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    • Hi, we are looking to get some opinions on weather or not to bother fighting this PCN. This comes from a very big retail park parking where there are restaurants, hotel, amongst other businesses. The parking is free but I suppose there must be a time limit on it that I am not aware of. We were in the area for around 4 hours. Makes us wonder how they deal with people staying in the hotel as the ANPR is on what appears to be a publicly maintained street (where london buses run) which leads to the different parking areas including the hotel.  1 Date of the infringement 26/05/2024 2 Date on the NTK  31/05/2024 3 Date received 07/06/2024 4 Does the NTK mention schedule 4 of The Protections of Freedoms Act 2012? [Y/N?]  YES 5 Is there any photographic evidence of the event? Entry and exit photos however, based on the photographs we are almost sure the photos are taken on public street. This is the location I believe photos are taken from.  https://maps.app.goo.gl/eii8zSmFFhVZDRpbA 6 Have you appealed? [Y/N?] post up your appeal] No Have you had a response? [Y/N?] post it up N/A 7 Who is the parking company? UKPA. UK Parking Administration LTD 8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] The Colonnades, Croydon, CR0 4RQ For either option, does it say which appeals body they operate under. British Parking Association (BPA) Thanks in advance for any assistance.  UKPA PCN The Collonades-redacted.pdf
    • Thank you for posting their WS. If we start with the actual WS made by the director one would have doubts that they had even read PoFA let alone understood it. Point 10  we only have the word of the director that the contract has been extended. I should have had the corroboration of the Client. Point 12 The Judge HHJ Simkiss was not the usual Judge on motoring cases and his decisions on the necessity of contracts did not align with PoFA. In Schedule 4 [1[ it is quite clearly spelt out- “relevant contract” means a contract (including a contract arising only when the vehicle was parked on the relevant land) between the driver and a person who is—(a)the owner or occupier of the land; or (b authorised, under or  by virtue of arrangements made by the owner or occupier of the land, to enter into a contract with the driver requiring the payment of parking charges in respect of the parking of the vehicle on the land; And the laughable piece of paper from the land owners cannot be described as a contract. I respectfully ask that the case be dismissed as there is no contract. WE do not even know what the parking regulations are which is really basic. It is respectfully asked that without a valid contract the case cannot continue. One would imagine that were there a valid contract it would have been produced.  So the contract that Bank has with the motorist must come from the landowner. Bank on their own cannot impose their own contract. How could a director of a parking company sign a Statement of Truth which included Point 11. Point 14. There is no offer of a contract at the entrance to the car park. Doubtful if it is even an offer to treat. The entrance sign sign does not comply with the IPC Code of Conduct nor is there any indication that ANPR cameras are in force. A major fault and breach of GDPR. Despite the lack of being offered a contract at the entrance [and how anyone could see what was offered by way of a contract in the car park is impossible owing to none of the signs in the WS being at all legible] payment was made for the car to park. A young person in the car made the payment. But before they did that, they helped an elderly lady to make her payment as she was having difficulty. After arranging payment for the lady the young lad made his payment right behind. Unfortunately he entered the old lady's number again rather than paying .for the car he was in. This can be confirmed by looking at the Allow List print out on page 25. The defendant's car arrived at 12.49 and at 12.51 and 12.52  there are two payments for the same vrm. This was also remarked on by the IPC adjudicator when the PCN was appealed.  So it is quite disgraceful that Bank have continued to pursue the Defendant knowing that it was a question of  entering the wrong vrm.  Point 21 The Defendant is not obliged to name the driver, they are only invited to do so under S9[2][e]. Also it is unreasonable to assume that the keeper is the driver. The Courts do not do that for good reason. The keeper in this case does not have a driving licence. Point 22. The Defendant DID make a further appeal which though it was also turned down their reply was very telling and should have led to the charge being dropped were the company not greedy and willing to pursue the Defendant regardless of the evidence they had in their own hands. Point 23 [111] it's a bit rich asking the Defendant to act justly and at proportionate cost while acting completely unjustly themselves and then adding an unlawful 70% on to the invoice. This  is despite PoFA S4[5] (5)The maximum sum which may be recovered from the keeper by virtue of the right conferred by this paragraph is the amount specified in the notice to keeper under paragraph 9[2][d].  Point 23 [1v] the Director can deny all he wants but the PCN does not comply with PoFA. S9 [2][a] states  (2)The notice must— (a)specify the vehicle, the relevant land on which it was parked and the period of parking to which the notice relates; The PCN only quotes the ANPR arrival and departure times which obviously includes a fair amount of driving between the two cameras. Plus the driver and passengers are a mixture of disabled and aged persons who require more time than just a young fit single driver to exit the car and later re enter. So the ANPR times cannot be the same as the required parking period as stipulated in the ACT. Moreover in S9[2][f]  (ii)the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver, the creditor will (if all the applicable conditions under this Schedule are met) have the right to recover from the keeper so much of that amount as remains unpaid; You will note that in the PCN the words in parentheses are not included but at the start of Section 9 the word "must" is included. As there are two faults in the PCN it follows that Bank cannot pursue the keeper . And as the driver does not have a driving licence their case must fail on that alone. And that is not even taking into consideration that the payment was made. Point 23 [v] your company is wrong a payment was made. very difficult to prove a cash payment two weeks later when the PCN arrives. However the evidence was in your print out for anyone to see had they actually done due diligence prior to writing to the DVLA. Indeed as the Defendant had paid there was no reasonable cause to have applied for the keeper details. Point 24 the Defendant did not breach the contract. The PCN claimed the Defendant failed to make a payment when they had made a payment.   I haven't finished yet but that is something to start with
    • You don't appeal to anyone. You haven't' received a demand from a statutory body like the council, the police or the courts. It's just a dodgy cowboy company trying it on. You simply don't pay.  In the vast majority of these cases the company deforest the Amazon with threats about how they are going to divert a drone from Ukraine and make it land on your home - but in the end they do nothing.
    • honestly you sound like you work the claimant yes affixed dont appeal to anyone no cant be “argued either way”  
    • Because of the tsunami of cases we are having for this scam site, over the weekend I had a look at MET cases we have here stretching back to June 2014.  Yes, ten years. MET have not once had the guts to put a case in front of a judge. In about 5% of cases they have issued court papers in the hope that the motorist will be terrified of going to court and will give in.  However, when the motorist defended, it was MET who bottled it.  Every time.
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Has anyone replied to gallant Macmillan yet? If so have they responded? Cheers

Have just sent LOD registered post to Gallant & Macmillan at their Oxford Street address. Post Office were unable to find them at this address on their system, but sent it anyway.

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I very much doubt they'll be stewing. They'll not have given it a 2nd thought. They'll have just logged who they sent letters to and will check at a later date who has replied and who hasn't and act accordingly.

 

This is outrageous

Filesharing - the legal opinion

 

Which? has been advised by an eminent Queen's Council, a barrister appointed by the Queen, that 'where a third party does manage to use the internet connection of a subscriber without his or her knowledge or consent and infringes copyright, the subscriber will not be liable for copyright infringement'. When told this, Simon Gallant said he disagreed.

'In general, wireless routers are supplied with set-up instructions that password protect the wi-fi connection (unless the user chooses to opt out),' he countered. 'Furthermore, internet service providers require their customers to password protect their connection as part of their subscription contract.

'Gallant’s view is that consumers who fail to secure their connections are acting unreasonably and run the risk of liability if a third party illegally file-shares using that connection. There may be exceptions to this position and we will look at each reply on its merits.'

 

Sounds like we are being judged by the solicitor not a proper Judge lmao.

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Have just sent LOD registered post to Gallant & Macmillan at their Oxford Street address. Post Office were unable to find them at this address on their system, but sent it anyway.

 

 

3 Greek Street

Soho

London W1D 4DA

 

is what they have on there website - Im saying backstreet and maybe they don't exist in Oxford St, could be to make themselves look bigger, maybe a redirection in the post office.

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sorry found this on anothoer forum

seems gallant macmillan have several addresses one in oxford street london , one in soho london & one on a business park near bath in somerset -

 

Science house

 

Church Farm Biz park

Corston

Bath

BA2 9AP

United Kingdom

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Just had a look on google street view, 77oxford street, cant quite see what the sign says as theres a bus in the way!

As for 3 greek street, looks back street!! And its next to what looks like a pub/resturant? Called the - GAY HUSSAR!!!!!!

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This is outrageous

 

 

Sounds like we are being judged by the solicitor not a proper Judge lmao.

 

Dear Simon

 

Please feel free to keep clutching at straws in a vain attempt to give your :lol: cases :lol: some merit. In the meantime please take on board that it is very easy for the security recommended by the ISPs to be cracked.

 

I know the cold hard facts are of no interest to you but I feel you have shown a lack of understanding surrounding the above process and thus a requirement to be be furnished with the above was evident.

 

Thanks

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I called them (withholding number of course) to clarify my position, because I seem to be in the unique position of receiving more than one letter.

 

I was told that this was an error, and they are only looking to claim £375/£350 per person, not per infringement. I was told that I had committed 5 infringements in total, but these werent mentioned in either letter to me.

 

Therefore I asked them to confirm this writing before deciding my next steps

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I called them (withholding number of course) to clarify my position, because I seem to be in the unique position of receiving more than one letter.

 

I was told that this was an error, and they are only looking to claim £375/£350 per person, not per infringement. I was told that I had committed 5 infringements in total, but these werent mentioned in either letter to me.

 

Therefore I asked them to confirm this writing before deciding my next steps

 

Sounds like more scare tactics - They can not possibly be able to blame the person that is the acc holder. Why didnt they say in the first letter these are the titles you have shared we want £350/£375 for compensation. What if say someone had shared ten of there titles. Someone that shared double pays the same. Smollox.

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I called them (withholding number of course) to clarify my position, because I seem to be in the unique position of receiving more than one letter.

 

I was told that this was an error, and they are only looking to claim £375/£350 per person, not per infringement. I was told that I had committed 5 infringements in total, but these werent mentioned in either letter to me.

 

Therefore I asked them to confirm this writing before deciding my next steps

 

What do they mean '5 infringements in total' are these 5 different times? If so why didn't you recieve 5 letters instead of two or was that an error in their error

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I called them (withholding number of course) to clarify my position, because I seem to be in the unique position of receiving more than one letter.

 

I was told that this was an error, and they are only looking to claim £375/£350 per person, not per infringement. I was told that I had committed 5 infringements in total, but these werent mentioned in either letter to me.

 

Therefore I asked them to confirm this writing before deciding my next steps

 

Tell them to prove that it was you who shared the infringing items... I see no cameras.

 

I think the reason they only include one title on the list is simply a scare tactic as they have done to you today. A fall back for them. What did the baby say in Meet The Fookers? A$S£HO7E5

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5 infringements can be any combination of 1 download, 4 uploads...and with the IP addresses being dynamic, this is what they have tracked.

 

If I can't send a LOD because the file may or may not be on my PC, then I have no other option it would seem. My only recourse would be a smaller fine

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I've got my 2nd LOD ready to post, it basically says exactly what I said in the 1st, which was a template.

 

Thing is, their evidence is flawed, if they did have the balls to take anyone to court, in my case they have said my ISP have identified me as a subscriber on their network, but the ISP who have apparently identified me are not my ISP. You can just see it when they say to a judge, ISP name XXXX have named the defendant as a subscriber to their network and you provide proof that you are actually in a contract with ISP xxx and were at the time of the alledged offence. I'm not telling them that though, don't see why I should.

 

The whole [problem] seems so amateurish.

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I wonder how long this can really go on for. These waves of attacks seem to just die out as quick as the next. Only unfortunate thing is they thrive off of the ones who pay without questioning and probably are racking up a list of those who didnt reply to use when things get desperate.

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If they threaten anymore ill start threatening them with a a solicitor who deals with the CWU. Is £3 a week worth the cwu sub. I think so...

 

I don't think you will find your Union legal service cover this type of work unless you pay them, this is from the CWU website:

 

| Legal Services - old page | Personal Injury | CWU Legal Advice Helpline

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I don't think you will find your Union legal service cover this type of work unless you pay them, this is from the CWU website:

 

| Legal Services - old page | Personal Injury | CWU Legal Advice Helpline

 

 

Then I think it is a case for the cwu solicitors to claim expenses from Mr Gallant - I had a car accident and they were going to take the case on for me.

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Then I think it is a case for the cwu solicitors to claim expenses from Mr Gallant - I had a car accident and they were going to take the case on for me.

 

 

I saw the thing about accident cover at the bottom so maybe they dont..

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re Mr Gallant's comments about security.

 

I dont know about anyone elses router but the two Ive seen supplied by Sky both have the access key well stuck to the side of the router.

 

I know what you are saying -

 

You can change the password in router settings and also turn the security off all together or even use wep which is a very easly hacked security system.

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I know what you are saying -

 

You can change the password in router settings and also turn the security off all together or even use wep which is a very easly hacked security system.

 

yeah , with some level of knowledge. But why would a layman? Obviously some folks are now finding out

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What ever way it doesnt matter I have had parties here with 30 people up, I know of a least 5 people that have accessed and haved logged my passcode. I had a friend who pulled up in the driveway to send a quote off via email lol. I cant see they can make anything stick. Gallant is clutching at straws and hoping people will be stupid enough to pay up. Its all scare tactics - They say thier letters aren't threatening - I would say otherwise.

 

As I said WEP is easily hackable whats saying that you didn't have that security enabled.

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ok guys

 

I've spoken to a few people on here and off...it sounds like my best position is to make an offer to GM because their current demand is disproportionate...

 

Why are you owning up? They have nothing on you! How much are you thinking about paying these people?

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Im not saying that I've owned up - but they've got 5 infringements against me - 1 download and 4 subsequent uploads through utorrent.

 

My situation is different to most on here it would seem. Don't get me wrong I'd love to avoid paying out but as advised on here, sending a LOD isnt an option, neither is ignoring...so what else can I do?

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