro-12.html )

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Zayna,

 

If you're really that concerned, wait for them to write to the registered keeper (RK). Then the registered keeper should write to them stating (without saying anything about the situation) that the letter appears to have been sent by mistake, and would they mind sending corroborating information otherwise the RK will ignore all future correspondence.

 

In all likelihood they won't - the registered keeper will just get a standard "your appeal has been rejected" letter. Then you're home free as they can't take you or the registered keeper to court if they haven't answered a reasonable question with a straightforward answer. At the very least they should provide a copy of the alleged contract.

 

Take a deep breath, have a glass of that nice wine you bought and you'll soon perk up :)

I would err on the side of caution.

 

The PPC can issue a claim in the courts against the registered keeper.

 

Whether they do so or not is another matter. In all likelihood, they will send more letters, possibly even involving a debt collection agency, with words like "CCJ" and "credit rating". And then they will stop. You can either respond to these letters (there are suggested responses in the stickies here), or you could just ignore them.

 

However, in the event that they do issue a claim, the registered keeper has a number of defences that they might use.

 

  • If the registered keeper was not the driver at the time of the alleged "contravention", there was no contract.
  • There was no breach of contract - the sign invited the driver to park.
  • in the event of a breach of contract, the charge amounts to a penalty, which is not enforceable. Only actual demonstrable loss may be claimed as damages.

 

If, in the unlikely event that it does reach the stage of a claim in court, you should note that advice given on the internet is no substitute for qualified legal opinion. Anyone here would be glad to give pointers though.

 

In any case, I wouldn't sweat it. Historically, all that happens is that letters are sent, replies are ignored, and the whole tawdry affair is soon forgotten.

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