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    • The Notice to Hirer does not comply with the protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule  4 . This is before I ask if Europarks have sent you a copy of the PCN they sent to Arval along with a copy of the hire agreement et. if they haven't done that either you are totally in the clear and have nothing to worry about and nothing to pay. The PCN they have sent you is supposed to be paid by you according to the Act within 21 days. The chucklebuts have stated 28 days which is the time that motorists have to pay. Such a basic and simple thing . The Act came out in 2012 and still they cannot get it right which is very good news for you. Sadly there is no point in telling them- they won't accept it because they lose their chance to make any money out of you. they are hoping that by writing to you demanding money plus sending in their  unregulated debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors that you might be so frightened as to pay them money so that you can sleep at night. Don't be surprised if some of their letters are done in coloured crayons-that's the sort of  level of people you will be dealing with. Makes great bedding for the rabbits though. Euro tend not to be that litigious but while you can safely ignore the debt collectors just keep an eye out for a possible Letter of Claim. They are pretty rare but musn't be ignored. Let us know so that you can send a suitably snotty letter to them showing that you are not afraid of them and are happy to go to Court as you like winning.  
    • They did reply to my defence stating it would fail and enclosed copies of NOA, DN Term letter and account statements. All copies of T&C's that could be reconstructions and the IP address on there resolves to the town where MBNA offices are, not my location
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    • My defence was standard no paperwork:   1.The Defendant contends that the particulars of claim are generic in nature. The Defendant accordingly sets out its case below and relies on CPR r 16.5 (3) in relation to any particular allegation to which a specific response has not been made. 2. Paragraph 1 is noted. The Defendant has had a contractual relationship with MBNA Limited in the past. The Defendant does not recognise the reference number provided by the claimant within its particulars and has sought verification from the claimant who is yet to comply with requests for further information. 3. Paragraph 2 is denied. The Defendant maintains that a default notice was never received. The Claimant is put to strict proof to that a default notice was issued by MBNA Limited and received by the Defendant. 4. Paragraph 3 is denied. The Defendant is unaware of any legal assignment or Notice of Assignment allegedly served from either the Claimant or MBNA Limited. 5. On the 02/01/2023 the Defendant requested information pertaining to this claim by way of a CCA 1974 Section 78 request. The claimant is yet to respond to this request. On the 19/05/2023 a CPR 31.14 request was sent to Kearns who is yet to respond. To date, 02/06/2023, no documentation has been received. The claimant remains in default of my section 78 request. 6. It is therefore denied with regards to the Defendant owing any monies to the Claimant, the Claimant has failed to provide any evidence of proof of assignment being sent/ agreement/ balance/ breach or termination requested by CPR 31.14, therefore the Claimant is put to strict proof to: (a) show how the Defendant entered into an agreement; and (b) show and evidence the nature of breach and service of a default notice pursuant to Section 87(1) CCA1974 (c) show how the claimant has reached the amount claimed for; and (d) show how the Claimant has the legal right, either under statute or equity to issue a claim; 7. As per Civil Procedure Rule 16.5(4), it is expected that the Claimant prove the allegation that the money is owed. 8. On the alternative, as the Claimant is an assignee of a debt, it is denied that the Claimant has the right to lay a claim due to contraventions of Section 136 of the Law of Property Act and Section 82A of the consumer credit Act 1974. 9. By reasons of the facts and matters set out above, it is denied that the Claimant is entitled to the relief claimed or any relief.
    • Monika the first four pages of the Private parking section have at least 12 of our members who have also been caught out on this scam site. That's around one quarter of all our current complaints. Usually we might expect two current complaints for the same park within 4 pages.  So you are in good company and have done well in appealing to McDonalds in an effort to resolve the matter without having  paid such a bunch of rogues. Most people blindly pay up. Met . Starbucks and McDonalds  are well aware of the situation and seem unwilling to make it easier for motorists to avoid getting caught. For instance, instead of photographing you, if they were honest and wanted you  to continue using their services again, they would have said "Excuse me but if you are going to go to Mc donalds from here, it will cost you £100." But no they kett quiet and are now pursuing you for probably a lot more than £100 now. They also know thst  they cannot charge anything over the amount stated on the car park signs. Their claims for £160 or £170 are unlawful yet so many pay that to avoid going to Court. When the truth is that Met are unlikely to take them to Court since they know they will lose. The PCNs are issued on airport land which is covered by Byelaws so only the driver can be pursued, not the keeper. But they keep writing to you as they do not know who was driving unless you gave it away when you appealed. Even if they know you were driving they should still lose in Court for several reasons. The reason we ask you to fill out our questionnaire is to help you if MET do decide to take you to Court in the end. Each member who visited the park may well have different experiences while there which can help when filling out a Witness statement [we will help you with that if it comes to it.] if you have thrown away the original PCN  and other paperwork you obviously haven't got a jerbil or a guinea pig as their paper makes great litter boxes for them.🙂 You can send an SAR to them to get all the information Met have on you to date. Though if you have been to several sites already, you may have done that by now. In the meantime, you will be being bombarded by illiterate debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors all threatening you with ever increasing amounts as well as being hung drawn and quartered. Their letters can all be safely ignored. On the odd chance that you may get a Letter of Claim from them just come back to us and we will get you to send a snotty letter back to them so that they know you are not happy, don't care a fig for their threats and will see them off in Court if they finally have the guts to carry on. If you do have the original PCN could you please post it up, carefully removing your name. address and car registration number but including dates and times. If not just click on the SAR to take you to the form to send to Met.
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My now Partner and i are being taken to court again over a council tax bill from 2006-09 which we are disputing.

It all stems from a benefit fraud investigation,when someone said i was living with my partner when infact we had broken up and i was only helping with our disabled daughter but we have since reconciled and are living together again.

Anyway we disputed the fact we were living together at that time and its still under investigation now.Now the housing benefits side put a hold on their claim for money as its still under investigation, but the council tax side has repeatedly sent letters summoning us to court.

We phoned the coucil and told them we are waiting for a tribunal date for the investigation and that the housing benefits side had agreed to put a hold on things and could they do the same,they refused.

So we went to court got took into a side room and got asked by a council person did we want to see the magistrate to which we said yes he asked why and we told him.The council man then made some hurreid phone calls and said they would put in on hold and we did not need to see the magistrate as everything had been put on hold until the outcome of said investigation.

THe very next day we recieved a letter from the council saying they had won in court and we had 14 days to pay in full etc.We rang the council and they said these letters are automatically generated(which really means they printed out the letter BEFORE they thought they were going to win) and apologised and sent another letter confirming it had been done in error.

A few weeks later we get yet another court summons for the same thing, my partner rings a manager to which he says he needs proof that its still under investigation,we provided proof and the manger put it on hold again.Now a fortnight ago we get another one summoning us again for the same thing,so we ring the council to ask to speak to the manager again to get it put on hold, the council said we cant speak to him as hes on holiday ring on the 21st july.We have since tried to make contact with the manager and keep getting fobbed off.Now the sommons is for the 27th of July, so its not long to get sorted out as the council wont be there over the weekend.Ontop of all this my partner is on a high dose of antidepressants and undergoing counseling and all this hassle is really affecting her quite badly.

Do we actually go to the courts and provide our proofs as well as all the letters the council has sent us or do we try and get this put on hold again to maybe be taken to court in a few weeks time.?

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Do we actually go to the courts and provide our proofs as well as all the letters the council has sent us or do we try and get this put on hold again to maybe be taken to court in a few weeks time.?

 

The council aren't legally required to hold the case - a benefit appeal is not a legal defence against the issuing of a liability order.

 

It looks like they are holding it a month at a time, each time the hold runs out its the same time the monthly summons run is done.

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That is how it is I'm afraid. You are liable for the amount requested and it should be paid. Any relief that you are due at the moment will have to be claimed back when you are awarded the benefit.

 

You might not get the benefit or relief and then you will be in arrears and they will dock it out of your present benefits.

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Thing is we dont owe the money as its council tax that was claimed when we wernt living together and my then ex was on benefits.How can the council claim for money before a judgement has been made??.What happened with innocent until proven guilty which were not i might add!!!!.We also took legal advice and were told not to pay anything as it could be seen as admission of guilt!!!.

We did nothing wrong at all and with NO shred of evidence the council have been harrasing us for money going to court then holding it etc,yet they can still do this can they?.

ANd to top it off we get letters stating they won in court and it wasnt even heard,they just generated the letter before the outcome ,this wouldnt be allowed if Joe Public did it so how can they?surely there is something that can be done!

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If you can show that you didn't/don't owe anything in council tax, then you can appeal against a Liability order. But you will have to show that at the time you were not in arrears and were 'not' liable to pay it.

 

Unless you can show that, then you have no hope.

 

If there is any doubt, then send the council a subject access request and get all the paperwork they have on you and then you will be able to show if the council claim is legitimate or not.

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She didnt owe anything as she was on benefits at the time, and as you know when on benefits (Income support) your rent and council tax are payed for you. the only reason this has started was a neighbour causing trouble. But my main issue is the council are trying to seek money for a period of time which the investigation covers and that NO outcome has been reached as yet, this has been on hold for 2 years because the benefit people are not doing a thing to reach an out come, its just stuck in limbo!!

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She didnt owe anything as she was on benefits at the time, and as you know when on benefits (Income support) your rent and council tax are payed for you

 

Its not automatic (you have to claim each one) and being in receipt of IS does not always passport you to full Council Tax Benefit.

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As I said earlier you will need to be able to show all that your friend is claiming, so send the Revenues department a Subject Access Request along with £10 and get all the paperwork they have on her and then you can take it from there.

 

If you have no proof, then it is their word against yours and they will win, so get the letter off and see exactly what is going on.

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