Hello there, Could someone point me to the most recent 'Standard' response to a parking 'fine' please? I only need a bog standard one because I paid on a Friday (up till 4am is the NCP time limit for some reason), went to London on the train, stayed over a friends, and the following morning paid for an additional 1 day's parking via RingGo..... it appears the 'fine' was timed at 9.30am but I used RingGo at 10.15am..... i found the fine at 6pm when I got back to the station. Thanks guys and gals!

Hello all, I hired a car via Holiday Autos, and it was provided by Alamo, who in turn actually subbed it out to Europcar when I actually received my rental voucher...... and that is fine. When I got to France I went to pick up the car, and decided to take out the policy excess insurance, and paid for it there and then (or so I believed I guess)..... which was something like 150EUR A week after my holiday I got a bill from Europcar which detailed that VAT had been charged on this excess policy..... this seems illegal to me. If the rental insurance was taken out seperately whilst in-country, and a credit card was provided to pay for this, then this is a French transaction surely, and so no VAT should be charged on top? What do you guys think? Thanks, Ben

Thanks MrShed! I am considering appealing although you have to do so within certain timelimits for certain things.... I happened upon a lawyer in conversation about it and he was going to look into it for me so I'll let you know what his advice is and what I do. My inclination is to appeal and get the other £1600....!

I should have updated you all on the outcome ages ago, I hope this helps people to fight and stand up against these people. I won! It took a long time (circa 8months) but I used Moneyclaim online, followed all the procedures, and claimed for the monetary loss for the furniture etc (not stress or anything that cant be substantiated). They strung it out, used delaying tactics, disputed the amount and their liability, and eventually after initially winning they got the judgement set aside with an excuse that they didnt have enough time to submit their response. It then went into the county court system, and on the day they failed to turn up.... However instead of the judge just giving me the full amount (something I am now informed that they should have done) he gave me about 50%.... saying that they werent there to defend themselves..... I told him that was one of my points about the lack of respect they have shown me and the entire judicial system.... so he added another £50 on..... In the end I got about £1600 back Therefore never give up, always fight..... when you are right you are right, no matter what anyone trys to tell you. Hope this helps people,

Hi all, I havent got a penalty charge yet but I received this from the Prosecutions Unit @ London Eastern Railway at London Liverpool Street: ' Dear Sir, On 12th May 2009 at London Liverpool Street Staion a person giving the above name and address was questioned by a member of rail staff about the payment of a rail fare. Before I proceed further with the investigation of this matter, I would lilke to give you the opportunity of responding with your explanation concerning this incident. Please complete the bottom section of this letter and if you wish to make any comments about the incident, please do so on the revers of this letter. Failure to respond to this letter may result in legal action being taken against you ' It also asks me to confirm my details as being the person on the letter, and asks for my NI number and occcupation!!!! I did indeed speak to a Revenue Protection officer on that day, as result of not having my normal ticket...... i sometimes buy weekly railcards, and other times buy singles or returns dependant on whether I am going to be in london or not..... I work in sales and have a strange pattern which makes working out which tickets to buy and when a bit of a nightmare. The day previous I had been in Manchester and I normally buy my ticket when I get home for the following day, but as I returned late I didnt buy one and boarded the following mornign without a ticket.... whcih was a genuine mistake. I can explain as much to them as I did on the station, and I thought that was enough at the time, but now having this letter sent to me has taken me aback a bit. I have researched this a bit on the web and I am quite worried that I am now in the position of being taken to court..... is this likely? I've never been in trouble with the railway before and have been using the trains for 10 years so I feel they are being pretty harsh. My question at this stage is that should I even be responding to this letter? Is this an admission of guilt?..... as it used to be with speeding fines (my brother was caught speeding many years ago about the same time as the law stated you couldnt incriminate yourself). Should I send the letter back? And should I just repeat my original plight to them or are they going to take no notice? Thanks in advance,

Hello there, I am in need of advice on how to go about sueing my Estate Agent for their fees due to a serious breach of contract! The day before I was due to complete on the sale of my flat I visited it to remove some belongings and return the key I had taken back from the EA when I borrowed it to pick up mail. When I got to the flat I found the buyers builders in the flat performing extensive renovations (all the floors up, kitchen gutted etc). looking at the scale of the work they had been inmy flat for many days! I am now going to sue the EA for breach of contract as they should never have given keys without my consent, or taken a copy without my consent..... I think I am pretty confident in them being in breach! Any advice from anyone or similar cases of taking EA's to court? Thanks, Ben

Thanks Martin, I think I will do a separate claim after this one as I don't want to confuse the issue with them (i suspect any excuse will do!) I have to send all my letters nd evidence of conversations by the 2nd July.... Can you tell me if this is the same as the court bundle and also can I ask for their case to be struck out at this stage as they made no attempt to contact me by the original court instructions of the 18th May?

Hi there, I have been trying to get my charges back since my first letter in Dec 06!! I had to go down the route of MCOL and pay my £120 and to cut a long story short I had till the 16th May to talk with HSBC and agree a settlement... obviously I sent in a letter by recorded delivery..... and then got DG solicitors asking me for a full breakdown 2 weeks later..... well past the date stipulated by the court. The court letter also states that we are to send details of how discussions went by the 2nd July for them to look into. My Questions 1 - Should I give them a date that I need to get a settlement by? i.e. "I would need to have some sort of settlement in place with you 7 days before the court asks for the information, in order that I can comply with their wishes and get the relevant information to them if no settlement has been made." 2 - Should I ask for the additional charges made since Dec 06 to be added to the claim? Thanks for any help you can give me!!!! Regards, Ben