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    • Thank-you dx, What you have written is certainly helpful to my understanding. The only thing I would say, what I found to be most worrying and led me to start this discussion is, I believe the judge did not merely admonish the defendant in the case in question, but used that point to dismiss the case in the claimants favour. To me, and I don't have your experience or knowledge, that is somewhat troubling. Again, the caveat being that we don't know exactly what went on but I think we can infer the reason for the judgement. Thank-you for your feedback. EDIT: I guess that the case I refer to is only one case and it may never happen again and the strategy not to appeal is still the best strategy even in this event, but I really did find the outcome of that case, not only extremely annoying but also worrying. Let's hope other judges are not quite so narrow minded and don't get fixated on one particular issue as FTMDave alluded to.
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    • the claimant in their WS can refer to whatever previous CC judgements they like, as we do in our WS's, but CC judgements do not set a legal precedence. however, they do often refer to judgements like Bevis, those cases do created a precedence as they were court of appeal rulings. as for if the defendant, prior to the raising of a claim, dobbed themselves in as the driver in writing during any appeal to the PPC, i don't think we've seen one case whereby the claimant referred to such in their WS.. ?? but they certainly typically include said appeal letters in their exhibits. i certainly dont think it's a good idea to 'remind' them of such at the defence stage, even if the defendant did admit such in a written appeal. i would further go as far to say, that could be even more damaging to the whole case than a judge admonishing a defendant for not appealing to the PPC in the 1st place. it sort of blows the defendant out the water before the judge reads anything else. dx  
    • Hi LFI, Your knowledge in this area is greater than I could possibly hope to have and as such I appreciate your feedback. I'm not sure that I agree the reason why a barrister would say that, only to get new customers, I'm sure he must have had professional experience in this area that qualifies him to make that point. 🙂 In your point 1 you mention: 1] there is a real danger that some part of the appeal will point out that the person appealing [the keeper ] is also the driver. I understand the point you are making but I was referring to when the keeper is also the driver and admits it later and only in this circumstance, but I understand what you are saying. I take on board the issues you raise in point 2. Is it possible that a PPC (claimant) could refer back to the case above as proof that the motorist should have appealed, like they refer back to other cases? Thanks once again for the feedback.
    • Well barristers would say that in the hope that motorists would go to them for advice -obviously paid advice.  The problem with appealing is at least twofold. 1] there is a real danger that some part of the appeal will point out that the person appealing [the keeper ] is also the driver.  And in a lot of cases the last thing the keeper wants when they are also the driver is that the parking company knows that. It makes it so much easier for them as the majority  of Judges do not accept that the keeper and the driver are the same person for obvious reasons. Often they are not the same person especially when it is a family car where the husband, wife and children are all insured to drive the same car. On top of that  just about every person who has a valid insurance policy is able to drive another person's vehicle. So there are many possibilities and it should be up to the parking company to prove it to some extent.  Most parking company's do not accept appeals under virtually any circumstances. But insist that you carry on and appeal to their so called impartial jury who are often anything but impartial. By turning down that second appeal, many motorists pay up because they don't know enough about PoFA to argue with those decisions which brings us to the second problem. 2] the major parking companies are mostly unscrupulous, lying cheating scrotes. So when you appeal and your reasons look as if they would have merit in Court, they then go about  concocting a Witness Statement to debunk that challenge. We feel that by leaving what we think are the strongest arguments to our Member's Witness Statements, it leaves insufficient time to be thwarted with their lies etc. And when the motorists defence is good enough to win, it should win regardless of when it is first produced.   
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:)Hi All,

I Just Wanted To Let You All Know It's Not All Doom And Gloom When It Comes To Esa And Fibromyalgia, I Had My Medical On The 28th Of April And Up Until That Time I'd Got Myself In A Right State Which In Turn Had A Knock On Effect With All My Medical Problems, From The Minute I Got In There With The Doctor I Was Put At Ease And Any Questions I Couldn't Answer Were Directed At My Husband Who Is My Carer. I Was Very Lucky In The Respect That I Had A Doctor Who Was Very Well Educated On Fibromyalgia And All My Other Medical Issues ( He Was Telling Me Stuff That Even My Own Consultant Hadn't Told Me) And When It Came To The Phsyical Examination He Said There Was No Point As He Did Not Want To Cause Me More Suffering For The Rest Of The Day Or However Long It Took Me To Recover, After About 45minutes He Said It Was Time For Us To Leave Cos I Didn't Look Too Good, (He Also Commented On The Fact That My Husband Wasn't Looking So Hot Himself)

So That Was That, But Then I Spent The Best Part Of 5 Weeks Worrying And Over-Analysing Everything He Said To Me And Vice-Versa, Lost Many Nights Sleep Over Awaiting The Outcome. Then On Thursday Just Gone Got A Letter To Say I Had "Passed The Medical" And Was Put Into The Support Group. Yippeeee.

I Just Wanted To Let Other People Know That I Had A Positive-ish Experience With The Whole Thing And It's Not All Bad Outcomes For Everyone. The Only Thing I've Been Wondering Is What Happens Now? :)

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Glad it went well for you.

 

What happens now? Your rate of benefit will increase, and this increase will be effective from day 92 of your claim. If there's any backdated money due it will be paid to you.

 

After a period of time that varies depending on the recommendations of the doctor who did your medical and the Decision Maker who placed you in the support group, you'll be referred for another medical. The timeframe can be anything from a few months to a few years.

 

You won't need to continue to submit medical certificates from your GP while you are in the support group.

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Nice to see a positive outcome, thank you very much for posting - it gives hope to others. I bet you are relieved!

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Hey, well done! That's doubled the number of people who've passed their assessment! Is this a small trend starting...? :)

Best wishes

Rae

 

Let's hope so.

 

I meant to ask you Rae, how's your new claim going? Any word of the dreaded assessment? Hopefully this time around you will have the same luck as the OP without having to put up a fight for it.

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Thanks All Am Very Relieved, Especially After Reading About All The Problems Other People Are Having Trying To Get What They Are Entitled To. I Had To Go Through The Appeals Process For My Dla And That Was A Nightmare, Don't Think I Could Of Gone Through It Again, Maybe I Was One Of The "Lucky Ones" I Really Don't Know. Things Seem To Be Going Ok At The Moment But Am Just Waiting For Summat Or Someone To Come Along And Pop The Bubble!!!! :)

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Just wanted to say Well done on getting ESA, I have been declined mine with no points at all. I have been told to appeal, but am not sure I have the energy, I just want to be put in the support group so I get help on trying to work again to get an income and a social life.

I'm not sure which option to take?

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I was worried about this ESA thing. I am on income support at the moment as I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 5 years ago (Had it for over 15 years). I also have chronic insomnia & athsma. I have had some drug treatments & counselling but none have worked. I worry that many of the medical assessors do not even know what FM is & the implications it has on your life. I am sinlge (I have a partner bt we do not live together) but I do get help with things like shopping.

I hope when the time comes for my M.A assessment under the new scheme, the assessor is as knowledgeable about FM as yours. It is a big worry :!:

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Im currently in dispute with Atos Medical Services And the Dwp , I was seen where the Scheme for ESA was rolled out at Burnley

I have seen 2 doctors previously both sympathetic to the conditions i have and was kept on with no issues.

 

my health which recently took a further downturn with more nerves acting up and i was sent for another medical at burnley this time i saw a nurse, the nurse did the examination incorrectly made up several allegations one of which was i sat in a chair for 60 mins

i was only in there 30 mins. Then stated synthetic morphine was a "mild Painkiller" during the examination i had a cramp attack and the muscles were having spasms i indicated this she ignored it.

 

the report was full of other fabrications eg i could stand for 30 mins this again was a lie after 5 mins the legs go numb and lumbar pain starts.

 

i placed a complaint and proceeded to investigate things myself and reported the nurse to the nursing and midwifery council whilst on thier site i checked her credentials she was listed as non practicing, basically meaning she was not working in a nursing role or working where a nursing qualification was a requirement i sent the following letter to Atos to which they have not replied as of yet.

 

 

 

i found the following Form the NMC’s code of practice regarding registration the following applies:

 

 

 

“Associate non-practising membership is available to those nurses who wish to take out membership of the RCN, but who are not working, or who are not working in a role where a recognised nursing qualification is a requirement to enable them to undertake that role. Members of this category can access most membership benefits and services, with the exception of workplace representation and our indemnity scheme.”

 

 

 

So with regard to this as Mrs **** is registered as Non Practising – So i believe it is either

 

1) Atos Medical Services do not require medical professionals to undertake these medical examinations – which is a act of negligence as they are using persons who may not necessarily be suitably qualified to undertake medical examinations and making statements of a medical nature. So basically anyone could undertake these examinations with no official medical qualifications.

 

this is a unlawful act.

 

Or

 

Mrs**** committed a act of negligence by not informing her employer she was not registered to carry out duties where a recognised nursing qualification was required. So therefore breached the nursing code of practice by undertaking medical examinations on individuals . this would be conceived as a act of gross misconduct , breach of tort law

and a breach of the human rights act.

 

Can you confirm if you employ people without a recognized qualification to undertake these examinations – as Mrs **** registered as not working in a medical capacity - or has Mrs **** Comitted a Act of gross misconduct i have a right to know as she undertook my "medical examination"

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hi. sorry to hear of your trouble. sorry to interrupt but I'm having tests left right and centre for muscle disorders. I'm just anxious to follow the the topic as I too am trying to plan for the future. I'm getting to the stage where now I'm not safe to work on sites as I've just cracked three ribs by falling off a platform whilst at work. I'm self employed but was working for someone at the time. I never got paid for the half day I did that day either but I'd like to add that people tend to forget or ignore what we suffer from.

anyway mini rant over good luck :)

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