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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.   
    • S13 (2)The creditor may not exercise the right under paragraph 4 to recover from the keeper any unpaid parking charges specified in the notice to keeper if, within the period of 28 days beginning with the day after that on which that notice was given, the creditor is given— (a)a statement signed by or on behalf of the vehicle-hire firm to the effect that at the material time the vehicle was hired to a named person under a hire agreement; (b)a copy of the hire agreement; and (c)a copy of a statement of liability signed by the hirer under that hire agreement. As  Arval has complied with the above they cannot be pursued by EC----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S14 [1]   the creditor may recover those charges (so far as they remain unpaid) from the hirer. (2)The conditions are that— (a)the creditor has within the relevant period given the hirer a notice in accordance with sub-paragraph (5) (a “notice to hirer”), together with a copy of the documents mentioned in paragraph 13(2) and the notice to keeper; (b)a period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the notice to hirer was given has elapsed;  As ECP did not send copies of the documents to your company and they have given 28 days instead of 21 days they have failed to comply with  the Act so you and your Company are absolved from paying. That is not to say that they won't continue asking to be paid as they do not have the faintest idea how PoFA works. 
    • Euro have got a lot wrong and have failed to comply with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule 4.  According to Section 13 after ECP have written to Arval they should then send a NTH to the Hirer  which they have done.This eliminates Arval from any further pursuit by ECP. When they wrote to your company they should have sent copies of everything that they asked Arval for. This is to prove that your company agree what happened on the day of the breach. If ECP then comply with the Act they are allowed to pursue the hirer. If they fail, to comply they cannot make the hirer pay. They can pursue until they are blue in the face but the Hirer is not lawfully required to pay them and if it went to Court ECP would lose. Your company could say who was driving but the only person that can be pursued is the Hirer, there does not appear to be an extension for a driver to be pursued. Even if there was, because ECP have failed miserably to comply with the Act  they still have no chance of winning in Court. Here are the relevant Hire sections from the Act below.
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Please can someone help me with this im really at the end of my tether.

 

On 20th July 2011 I rang the Council and told them I would be moving to a new address in a different neighbouring borough and gave them my new address and told them I would be moving on 29th July. The woman I spoke to said she didnt think there was anything outstanding but that they would send the final account to my new address.

 

We moved on 29th July and I am now paying on time by DD my COuncil tax for the new property.

 

Never heard anything from the old Council Tax until Saturday morning when I got a C Tax Final Notice - cancellation of installments 2011 and amount due amount.... has to be paid within 7 days.... i received this through the post on Saturday 3rd December... the Final Notice is dated 14th November!!!!!!!!!!! so more than 7 days have elapsed already...

 

I rang the Council today to ask about this and was told that they had sent out bills to the old address.... I explained I had moved on 29th July and had told them about it on 20th July and what had been said by their representative.... then she said that she could offer me 4 payments starting today but would have to add on £75 as even if i agreed to payment plan it would still have to go to Court and get Court costs... she told me it goes to Court on 13th December when they will get a judgement and a Bailiff will be instructed to attend my new address and collect the monies owing...

 

The woman said they had sent me a ntofication in October to my new address, I have not received anything until this on Saturday and when I told her she said.. well we can both argue over it but you owe it and it needs to be paid...........

 

I said I wanted to speak to someone higher in authority to complain and she said she would send me a complaint form but it would make no difference because i still have to pay it..... When I asked for her name she just gave me her christian name, when i asked for her surname she said she doesnt give it out and there is only one Clair in her department!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

How can they do this? I told them well in advance of moving and I gave them my new addres so i wasnt trying to avoid anything... I was told that it looked like i didnt owe anything and now ive got a bill for £306.14 + £75 costs.......

 

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? I am fuming - its 3 weeks before Christmas, there is only me working - my husband is now unemployed and we have a 15yr old son - we have no savings to draw on.... Im at the end of my tether.. Please help!!

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I thought there would be something to pay when we moved - i wasnt in arrears or anything, I just cancelled the DD to stop them taking too much out and notified them on the 20th July that I was moving on 29th and they said if anything was owing they would send me a final bill.. but she said she thought there would be nothing or very little.... then i have heard nothing and now im being told i will have to pay costs etc when I havent even had any correspondence from them... just this final notice on Saturday 3rd Dec which was dated 14th November so dont know why it wasnt sent on time...... surely they should have contacted me...

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OK, Councils are renowned for getting dates mixed up and I would not be surprised to find they have charged for a period of time after you moved. It does sound as if a Liability Order has not yet been obtained. You will need to contact them again and ask the following:

1 - ask them to confirm the amount outstanding for Council Tax minus any costs.

2 - the dates they are claiming the debt is owed for.

3 - the address the debt relates to - strange question I know but not the first to get their addresses mixed up.

4 - the dates and the addresses they say they have written to.

 

Did you back your phone call up with a letter when you informed them you were moving? If not are able to prove that at least you made a phone call to the Council on the date you said?

 

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I have now received a phone call from head of Customer Services and she tells me they do not have a facility for recording calls!!!!!!!!! however she apologised for the way I was treated by one of her employees and she is holding an investigation.... in the meantime she has agreed to me paying £50 per month for Dec and Jan and I have to ring her beginning of Feb to let her know if my situation is the same.....

 

Even £50 a month is a lot but its better than being taken to Court for non payment I suppose...

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