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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 received a letter at around 6am from marstons, on behalf of HMCS, the letter reads: FINAL NOTICE- despite previous notices you have failed to pay the outstanding sums due. TAKE NOTICE that unless full payment is made immediately, i shall remove your goods for sale at public auction (then the bailiff has ticked 'this weekend' and written 'at 620am, the police will be in attendance when goods or car are removed'.

 

is this scaring tactics or are the bailiffs really going to turn up at 620am (which i thought was illegal time to call) and break into my house and remove my goods with the police?

 

any advice or answers would be greatly appreciated, thankyou

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Then it was a magistrates court fine..yes? I would guess you have had all the required notices and have not acted on them... the bailiff having only given you 24 hrs notice of his intended visit suggests he has moved ahead and obtained the required warrant from the court to carry his actions ...if he hasn't got the warrant then he cannot force the entry but he can arrest you and take you back before the Court.

 

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Sadly, quite a few local authorities are taking this cause of action and taking the debtor to court for failing to provide details of income when requested. There is such a requirement in the statutory regulations.

 

Did you receive a summons and if so, did you respond?

 

How much is the fine?

 

If I get time in the next few days I will be starting a new thread concerning unpaid court fines but, in the meantime, you may care to note that if a bailiff does in fact get into the property he CANNOT REMOVE ANY GOODS on that day and this is confirmed in the statutory regulations !!! This is ONLY applicable for the enforcement of unpaid COURT FINES.

 

Instead, the bailiff may levy upon goods, BUT HE CANNOT REMOVE goods on that day. He must instead.....leave the goods in situ until the day of any proposed sale. Therefore, if the bailiff states that he will be attending "with a van" everyone should be asking the question of WHY!!!!!

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Sadly, quite a few local authorities are taking this cause of action and taking the debtor to court for failing to provide details of income when requested. There is such a requirement in the statutory regulations.....

 

Interesting comment!

 

But I think councils should be reminded when calling upon the law to profit from court action, that these statutory regulations work both ways.

 

I wonder how many councils breach the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations by profiting from summonses and liability order penalties, or do so by combining these fees into one. Or, allowing their bailiff contractors to systematically charge a £24.50 "Header H" fee when no goods have been physically removed.

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Interesting comment!

 

But I think councils should be reminded when calling upon the law to profit from court action, that these statutory regulations work both ways.

 

I wonder how many councils breach the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations by profiting from summonses and liability order penalties, or do so by combining these fees into one. Or, allowing their bailiff contractors to systematically charge a £24.50 "Header H" fee when no goods have been physically removed.

 

Unfortunately it seems that both HMCS and councils are treating debt recovery as an additional revenue stream, by using subterfuge and liberal "interpretation" of regulations to make a profit on the recovery.

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Interesting comment!

 

But I think councils should be reminded when calling upon the law to profit from court action, that these statutory regulations work both ways.

 

I wonder how many councils breach the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations by profiting from summonses and liability order penalties, or do so by combining these fees into one. Or, allowing their bailiff contractors to systematically charge a £24.50 "Header H" fee when no goods have been physically removed.[/QUOTE]

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Please please please help, I have been threatened by marstons he is coming to my address with a locksmith tomorrow for unpaid court fines. Its a deep and long fine stretching back to 2005 I have offered payment but he wont have it I cant get a stat dec dont know any solicitors and its sat I have to work at 9 what can I do?

 

I should point out I have been very head in sand about it cos each time i contact them i get bullyish tactics telling me to pay all now etc. im so scared what can i do I dont own anything live with my girlfriend she is full time worker I am a student.

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