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    • Thank-you dx, What you have written is certainly helpful to my understanding. The only thing I would say, what I found to be most worrying and led me to start this discussion is, I believe the judge did not merely admonish the defendant in the case in question, but used that point to dismiss the case in the claimants favour. To me, and I don't have your experience or knowledge, that is somewhat troubling. Again, the caveat being that we don't know exactly what went on but I think we can infer the reason for the judgement. Thank-you for your feedback. EDIT: I guess that the case I refer to is only one case and it may never happen again and the strategy not to appeal is still the best strategy even in this event, but I really did find the outcome of that case, not only extremely annoying but also worrying. Let's hope other judges are not quite so narrow minded and don't get fixated on one particular issue as FTMDave alluded to.
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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.   
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I got issued with a £20 fine for travelling without a ticket dispite having 2 years worth of monthly passes to show to the inspector as I was running late one morning.

 

No surprise my appeal was rejected, however I have not received any mail from IRCAS or the train company...

 

After looking at my fine I noticed he got a number wrong on my address, he read the details from my driving license and that is noted on the form.

 

Does this invalidate the fine? They are trying to charge me £50 now not paying on time (i sent my appeal in on the last day possible, it got rejected for being "late").

 

Yet I have still not received any mail at all regarding my fine. The train company said they sent me a letter, i never received that so I asked them by email and they emailed me a copy of the rejection fo appeal notice.

 

Is this fine still valid if it does not have my correct address on and they cannot contact me via mail?

 

Thanks guys!

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I know incorrect entries on parking/speeding fines make them invalid, I went out my way to contact them and they have just confirmed by email they have the wrong address.

 

If this went to court surely it would be thrown out due to invalid information on the fine?

 

The whole thing is such a [problem], I would have paid the fine happily if I hadnt paid over £90 a month for the past 2 years for an overcrowded and unreliable service, now they throw £50 at me to pay.... Well out of order.

 

Any advice would be great guys, I have told them I am not sending my address to them until I have saught advice.

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lets get this clear....u got penalty fare for £20..did you pay this penalty on the spot or at least the single fare for your journey??

Is this a unpaid fare notice or a penaly fare (two are different)??

 

This will not go to court if its a penatly fare, the railway company will try to recover the money but may find it hard as they have the wrong address

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I know incorrect entries on parking/speeding fines make them invalid, I went out my way to contact them and they have just confirmed by email they have the wrong address.

 

If this went to court surely it would be thrown out due to invalid information on the fine?

 

The whole thing is such a [problem], I would have paid the fine happily if I hadnt paid over £90 a month for the past 2 years for an overcrowded and unreliable service, now they throw £50 at me to pay.... Well out of order.

 

Any advice would be great guys, I have told them I am not sending my address to them until I have saught advice.

 

My sympathies to you (I am currently appealing a penalty fare from National Express East Anglia), I don't have any procedural or legal advice to pass on (as yet), however, given that you quite rightly label this as a "[problem]" I think that some co-operative public action is in order to try to press restrictions on the way the Penalty Fare Rules are implemented to curtail this form of crookery. The problem is the penalty is of a amount low enough for most people to pay up just to make the situation go away, so there may not be enough groundswell. In my books "stealth" earnings such as these are in the same category as corporate management bonus shams and recently unveiled banking malpractices.

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This is a penalty fare notice, I offered to pay it on the day but the inspector said they dont take money, I even told him I was about to buy my train pass, which I did, and the pass was valid on that day.

 

I have contacted them via email and confirmed they have the wrong address, he got my flat number wrong. I also told them I wont be passing them my correct address until I have spoken to Citizens Advice or saught some legal advice over the validity of the ticket.

 

The current fine stands at £50, which is the initial £20 penalty fare and the remaining £30 is admin charges from IRCAS (Debt collectors) for not paying on time and them having to send a letter, to the wrong address.

 

I am pretty much sure there is nothing they can do now they have my address wrong. I am waiting for a reply to my last email to them, they seem to have stopped responding since I confirmed they have the wrong address, guess I will find out what happens in the next few days but I know one thing is for sure... There is NO chance I am paying that fine. If I skipped fares often I would take it on the chin, but I dont and they get enough money from me as it for an unreliable, overcrowded service. :mad:

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I think you should know that they will have your correct address as they have access to a database of everyones address in the country.

In relation to penalty fares being a [problem], if there were no notices telling you that you will have to pay one if you dont buy a ticket before travelling then I would agree with you.

BTW, penalty fares were introduced to provide a simpler method of dealing with people rather than prosecuting them when they didnt buy tickets.

These days penalty fares are only issued to people who did not intend to avoid the fare, for example, those that couldnt be bothered to queue up. Those people that do intend to avoid the fare are prosecuted, and its a lot more than £20.

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These days penalty fares are only issued to people who did not intend to avoid the fare, for example, those that couldnt be bothered to queue up.

Or those that were totally unaware they were contravening any travel regulation as they had not been correctly advised by the network employee they inquired of, of travel restrictions on their ticket or pass.

Why can't those obvious cases simply pay the fare due and maybe a small administrative inconvenience fee (say 50p) instead. Why is it necessary to charge these hiked money-spinners?

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Hi NinjaFox, there are a couple of questions I'd like answered before I comment further on this one if you don't mind.

 

1. Did you sign the notice at the time of issue confirming the details were correctly recorded?

 

2. When you put in your appeal on the last possible date, did you give your correct address on your appeal letter?

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I did sign the fine... The 2 numbers are very similar and I didnt notice at a glance, I was more annoyed by the fact he wouldn't let me walk 20 yards to buy my pass.

 

I appealed by email and never put an address on it, I simply referred to the ticket reference number in the subject.

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Is this a unpaid fare notice or a penaly fare (two are different)??

 

This will not go to court if its a penatly fare, the railway company will try to recover the money but may find it hard as they have the wrong address

 

It would be dangerous to rely on this as advice relating to Penalty Fares.

 

A penalty fare notice, which remains unpaid and not successfully appealed, may result in a prosecution.

 

The rules allow for this.

 

To facilitate this, the penalty notice is cancelled by the rail company at the end of the time period allowed for appeal or payment and a Summons is issued alleging that the traveller intended to avoid payment of the single fare for the journey.

 

In my experience, Magistrates convict more often than not if:

i) warning signs were in place,

ii) an opportunity to pay or appeal has been given

and

iii) the facilities were available to get a ticket

 

As for having the wrong address in this case, the rail company will point to the fact that the notice has been appealed and therefore is acknowledged by the person to whom it was issued.

 

These days, Courts accept service of a Summons by email as well as by post.

 

I am not saying that this is justified in this specific case, it may or may not be so and I do not doubt the OP's verion of events, but it is not true to say that the case could not be prosecuted.

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hi can any 1 possibly help me to day i bought a return train ticket from burnley to preston and i dint realsie it sed child on it and iam 18 and when i was going back into the preston train station in the afternoon i was stoped and he asked me why i had a child ticket i was trying to explain but he would not let me and now iam worried about how much the fine is going to be if any one can help me many thanks nick

 

p.s sorry for any spelling mistakes cheers.

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hi can any 1 possibly help me to day i bought a return train ticket from burnley to preston and i dint realsie it sed child on it and iam 18 and when i was going back into the preston train station in the afternoon i was stoped and he asked me why i had a child ticket i was trying to explain but he would not let me and now iam worried about how much the fine is going to be if any one can help me many thanks nick

 

p.s sorry for any spelling mistakes cheers.

 

Before I can offer you any advice I'd like a very important question answered.

 

Where did you buy your rail ticket?

 

Was it from the booking office?

Was it from a self-service machine?

Was it on line via the internet?

Was it from a rail accredited travel agent?

Was it from another source and if so, what?

 

Once I know the answer to that question I will give you a detailed reply.

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i bought the ticket from burnley centrel from the man at the counter aka booking office and i hadnt realised that it sed child until the afternoon when he had stoped me so im not to sure how much the fine is going to be many thanks for any help .

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i bought the ticket from burnley centrel from the man at the counter aka booking office and i hadnt realised that it sed child until the afternoon when he had stoped me so im not to sure how much the fine is going to be many thanks for any help .

 

You may not like what I am going to say, but bear with me for a moment.

 

It is quite easy to ascertain who sold you the ticket because every machine has it's own unique code and that goes for self-service machines too.

 

It is extremely unlikely that the Booking Clerk would have issued a child rate ticket unless you asked for it or, you or, someone on your behalf, gave some indication that you were entitled to a child rate ticket.

 

The default setting on ticket machines is 'Adult single', so this has to be altered in order to issue the discounted ticket.

 

Now, I did say 'unlikely', it is not totally impossible although I'm not going to elaborate on that for the moment, but I'll ask you a couple more questions first.

 

1. Were you travelling with someone else, perhaps someone younger?

 

2. What did you actually ask the clerk for?

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i was traveling on my own and i just simply asked for a return i did not specify wat type of retun i wanted and so he gave me a child one as i do not look 18

 

Child rate tickets are only available to persons aged 5 to 15 years inclusive.

 

Anyone who is 16 years of age or over must purchase an adult rate ticket.

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