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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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the 48 pages are simply the complete transcript of 2 cases that do NOT apply to 99% of PPC court claims.

 

that's why they send them..to put people off...

 

looks like you are in the right direction..anyway.

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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use the 3 points you have chosen but swap points 2 and 3 round so it makes a logical flow from the 1st to the last

 

Wasnt that hard was it?

 

 

Now I bet that VCS have sent you their cut and paste stuff to frighten you and will now have to change it when they realise they have said the wrong thing or be forced to drop the matter.

 

 

The hearing will be at your nearest court so they wont want to pay a fortune to get there, shame you dont live in Cornwall. This menas they are likely to consider a stop loss position and discontinue once they realise you arent going to now roll over and pay up.

 

 

You have lots more ammuntions, for example, whay are they claiming £160 when if they are claiming from the keeper the POFA sest the maximum they can claim as the amount fixed by the charge notified in the NTK. they cant add on costs, which they can with the driver if their signs ahve a clause warning of this. As the keeper wasnt there to read the signs it cnat apply. That is normal contract law as well as being in the POFA.

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I just feel overwhelmed by it all.

 

okay thanks Sunday is the 33rd day.

 

no as post 32

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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As usual VCS has written a load of crap to frighten you into paying up now as they know if you turn up in Court they will lose.

Once they see your defence they may not even bother paying the Court fee so just relax and look how many other cases have been won against these crooks-and how often they back down at the last moment.

They exist to rip off motorists before any case is heard in Court and they don't win when the motorist/keeper turns up.

If we thought you had no hope in Court we would have advised you already.

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@Blind7383I know i've read your thread! : ( Its the the inconvenience of it all that is bothering me as there is so much other stuff in my life I need to be spending my energy on, and the fear of having to go to defend myself in court particularly because I can't say the real reason why I am standing up for justice of the situation!

Oh well what doesn't kill you makes you stronger! Your parents are lucky to have you!

Thank you

@dx100uk They haven't sent it to me I was just referring to another really recent thread as I was thinking that they have got more thorough in their fight.

@ericsbrother Sooo is it ok to literally just put this?

1. The claimant cannot rely upon the POFA 2012 to create a keeper liability and the defendant denies being the driver at the time.

This means there is no cause for action by the claimant against the defendant.

2. The signage at the site entrance is not a contract but an invitation to treat so the claimant cannot rely upon it to create terms by which the driver would be bound.

3. In any case there was no breach of contract as no applicable contractual condition was offered to the driver at the time.

Thank you

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yep.

your defence was due Friday by 4pm...

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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You mean the ack of your def giving them 28days

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NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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I have been sent:

-Notice of proposed allocation to the small claims track which includes a blank directions questionnaire for me to fill in.

And today

-I have received two separate envelopes with exactly the same contents which is VCS’s directions questionnaire and cover letter which says they have also send a copy to court.

 

Do you want me to upload the questionnaire? It is suggested that we should try and resolve the matter between ourselves?? Any thoughts on this?

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if you've received your N180 from the COURT

 

then fill it in following the other threads you have been reading? whilst things have been quite so you know what to do when its your turn...

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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Ps I rang the the theatre 🎭 to see if they had any known cases of any similar to mine and they now have an agreement with VCS to record the registrations of people watching the show so they can avoid the free parking for only one hour rule.

I was expecting them not to pay for track and the case to be dropped.

Why would they go to court if the grounds you guys told me to put were so clear cut.

If you could direct me to a similar claim or tell me what to put it would be really helpful.

With respect in the beginning one of you guys said you would tell be what to do/put and I seem to spend ages reading lots of irrelevant threads and sending myself insane with worry. X

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because its a game of numbers..who blinks first ..NOT you!

you found CAG.

who says they are not going to drop it anyway, its not been allocated yet..its a game of chess to them.

 

complete YOUR N180 from the court:

 

NO to mediation

1 WIT you

the rest is obv

 

3 copies

 

1 to the court

1 to the solicitors [minus email/sig/phone]

1 for you file

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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They havent been asked for the money yet!

They will most likelty want to see what you come up with before dropping the claim,

if your defence is you didnt know about the signage and that £100 is a bit steep or some argument about how unfair it all is they will continue as they will win.

As it stands I would say they might well drop the matter before they have to pay the next £25 but as Simple Simon is stupidly & greedy they may well go to the next stage.

Get your bit right there and I would bet on a discontinuance before the hearing to save costs.

At the moment they stand to gain £200 and lose £50,

if it goes to a hearing they can gain the same £200 but lose a lot more than that depending on your costs and their costs will be a lot more anyways what with either travel or hiring a solicitor for the hour.

you can use the information from the cinema to show that the contract is unfair and thus void. If it was originally fair there would be no need for a change

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did you get the N180 done?

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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Ok @dx100 @ericsbrother @lookinforinfo

 

I received a notice of allocation to the small claims track before Christmas and just put it to one side. VCS had till 24th Jan to pay the fee and the court hearing is 21st February. So today 28th January I called the court and I really thought that they would not have paid the fee but they have!!

 

I am mad with my self that I did not read the details sooner as my statement has to be in by 7th February which does not leave me much time.

 

I am not sure how to play this now. Stick to the 3 points in my N180 0r/and comment about the fact we were in the theatre and there is now a new agreement with the Theatre and VCS to park for the play for free? and tick the fact I can't remember who was driving that night?

 

I have been offered mediation again and the opportunity to use the court help desk(A charity based within the court providing free support) any suggestions on what I should do or how to shape my witness statement please?

 

**** has hit the fan! I feel bit shaky after ready @blinds7383 result. Situation different but the same car park and was using "timed out for keeper liability" as defence.

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3 points in the n180?

 

you mean you've to do a witness statement by 7th

easy peasy

lots here and on the parking prankster site.

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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HI dx100uk,

These points?? I don't feel its easy peasy. I have been searching for witness statements similar. Could you help me with this please? x

 

1. The claimant cannot rely upon the POFA 2012 to create a keeper liability and the defendant denies being the driver at the time.

This means there is no cause for action by the claimant against the defendant.

 

2. The signage at the site entrance is not a contract but an invitation to treat so the claimant cannot rely upon it to create terms by which the driver would be bound.

 

3. In any case there was no breach of contract as no applicable contractual condition was offered to the driver at the time.

 

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PM’d you some tips..

 

Sorry.. found ur court date

 

Wait for their witness statement. Send yours to court via email on last date and cc vcs.

They’ll probably send the same crap they sent me.

Law of contract for keeper liability.

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post them here so anyone with the same issue can benefit

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DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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