I contacted my 'legal expenses insurance' who assigned a firm of solicitors to handle the case.

However, that company phoned to say they wouldn't take on the case because " it's notoriously difficult to win a claim against a shipping company". Without asking a single question about the incident.

I wrote back to my insurance but haven't received a reply.

Hi

I may be in the wrong forum,sorry for that.

I am at the moment in communication with a ferry company about an accident on one of their ships.

I did write to their offices in the UK months ago but didn't get a reply.

So I wrote to their head office in Sweden.

They got their solicitors to write to me with a form to fill in. It asked for permission to get full medical records from my doctor.

My doctor has written to me saying it is not good practice to send the full medical records and is waiting for my decision.

Does anybody here know if it is normal for solicitors to request FULL medical records. Not that there's anything to hide.

Sorry if this post seems a bit. long winded.

Thanks

These film and music people make me sick.

According to them it's wrong for me to buy a film or album and then lend to my friends.

I am self employed, working from home, I recently received a letter from the performing rights numbnuts extolling the virtues of me buying a licence to play a radio on my premises for the entertainment of my non-existent customers. They are idiots.

The government is planning to reform existing copyright law, making it legal for consumers to ‘rip’ or make digital copies of their CDs and DVDs.

 

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I wasn't aware it is illegal. what a waste of time. people have been doing it for decades

since the days of tape recorders.

sales won't increase, I've always

said that. in my experience dvds and cds are only bought as xmas presents (easy option). actually most films and albums I've bought in the past, weren't worth buying.

By the way.

If the refund doesn't materialise, which is likely, write back to Network Rail not Apcoa

This result is because you wrote to Network Rail and they contacted APCOA.

I've done this many times with different companies and different problems.

I have 100% successful outcomes using the route I advised.

Well Done

RESULT!! Waiting beside the letterbox now....

 

 

Dear Ms ****

 

First of all we would like to sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused which resulted in your card being changed twice for your parking session in the London Paddington Station Car Park. Secondly, we would like to offer our sincere apologies for the delay in getting your refund for £10.00 actioned. We can confirm that your refund request, along with sufficient proof and postal address, was received on 4th November 2010 and forwarded to the refunds department for the Network Rail contract, based in Manchester, on the same day. We have explained the circumstances to the refunds department and that you are still waiting for your refund and will instigate an investigation to find out why this has taken so long. They have now confirmed that the refund request has been accepted and the relevant details surrounding the refund have been sent to our finance department so that a cheque can be generated and sent to your postal address in ********.

 

Once again, please accept our apologies for the time that it has taken for you to receive your refund for your double charge at the London Paddington Station Car Park.

 

Best regards

 

APCOA Parking Customer Service team

UK Head Office

Don't write to Apcoa. Get in touch with Network Rail (If they are the owners of the land).

The owner or lessee of the carpark is responsible for the actions of their agents (Apcoa)

No buck passing

Supermarkets and retail parks supply car parks for one reason only: to attract customers

Why should you then have to pay. The cost of building or leasing a carpark is budgeted for in their

merchandise pricings.

Any 'cut' they receive from PPCs is bunce.

I think, but am far from certain that you have to have a consumer credit license for a start.

 

TFT

Exactly right. It's not called a CREDIT file, report, score for nothing.

How can they get an entry on a credit file without going to court? This at the moment only remains an alledged debt, not an actual default on payment.

That's what I was wondering.

If anybody who says we owe them money could interfere with our credit file, I'm sure most of the population would have a bad credit rating.

Not that I'm condoning speeding, but:

 

Drivers can avoid speeding tickets...by changing lanes | the Mail on Sunday

I've just read the article.

Aren't all these Police Spokesmen admitting that installation of average speed cameras could increase dangers on our roads.

Shouldn't these statements make the installation of these devices irresponsible and therefore unlawful.

Just as an aside: I was told by a council parking official that 'upside down ticket' actually means 'face down'. A lot of CEOs issue a ticket on the assertion that a ticket 'not straight' is 'upside down'

I'm talking Council Wardens here.

Don't destroy the letters.

I've never seen a post on here advising people not to pay in a 'pay & display'

Also Kat Pat ' it is no guarantee that parking in a free car park will not result in a [problem] being perpetrated on you (including Lakeside, Tesco, Sainsbury et al.)'

Thanks.

I'm thinking of writing a letter of complaint to Sir Terry Leahy, head of Tesco.

Asking if a customer enters a Tesco car park but finds it full, is it their policy that they would want the customer to drive straight out and not spend the £80 in their shop.

Edit: In fact I'm going to write.

Funny how these people profess to be 'holier than thou' in the first few posts.

Then gradually their true personality comes to the fore.

It is my opinion that this person LOVES giving out tickets without any thought for the moral rights or wrongs.

Keep ignoring it. They'll likely give up eventually. Should they be stupid enough to file a claim, they're going to look pretty silly in court when your son produces your letter dated months before telling them who was driving.

Thanks for replying so quickly Michael.

That is ordinarily what I would do. If they were stupid enough to start court action, would my son have to attend?

He's actually getting worried about it (he doesn't say as much but I can tell by his body language.

Hi Everyone.

My son received a notice from 'UK Parking Ltd' in late November.

However, I was driving the car and parked in Tesco.

The 'contravention' is for parking out of a bay.

Anyway I told my son not to bother and I would deal with it, I was so incensed that I wrote denying the 'offence' and said I was driving.

( completely forgetting what I had read on this forum).

Another letter came 'still addressed to my son' so as has been mentioned here before, they don't even read the latters. I wrote back signing with my name, their reply 'still addressed to my son' was that they were not going to communicate again.

I ignored the letter and then ' Roxbrugh DCA' threat came, which I ignored.

Next was a letter from our friend Michael Sobell, I again ignored it.

A couple of days ago came Michael Sobell's Final Warning. Still addressed to my son. The thing is, I don't mind being threatened or even having an hour in court but I need to get my son's involvement taken out of the equation.

Any ideas would be most welcome.

Thanks