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    • Dave if I run you by a different analogy.  Imagine you are doing 45 mph down Park Lane and a police car has clocked you doing that. When you get the Notice of Intended Prosecution they claim you were speeding in Piccadilly. So although you were speeding you weren't speeding in Piccadilly. Result -case would be thrown out. Same thing here. The contract refers to an area in Ruislip with a postcode  of HA4 OFY. On every  pcn  they have put the car in HA4 OEY. I admit that they have the correct postcode on the claimform but the car cannot be in two places at once. By pursuing Rocky on the wrong postcode means they had no reasonable cause to ask the DVLA for his details.Met does not have a contract to issue PCNs in that postcode. It is not desperation though it would be embarrassing for Met in Court and the case should be thrown out. The NTD can say whatever it wants but the NTK fails to specify the parking period and fails to ask the driver to pay S9[2][b] so that PCN does not comply with the Act so only the driver liable. And times on the photographs on the PCN are just that. Times on a photograph not on the PCN as stated in the Act.   Your strongest point is the PCN [the NTK ] is not compliant and as you were not the driver you are not liable so should go first.  Not only is it not compliant but the postcode on the NTK is different from the one on the Claim form. If the one on the NTK was wrong then Met have breached Rocky's GDPR since they had no reasonable cause to contact the DVLA as they did not have a contract  that covered that postcode and so misled the DVLA. That should be sufficient to win.  With regards to their WS sometimes the rogues leave it till the last moment to send to prevent Defendants being able to respond to what has been said. So don't send your WS until the last day. If theirs hasn't arrived by then add to your WS that their WS not received and ask that it be ignored.If it does arrive in time, then you can still amend your WS to answer any of their spurious points. As a lay person you will be granted a days latitude at least. PS do not foret to include S9[2][b] in your WS
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    • I also started getting OTPs to a mobile number that I since have had to change after 10 years in case it was compromised.  The only card that I had provided to Lyca was a virtual card that they had stored for payment processing.   TLDR - Lyca are claiming no breach, there is definitely a breach. ICO are useless and havent heard from Lyca.   
    • If you have written witness statements about living there then get those sent off to the housing association? You may be able to stop the eviction there and then if you can prove they're wrong (unlikely though). Generally a landlord is responsible for court costs for eviction and not the tenant unless the tenant has acted unreasonably. I don't imagine you've acted unreasonably so I can't see a judge awarding a possession order with costs.  When does the 4 weeks expire? You legally have a right to remain in this property until midnight of that date, so yes you can stay until the end of the notice.  I would highly recommend you remain the property until this date at the very least. If you haven't found somewhere to live don't worry about it too much, just stay after the date. Just make sure you keep paying the rent on your normal dates so that you don't run in to arrears. They'd need to go to court and you'd have a right to defend yourself anyway. If you leave before the date of the hearing, then the housing association will just have to eat the costs. They can't take this out of your deposit. Get on to the council and see if they have anywhere as emergency accommodation as well, they have a legal obligation to help you find accommodation. You'll be bumped up the list if your daughter is still a minor as they'll need to make sure she has accommodation.  
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Hi

 

Issue is with timeshare/holiday club company I signed up to 7 years ago. Company, Club La Costa is based in Spain I believe (may be registered elsewhere). I am now resident in Australia but was Uk resident when I took the timeshare.

 

I have 2 issues:

 

1. Forgot to pay membership fees on time this year - CLC now charging me an additional 25% late payment fee EUR350 which is excessive in the extreme. What unfair contract terms legislation is in effect here and can I claim caselaw that prohibits this excessive charge as this is punitive damages and not compensating their loss (which is probably only interest at 7% over base plus some costs for an email they sent)

 

2. Original contract was payment in GBP. Two years in they changed it to EUR without consultation thus increasing my fees by 1.5 times. Not what I signed up for. Any law which would allow me to void the contract as they have changed it without my agreement?

 

Sorry it's not Uk based but any help would be appreciated as I cannot find anything like this on the web for the EU.:|

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I'm obviously missing something because I can't see why you are working out how you might not have to pay them. Tell them that unless they can show where in the T&C they are allowed to change the currency you'll consider the contract null and void and not pay any further fees to them and invite them to sue if they're convinced they're right?!

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G'Day theminor

 

I hear what you're saying. The one catch is that to buy into timeshare there is an upfront investment. Think I paid around GBP12k. I also have 3 years of unused points which the club would freeze which would be worth a further GBP3k+. These are the funds that I'd like to get back by voiding the contract.

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My key issue right now is the 25% late payment charge - what law prevents them from charging these punitive damages in Europe? Then once sorted I want out so is there a law that restrcits the change that they made to the currency without my agreement?

 

Help still required!

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