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    • Hi, I've been reading the invaluable advice on this forum and reading about the problems with Evri and lost delivery of items.  From what I gather the initial steps after having exhausted every's own lost item claim process is to draft a Letter of Claim, I think it is called and to register with the government Money Claims.  I have got a login for Money Claims and have made an initial stab at the letter but I'm not certain I have got it right. Am I right to assume that having exhausted Evri customer service's claims process and having received the denial of any compensation because the laptop I was sending is on the non-compensatory list that my next step would be to send the Letter of Claim to them? Let me provide some basic details which I hopefully have addressed in the letter. I purchased a laptop through Amazon.co.uk which a business in Belfast sold refurbished laptops through.  They had a 30 day money back guarantee for a full refund if you have any issues with the laptop.  I have the invoice from Amazon showing the purchase.  On 27 April, 2024 before the end of the 30 day period I used their ParcelShop (inside a Tesco) to send the laptop back and have the tracking reference mentioned in the letter.  As mentioned in the letter there was they advised they could not give me or sell me any insurance because laptops are on the non-compensatory list so I just paid the normal delivery cost.  It was scanned as leaving the ParcelShop on 29 April and the tracking has been like that ever since.  After a 28 working day Evri claim process they gave the expected response that they could not provide any compensation and simply could not proceed with my claim. I was hoping to get some advice on whether I go ahead now and email this to Customer Services straightaway and should I send a hard-copy to the Evri address as well?  Or are there any steps I have missed out on first?  I believe 14 days is the reasonable period of time for them to respond so if I were to send it tomorrow, for example 12 June then I should expect a reply by 26 June, is that correct and fair?  And assuming they don't reply with a full refund then I would then go down the government Money Claims site to proceed with that? Sorry for all the questions, I want to make sure I go about it properly.  I'll continue to read through other cases on here so I can get an even better handle on the process. I attached a LOC, happy for any edits or updates that will make it even better. Thanks so much for anyone's help! Regards, Matt Evri letter of claim.docx
    • The date was 3 June. Get on MCOL now. The legal principle is that, even if you defence is late, if the other party hasn't requested judgement, then your defence takes priority and is accepted. You might be in time. When I say now I mean now.  Recently we had someone who was nine days' late and this was pointed out to them at 5:30pm.  They faffed around till 11pm.  When they went on MCOl they saw that judgement had been entered at 7pm. Every minute is vital. File the below standard defence if you still can - 1.  The Defendant is the recorded keeper of [motor vehicle]. 2.  It is denied that the Defendant entered into a contract with the Claimant. 3.  As held by the Upper Tax Tribunal in Vehicle Control Services Limited v HMRC [2012] UKUT 129 (TCC), any contract requires offer and acceptance.  The Claimant was simply contracted by the landowner to provide car-park management services and is not capable of entering into a contract with the Defendant on its own account, as the car park is owned by and the terms of entry set by the landowner.  Accordingly, it is denied that the Claimant has authority to bring this claim.    4.  In any case it is denied that the Defendant broke the terms of a contract with the Claimant. 5.  The Claimant is attempting double recovery by adding an additional sum not included in the original offer.  6.  The Particulars of Claim is denied in its entirety.  It is denied that the Claimant is entitled to the relief claimed or any relief at all.
    • Hi friends,  I’m a bit worried I may have got confused with timings here. I thought I had 33 days from my acknowledgment to submit a defence but the date added above says 3/6/24.   have I missed the date?   if so how can I apply for an exception due to my disability and problems with deadlines and dates etc (ADHD)?   what should I submit as a defence?   I’ve had no reply from BW so far    just been back on MCOL and it says 28 days from service if I completed an acknowledgment of service so does that mean 28 days from that of acknowledgement (I.e. 16/5) which would make deadline for defence 14/6?   Thanks! Panicking here.
    • Normally we don't advise playing your cards early in a snotty letter, but as you have appealed we might as well use what you wrote in the appeal against them. There is no rush, you have until 6 July to get it to them.  See what the other regulars think too. How about something like this? -   Dear Rachael & Sean, cheers for your Letter of Claim.  I rolled around on the floor in laughter at the idea you'd actually thought I'd take such tripe seriously and would cough up! As usual you'll have been too bone idle to do any due diligence.  Had you done so you would have seen that I appealed to your client.  Indeed the driver on the day is a textbook example of having done exactly what you should do when you do not wish to be bound by the T&Cs in a private car park. Of course none of that mattered to the spivs you represent but do you really want to put such a useless case in front of a judge? To be fair, your clients are very useful members of the human race - as comedians.  How I loved the page turner of their antics at The Citrus Building in Bournemouth.  It was chuckle after chuckle reading about them, letter after letter, month after month, insisting they were legally in the right, even through someone who had done just the first day of a GCSE law course could have told them they weren't.  Until the denouement - BOOM - an absolute hammering in court.  In fact - SLAM, BANG - managing to lose twice against the same motorist for the same car park in front of two different judges. Your client can either drop their foolishness now or get yet another tolchocking* in court where I will go for an unreasonable costs order under CPR 27.14(2)(g) and spend the dosh on a nice summer holiday, while every day laughing at your clients' expense. I look forward to your deafening silence. COPIED TO COUNTRYWIDE PARKING MANAGEMENT LTD   *  This word is used under licence from Brassnecked
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      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
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I would - why would they get you to sign that if there wasn't a case against them?

 

They are trying to avoid the complaint for a reason - if it were me I would push it all they way against these bar stewards ;)

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Any advice tomtubby? Should I refuse to sign? Incidentally, they STILL haven't given me a full breakdown of fees and appear to have picked the amount out of thin air. They claim the amount owing on fees is £146; yet the initial bailiff letter last week added £227 worth of fees onto the account. (his van fee was £201 the bailiff said on the phone). I feel that they should be stopped from doing this to others.

 

Nowhere in the letter does it mention what the fees were or address my complaint that the fees were unlawful and invalid. It merely agrees as a 'gesture of goodwill' to rescind them.

 

(By the way, something that made me laugh - they even included a stamped addressed envelope for me to return signed form!!!!)

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I would admit to being very worried about this.

 

I cannot see any reason why they should insist that you sign a letter agreeing to accept a refund of fees that in all probability you are legally entitled to in any event. !!!!

 

By co-incidence we have an identical letter in our office. The lady who received it also refused to sign her letter and instead has continued with a formal complaint to the court.

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I have decided not to sign until I get written confirmation from them that the levy was unlawful and the charges associated with it invalid. I posted a letter today. I have also asked them for assurances that procedures are put in place to ensure such actions are prevented in the future.

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I got another letter from CCS today - seems like the bailiff didn't turn up on Friday as promised to enter with a locksmith - funny that.

 

Now I have been given 7 days before he returns a libilty order to the council.

 

Isn't that what I want, for the council to take the debt back?

 

He goes on that the council may apply to the Magistrates for my commitment to prison, what is the chances of that happening?

 

The council have always been copied in on correspondance and we have made payments towards the total debt as and when we can. We are also fully upto date with last years and this years council tax.

 

I'm hoping all this is a good sign but would like to know what others think

 

I would also appreciate some help on what to put on the form 4 complaint regarding their false claims and bullying tactics

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Hi BSC,

Thats a shock about thee bailliff not turning up on friday with a locksmith:D

I think if they return the debt to the council it becomes "nulla bono",or uninforceable by the bailiff.

 

Because you have already made payments to council you have shown that you are trying to pay,and no court would even consider commital to prison under those circumstances.

 

Drop tomtubby a pm regarding what to put on your form 4,she is very good at that sort of thing :)

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thanks again shammy - for once it seems like a phone call made the difference and the bailiff has decided to give up trying. As soon as the 7 days pass we will be in touch with the council to discuss a payment plan.

 

I will PM tomtubby tommorow to ask if she can offer some advice.

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Excellent news - I would proceed with the form 4 complaint explaining that the bailiff threatened you with unlawful actions; etc.

 

As to prison, you will not be sent to prison unless you wilfully refuse to pay. You are not; so no judge would jail you.

 

Two success stories with CCS - I wonder if CCS reads these forums?!

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I can assure you that bailiff companies read these forums daily.

 

It is for this reason that I will always say that you should not name an individual bailiff or scan a letter without first taking out personal information like reference numbers, names and addresses.

 

It has also been know for bailiff companies to use individual postings on here as evidence when attending a Form 4 Complaints hearing.

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Hi tomtubby,

 

I was given your name by pin1onu, who said you may be able to help. I have posted my complaint and question below:

 

With regards to my persistence in resisting paying this penalty charge notice I am now of the belief that the ticket should be rescinded on the grounds of the principles established in Miah v Westminster (2005). I sent my Letter Before Claim to all parties concerned back in February this year but never got anything back from Torbay Council instead they simply sought enforcement of the PCN - hence the Bailiffs now demanding money and apparently paying visits to my house although no-one has seen them!

 

While I will continue fighting this ticket on the gounds of Miah v Westminster in the mean time the Bailiff has outlined his charges for visits and future visits. These are not charges for levying distress, we're not there yet!! These charges amount to £150.07 (before the debt!) simply for his 3 visits. I have looked at a forum on here and Zooman states that if the debt is under £100 (my PCN debt is £95) the total amount the Bailiff can charge for visits (before levying distress) is £25. This is great news if correct, do you know if this is true and where can this information be found to corroborate it?

 

If you can offer any advice on this I would be very grateful.

 

TheyrCriminals

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Theyre criminals

 

Would you mind re-posting your question in a new thread. You have joined onto an old thread which will confuse the situation. I can then respond.

 

 

PS: The fees that you are quoting from are not quite right.

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