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    • Morning, I purchased a car from Big Motoring World on 10th December 2023 for £14899.00. On the 15th December I had a problem with the auto start stop function of the car in which the car would stop in the middle of the road with a stop start error message. I called the big assist and the car was booked in for February. The BMW was with them for a week and it came back with the auto stop start feature all fine and all error codes cleared on the report from big motoring world. within 5 days I had the same issue. Warning light coming on and the car stopping. I called big assist again and the car was again booked in for an other repair in May. Car was taken back in may, they had the car for a week and returned with the report saying no issue with the auto stop start feature and blamed my driving. Within 5 days of having the car back it broke down again. This time undrivable. I had the rac pick my car up and take to Stephen James BMW for a full diagnostic. The diagnostic came back with the car needing a new fuel system as magnetic swarf was found.  I have sent big motoring world a letter stating all the issues and that under the consumer rights act 2015 I have asked for a replacement vehicle. all reports from Stephen James BMW have been sent over to big motoring world. Big motoring world have come back and said they will respond to my complaint within 14 days for the date of my complaint letter. I am not feeling confident on the response from them, what are my next steps?   Thanks in advance. 
    • That is really good is that a mistake last off "driver doesn't have a licence" I assume that should be keeper? The Court requested me to send the Court and applicant proof of my sons disability from their GP this clearly shows he has Severe Mental Impairement, he is also illiterate.  I naively assumed once the applicant received this that they would drop the claim.  It offends me that Bank has asked the Judge to throw the case out at the preliminary hearing and to make us pay up.
    • 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.
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hi all, i have recently been visited by a bailiff to collect on council tax arears, what i need to know is, on the first visit i let him in to the house, anyway on the fees i can see he has charged me a first visit fee and also a levy fee both on the same visit(first visit.) is this correct as as far as i can see he shouldnt be charging me the first visit fee as he has charged the levy fee, is this correct?

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hi all, i have recently been visited by a bailiff to collect on council tax arears, what i need to know is, on the first visit i let him in to the house, anyway on the fees i can see he has charged me a first visit fee and also a levy fee both on the same visit(first visit.) is this correct as as far as i can see he shouldnt be charging me the first visit fee as he has charged the levy fee, is this correct?

 

If he has been in and done a levy on your goods it may pat to list on here what he has seized as some of the items on your list may be exempt in which case the levy will be invalid and the charges should be removed.

 

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Thanks for the prompt replies, here is some more detail,

called on 11/3/20010 to collect council tax arrears, i let him in the house,

original sum owed to council £338.55,

1st visit fee £22.50,

levi fee(against my car) £33.00,

walking possession £11.00,

total now due £405.05.

 

is it right to charge me the 1st visit fee and the levi fee on the same visit?

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They cant charge a visit fee the same day as a levy /walking possession fee

 

please check to see if this bailiff is certificated the fees he is charging went out out with the ark a visit fee is now £24.50 and a walking possession fee is £12

 

 

 

www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/CertificatedBailiffs/

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They cant charge a visit fee the same day as a levy /walking possession fee

 

please check to see if this bailiff is certificated the fees he is charging went out out with the ark a visit fee is now £24.50 and a walking possession fee is £12

 

 

 

www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/CertificatedBailiffs/

 

Thanks for the reply, i have checked his cetificate and it is valid, is this definetly the case for the 1st visit fee and the levi fee being charged on the same visit because if so i am about to file a form 4 complaint to the county court that issued his certificate.

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please don't file a form 4 yet you must go through the council and the baillifs complaints procedure first to give them the opportunity to correct there mistake

 

For making a visit to premises with a view to

Levying distress (where no levy is made) - (i) where the visit is the first or only such visit): £24.50

 

http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/docs/Enforcement_Agent_Charges.pdf

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please don't file a form 4 yet you must go through the council and the baillifs complaints procedure first to give them the opportunity to correct there mistake

 

For making a visit to premises with a view to

Levying distress (where no levy is made) - (i) where the visit is the first or only such visit): £24.50

 

http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/docs/Enforcement_Agent_Charges.pdf

 

Thank you very very much hallowitch, just contacted the bailiffs office, stated the facts to them and they denied it all the way, then stated to them some of the information you just provided me with and told them if it wasnt resolved i will be filling a form 4 complaint, put me on hold and surprise surprise they came back on the phone full of appologies saying were really sorry the bailiff has made an error and we will remove the first visit fee immediately. give me so much pleasure as the bailiff was so cocky and arrogant when he attended, ha!!!.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!

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well done bet that wiped the smile of his face :lol::lol:

 

have you made an arrangement to pay this must be done in writing and stuck to as they have a levy they will be looking for a way to charge you a van fee

 

Yes an arrangement has been made and will be stuck to, don't want to give them any excuses to come back.

 

And thanks again for all your help.

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Yes an arrangement has been made and will be stuck to, don't want to give them any excuses to come back.

 

And thanks again for all your help.

 

Good to hear that this is resolved. UNLESS you now keep to the payment plan the bailiff can return to your property and charge an "attending to remove" fee to your account. The key is therefore to ensure that your payments are made BEFORE the due date.

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hi again all, the very same bailiff has just returned today to collect on an old council tax bill (seperate from the one above) but the exact same circumstances but this time i was out. he left a letter, first visit fee £22.50, levi fee £30,

this is his first visit in relation to this account so for a start the first visit fee is unlawfull again! but he has again levied against my car but the thing is he has already levied against my car on the first account which is still in place- can he do this?

what should i do about this as i have already spoken to them and had the charges removed from the first account, but the very same bailiff has done it again which leads me to believe that they are doing this to every account that gets passed to them and making a fortune unlawfully. what can i do?

 

Thanks in advance.

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As you already know and have successfully argued they cannot have a levy and a vist fee at the same time. If the previous levy on your vehicle is still current then he cannot levy on the same goods again. In this case the levy fee + associated charges should be replaced by a 1st Visit fee of £24-50. I would also advise the Council they have done this.

 

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As you already know and have successfully argued they cannot have a levy and a vist fee at the same time. If the previous levy on your vehicle is still current then he cannot levy on the same goods again. In this case the levy fee + associated charges should be replaced by a 1st Visit fee of £24-50. I would also advise the Council they have done this.

 

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hi pt thanks for the reply, that is what i thought i will be on the phone to the bailiff's office and the council first thing monday morning.

will let you know how i get on.

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interestingly enough the £24.50 1st, £18.00 2nd, and £12.00 wp etc are the maximium charges applicible to fees regarding each case/visit.

so, a bailiff company could in theory charge less than the usual max charges most companies use. so the fees could be correct. apart from adding the visit and levy at the same time.

could the company have visited before and this is why the 1st visit has been added on? or perhaps the company could have sent a letter through the post and claimed a visit took place? (i know for a fact this is how equita work)

it may be worth asking your local council when the liability orders were passed over to the bailiff company as well, because in some council areas if there are multiple files the company are only allowed to charge a visit fee on 1 account, but if the bailiffs visit on a different day with a different liability order they can add seperate fees, so, if they were given to the bailiff company on the same day, the visits that were seperate should of been done together, and therefore the bailiff company are trying their luck by adding 2 seperate fees.

also i think you would be wasting your time by putting a form 4 complaint against the bailiff, he could claim it is a mistake and it wouldnt go anywhere, you are best off just sticking to the payment plan set.

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spoken to them today and they are adamant that they can levy against the same goods twice, even though the first levi is still current and valid.

any ideas?

 

rubbish

 

once goods are Levyed (your car) they do not belong to you they belong to local authority who instructed to bailiff to take walking possession of them

 

 

 

read your notice of seizure on it near the bottom there should be a Walking possession agreement somewhere on this part there should be words to the effect of

 

 

I will inform any person who may seek to levy any other distress or execution that you are

already in possession of the property distrained upon and I will inform you of any such visit;

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Ditto

 

I've seen several bailiffs turn round, walk out, never to be seen again when shown a walking possession agreement from a previous bailiff visit - for the very reason HW states.

I understand what your saying guys, i know this as do you, but how can i enforce it when they blatently deny it? any help appreciated.

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