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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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Can anybody give me some advice, In May I received a letter to my mums address (where I havent lived for 16 years) from Wirral Borough Magistrates stating that they were going to take action over a 53 pound fine for failing to identify a driver in 1999. I phoned the court to query what this was and why I had heard nothing about it in 10 years and they said they could not give me any precise info due to there computer systems having been updated since then. I also quiried this debt as being unenforceable as it is 10 years old. There reply was that it is a court fine and hence does not expire in this way. In August Marstons baillifs posted a letter through my mums door stating it has now gone up to 103 pound. I called Marstons again querying what this fine is for, still nobody can give me any other information other than failure to identify driver. Nobody can give me info of vehicle etc. So I paid 30 pounds over the telephone and said i would pay the further 70 pounds in september. I was advised by Marstons to just pay and then take it up with the courts later. So i called Marstons today to pay the remaing 73 pounds and was informed I now owe 248 pounds as I am 10 days late making the payment. I again went through the story with them and told them I no longer live at this address and it is my mums house, the bailliff said I must make full payment today or does my mum have receipts for all her goods as they are attending the property with a locksmith. I again said I dont live there and I can fax info such as council tax for my mum to prove it. He said unless I give him my new address the fax wont make any difference and he is going ahead with the action in the morning. I offered to pay him 100 pounds but he has said full payment or nothing. HELP!!!!!!!!!1

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the bailiff is using scare tactics, how can they ask money for something they cannot prove, not even the courts can prove it, someone with more knowledge will be along soon, dont pay anymore money till you find out exactly what it is for, i.e the vehicle and the date of the incident

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Is this the first time you have ever known about this fine?

 

If it is you may beable to file a statutory declaration which will stop the bailiffs and force the courts to deal with it, you need to send a private message to tomtubby asking for her advice about that as i dont know alot on that subject.

In the mean time try calling the CAB and National Debtline for advice.

 

Maybe you could call your local police station and see if they can find any record of it?

 

Sorry i cant be of more help but stick with this forum and someone will be able to help you who knows more

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the baillif came out with a letter in auguast which is when I agreed to pay half in August and half in September. How can the bailliffs suddenly charge an extra £200 when they have not even been out with the van yet. where did this extra cost occur for them.? I am going the CAB this afternoon, I have also faxed them a load of info this morning proving that Im not at my mums address but am i going to have to pay this anway??

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I also have been visited by Marstons at my work premises. I own a Ltd company which stopped trading at the same address 4 weeks ago. There is nothing on the premises that belong to the ltd company and I am now self employed and doing something completely different. Can they take any goods or from my home? They have sent me a letter saying they have a Walking possssion of the goods seized. Are they entitled to take anything?

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I also have been visited by Marstons at my work premises. I own a Ltd company which stopped trading at the same address 4 weeks ago. There is nothing on the premises that belong to the ltd company and I am now self employed and doing something completely different. Can they take any goods or from my home? They have sent me a letter saying they have a Walking possession of the goods seized. Are they entitled to take anything?

 

 

welcome to CAG i cant help with your problem others can

could you please start your own thread and give a bit more info (what are they collecting the debt for)

 

to start a new thread click on this link it will take you to a new page near bottom of page on left new thread Bailiffs and Sheriff Officers

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the baillif came out with a letter in auguast which is when I agreed to pay half in August and half in September. How can the bailliffs suddenly charge an extra £200 when they have not even been out with the van yet. where did this extra cost occur for them.? I am going the CAB this afternoon, I have also faxed them a load of info this morning proving that Im not at my mums address but am i going to have to pay this anway??

 

They have charged you £50 admin fee and £175 visit fee.

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A court fine is not a debt, its a penalty.

 

The law doesnt provide for bailiffs to add fees to fines. When a bailiff collects the fine and pays it to court, the court then pays the bailiff his fee according to a contract between the HMCS and bailiff.

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gets better i came home from work today to find they had clamped my car on the drive. the fee at this point went up to 548.00 pounds the police then were called to prevent a breech of the peace. My 3 children were in the house i had the dog on the drive so they couldnt get in but we were threatened with arrest and so just had to pay 548 poubds for release of my car. this cant be justifiable!!

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The law doesnt provide for bailiffs to charge a fee to fix or remove a wheelclamp. You have a right to reclaim the bailiffs fees. You can also make a complaint to the IPCC against the attending police officers for assisting an offender committing an offence under the 2006 Fraud Act. This is because they failed to apprehend the suspect when he committed the crime of defrauding you of money.

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Where Do You Begin With This Company If You Telephone Them As Soon As You Give The Reference In The Office They Either Transfer You To The Bailiff Or Put The Phone Down. These Are The Rudest Bunch Of People I Have Ever Met. Whilst Handing Over My 550 Pounds I Told Him I Wsnted My 2 Pound Change He Told Me I Should Leave My Children Waiting For There Tea And Go To The Shop And Get Change, If I Did Not Do This Then He Would Not Accept The Money And Would Still Take My Car. He Only Went The Shop Himself When The Police Finally Took My Side And Told Him To Go The Shop Himself This Very Rude Man Is Called Mr Haddock And I Hope Nobody Else Comes Across Him

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A court fine is not a debt, its a penalty.

 

The law doesnt provide for bailiffs to add fees to fines. When a bailiff collects the fine and pays it to court, the court then pays the bailiff his fee according to a contract between the HMCS and bailiff.

 

You are wrong - the contract states that for distress warrants the defaulter pays the bailiff

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gets better i came home from work today to find they had clamped my car on the drive. the fee at this point went up to 548.00 pounds the police then were called to prevent a breech of the peace. My 3 children were in the house i had the dog on the drive so they couldnt get in but we were threatened with arrest and so just had to pay 548 poubds for release of my car. this cant be justifiable!!

 

I am pleased that I have seen this question as it is clear that this needs to be brought to the immediate attention of the relevant HMCS Contract Manager in your area.

 

When HMCS awarded these Contracts they allocated various HMCS Managers to oversee complaints.

 

When these fines were first being sent to Marstone etc, there were some fines from years ago but my understanding is that this is no longer the case.

 

The charges applied to you would also indicate that you have had to pay 10 times what the debt was for!!

 

You need to file a Statutory Declaration TODAY and I will help you to do this. This should cancel the fine and allow for a refund.

 

The basis for the statutory declaration is that you had not received the summons.

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You are wrong - the contract states that for distress warrants the defaulter pays the bailiff

 

It's a contract between Marstons and HMCS and is not legally binding on the offender. There are no statutory fees for collecting unpaid court fines, so the bailiff has to ask the offender to pay his fees. The back page of the contract only sets out a fee schedule which the bailiff can deduct before paying the fine onto the court.

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