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    • Laura, I was surprised that the Director said that you hadn't appealed twice. I thought that the letter you posted on 24th June was the second appeal and that was to the IAS. And they did say that there was no further appeal possible. Could you please explain how many times you appealed. I am going to read your WS now. PS  Yes I meant to say that the keeper did not have a licence therefore it was wrong of them to assume he was the driver and the keeper. Thanks for picking that up.
    • In answer to your questions yes even though it wasn't called that, it was the NTK. Had it been a windscreen ticket you would not have received the NTK until 28 days had elapsed. In earlier times if the warden was present then a windscreen ticket would have been issued. It nows seems that the DVLA and the Courts don't see a problem  with not issuing a ticket when a warden is on site. A period of parking must mean that ther e has to be a start time and a finish time in order for it to be considered a period. A single time does not constitute a period. I am not sure what you mean by saying it could be taken either way.  All they have mentioned is  the incident time which is insufficient. There are times on the photos about one minute apart which do not qualify as the parking period because they are not on the PCN itself. The reason I asked if the were any more photos is that you should be allowed 5 minutes Consideration period for you to read the signs and decide whether you want to accept them and you do that by staying longer than 5 minutes. if  more  do not have photos of your staying there for more than 5 minutes they are stuffed. You cannot say that you left within the 5 minute period if you didn't , but you can ask them, should it get to Court , to provide strict proof that you stayed longer than the statutory time. If they can't do that, case over.
    • I recently bought some trainers from Sports Direct and was unhappy with them and their extortionate delivery and return postage charges. I tweeted about being unhappy, and received a reply from someone claiming to be from Sports Direct asking me to send my order number and email address by pm, so a claim could be raised. Which I (stupidly) did. The account used Sports Direct's name and branding, and a blue tick.  The following day I received a call from "Sports Direct Customer Service", and with a Kenyan number. They asked for details of the issue, and then sent me an email with a request to install an app called Remitly. They provided me with a password to access the app then I saw that it had been setup for me to transfer £100, and I was asked to enter my credit card number so they could "refund" me. I told them I was uncomfortable with this (to say the least), and was just told to ring them back when I did feel comfortable doing it. Ain't never gonna happen.  I just checked my X account, and the account that sent the message asking for my details is gone. I feel like a complete idiot falling for what was a clear scam. But at least I realised before any real damage was done. if you make a complaint about a company on social media, and you get a reply from someone claiming to be from that company and asking for personal details, tread very carefully.   
    • The good news is that their PCN does not comply with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012  Schedule 4.. First under Section 9 (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; (b)inform the keeper that the driver is required to pay parking charges in respect of the specified period of parking and that the parking charges have not been paid in full; The PCN does not specify the parking period. AS you rightly say the ANPR times do not include driving to the parking space and then from there back to the exit. And once you include getting children in and out of cars especially if seat belts are involved the time spent parked can be a fair bit less than the ANPR times but still probably nowhere near the time you spent. But that doesn't matter -it's the fact that they failed to comply. Also they failed to ask the keeper to pay the charge.  Their failure means that they cannot now transfer the charge from the diver to the keeper . Only the driver is now liable. As long as UKPA do not know who was driving it will be difficult for them to win in Court as the Courts do not accept that the driver and the keeper are the same person. Particularly as anyone can drive any car if they have the correct insurance. It might be able to get more reasons to contest the PCN if you could get some photos of the signs. both at the entrance and inside the car park. the photos need to be legible and if there are signs that say different things from others that would also be a help.
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I have been married to my wife since 2003. We have been living together from june 2003 to july 2009.... I have two children from her , she has two children from her previous marriage... She has been claiming as a single parent from 2003 to january 2009... In 2006 till 2007 she was running a business from her home address on my name and claiming benefits...On every document she filled in has her handwriting on it for the business... Ini 2004 she was convicted of fraud and deception for defrauding an insurance company..

In 2006 she changed her name her name so that she could go to college to study law.. In 2008 she went to local university to study law..... In feb 2009 she wanted me to go out and work and still claim for benefits.. I am a full time carer for my father and so i refused.. In july she left the house where we livid together. She went to her mothers house... I rang her a few days later to ask her when she will return home.. She rang the police and told them i was harrasing her... An harrasment order was then served on me..

On the 14 july 2009 i wrote a letter to her university and told them she had a conviction on her name ... They then wrote to her. she then went to the university and told them a sob story that she had been a victim of domestic violence ..... On the 19 july 2009 she made a statement to the police that she had been a victim of domestic violence for 7 years ... Then the arrested me for the alleged offence.. i am on police bail . I have been bailed twice naw... There is no history of domestic violence since we have been together.. She has made this up to play the victim... I have told the benefit fraud agency of the benefit fraud she has been doing.. I have sent into them prove of my marriage, home made movies letters that show that i was living with her for seven years, she is denaying that i liveid with her...THe benefit agency havent yet approched her.. I am worried becouse i hope they dont believe her made up sob stories, she is a very good actor... Can anybody tell me what could happen with the benefit agency, will she get a way?

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I'm afraid it's impossible to answer. The decision for a penalty would lie with the person who makes the final determination on the case. What I can say is that if she was claiming on the grounds of being a single parent when she was not, is she will be made to repay the money regardless. What penalty she would get on top of that, if any, would be down to the DWP. They may prosecute, they may not.

 

If you knew what she was doing at the time, you could also be implicated in it.

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Even though you have provided DWP with evidence of your marriage etc they will still need to conduct their own investigation and this can take months, particularly if they decide to obtain bank statements and other financial information relating to her business activities. The fact that your wife has not been approached yet does not mean she has got away with it. Also as Erika has pointed out in her post there is a possibility you could also be interviewed, and subsequently charged, with either knowingly allowing or aiding and abetting benefit fraud.

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rantz, it does come accross as if your motives are bitterness that should be let go. On the benefit issue you are just as liable if you knew about it and on the kays issue 2003, come on now, you must have known about it earlier. Could be seen as malice so move on.

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I dont think that the DWP would be interested in your ex wifes defrauding of Kays. ;)

 

If they do investigate your claims to your wifes benefit fraud then the enquiries and evidence gathering can take months in order to get the case together.

Do you think you may have opened a can of worms, you may have implicated yourself as well

 

Lou has offered good advice :)

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My wife is constantly laying to the police and to the courts that i am breaching my undertaking..This is a big bunch of lies... She causes damages to her car and rings the police and tells them it was me... The reason why she is doing this to prevent me from having any contact or custody with my kids...

I will leave the kays and benefit issue, i dont want to go down that road..thanks for warning me loopy and micky... What can i do about this game she is playing inregard to damaging her own car and blaming me for it??

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She has no proof you are damaging her car, the police should take no action there hopefully. The only harm here she is doing is to her car.

Are you on benefits now ?

If you are consider seeing a solicitor you should be entitled to legal aid

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If I were you, I'd start keeping a diary of your wife's behaviour so that you have a full record of what she gets up to and details of all communication between you.

 

My brother-in-law has been married to my sister for over 2 years, but his first wife still pops up every so often. She had him arrested last year for supposedly assaulting her. The reality was that she had started paying visits to his elderly mother who suffered with dementia to try and get into her Will. He found her at the house and chucked her out.

 

Some people will stop at nothing.... You need to protect yourself.

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