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    • That is a big improvement Dave and I do agree that it s best to leave it till the last moment to prevent VCS from countering your WS. [usually using doubtful logic that can't be easily argued against in a Court atmosphere] However my first post [no. 32] about the contract is the one that really exposes Jake's flummery and calls into  question jost how close he comes to committing perjury. And that is what hopefully VCS will not want questioned by a Judge. 
    • just to be clear here..... the DVLA do not send letters if a drivers licence address differs from any car's V5C that shows the same driver as it's registered keeper.
    • sorry she is a private individual, the cars are parking on her land. she can clamp the cars. only firms were outlawed from doing it bazza. thats what the victims of people dumping cars on their drives near airports did and they didn't not get prosecuted.    
    • The DVLA keeps two records of you. One as a driver and one for your car. If they differ you might find out in around a month when they will send you a reminder as well as to your other half for their car. If you receive nothing then you can be fairly sure that you were tailgating though wouldn't explain why they didn't pick up your car on one of drive past their cameras. However even if you do get a PCN later then your situation will not change. The current PCN does not comply with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule 4 which is the main law that covers private parking. It doesn't comply for two reasons. 1. Section 9 [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 states 47 minutes which are the arrival and departure times not the time you were actually parked. if you subtract the time you took to drive from the entrance. look for a parking place  park in it perhaps having to manoeuvre a couple of times to fit within the lines and unload the children reloading the children getting seat belts on  driving to the exit stopping for cars pedestrians on the way you may well find that the actual time you were parked was quite likely to be around ten minutes over the required time.  Motorists are allowed a MINIMUM of ten minutes Grace period [something that the rogues in the parking industry conveniently forget-the word minimum] . So it could be that you did not overstay. 2] Sectio9 [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; Your PCN does not include the words in brackets and in 2a the Act included the word "must". Another fail. What those failures mean is that MET cannot transfer the liability to pay the charge from the driver to the keeper. Only the driver is now liable which is why we recommend our members not to appeal. It is so easy to reveal who was driving by saying "when I parked the car" than "when the driver parked the car".  As long as they don't know who was driving they have little chance of winning in court. This is partly because Courts do not accept that the driver and the keeper are the same person. And because anyone with a valid motor insurance policy is able to drive your cars. It is a shame that you are too far away to get photos of the car park signage. It is often poor and quite often the parking rogues lose in Court on their poor signage alone. I hope hat you can now relax and not panic about the PCN. You will receive many letters from Met, their unregulated debt collectors and sixth rate solicitors threatening you with ever higher amounts of money. The poor dears have never read the Act which states quite clearly that the maximum sum that can be charged is the amount on the signs. The Act has only been in force for 12 years so it may take a  few more years for the penny to drop.  You can safely ignore everything they send you unless or until they send you a Letter of Claim. Just come back to us if they do send one of those love letters to you and we will advise on a snotty letter to send them. In the meantime go on and enjoy your life. Continue reading other threads and if you do get any worrying letters let us know. 
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A further update on this for anyone who has followed the case so far. More post yesterday one from appeals and they are sending a doctor out to examine my son which I think is good as they will be able to see for themselves how he is affected. Another from appeals which is a copy of what they have sent to dwp asking what they are trying to prove as they have viewed the dvd they were sent. Another from solicitor which said that the appeals will probably wait now until the court case is all over. Could anyone who is going through or been through this confirm that this is what usually happens. I feel the appeal should still go ahead but if they are going to wait for the court hearings it will be a very long time before it gets to appeal.

 

Should be the other way around - the court case should wait on the the appeal outcome. An appeal won't be delayed for a court case.

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Thankyou Estellyn, I was hoping this would be the case. Maybe when he goes to magistrates they will adjourn untill the appeal has been heard.

 

You'll need a solicitor who knows what they're doing. Yours sounds a little.....confused.

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Right the doctor came out and he went through everything with my son and then examined him, he said that some of the conditions are rare (we know this) so this makes it more difficult for people to grasp how it affects him. I know there are a lot of negative reports about atos doctors but I hope this one is okay as he did seem so.

We have been to see one of the solicitors today and he has said that the appeal will go ahead but, he doubts that we will get a date for that before the magistrates court date.

He also said that if and a big if things went against us then my son would have to pay for his barrister for crown court which is in the region of £5500.

The cost of this is just mounting all the time.

I have to say though both solicitors and the doctors are confident that he will win his appeal.

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Right the doctor came out and he went through everything with my son and then examined him, he said that some of the conditions are rare (we know this) so this makes it more difficult for people to grasp how it affects him. I know there are a lot of negative reports about atos doctors but I hope this one is okay as he did seem so.

We have been to see one of the solicitors today and he has said that the appeal will go ahead but, he doubts that we will get a date for that before the magistrates court date.

He also said that if and a big if things went against us then my son would have to pay for his barrister for crown court which is in the region of £5500.

The cost of this is just mounting all the time.

I have to say though both solicitors and the doctors are confident that he will win his appeal.

 

You can contact the Tribunal service and request an expedited Tribunal date due to the circumstances - did your solicitor not suggest this option? It is important that the Tribunal happen before the criminal case.

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I know exactly how you are feeling - I had a letter on Saturday afternoon - so had all weekend and a bank holiday to worry myself sick over it! I rang the council number (it says it's to do with housing/council tax benefit), on the letter. The person it is signed by out of the office until next week! Managed to speak to a colleague to ask for more information. I was told it is due to a change in circumstances and to do with my job. Only thing I can think of is I did 4 days work at the racecourse just before Easter. If they have said this is what it is can they 'change' the information? It seems crazy if this is what it is as I won't be doing it again anyway, as it was a casual thing - I have been so scared and upset, I have never committed any offence or done anything wrong and feel stupid and embarassed about the whole thing. Couldn't they just have phoned or written an ordinary letter to enquire about it? Crazy thing is if I could get a job that either had more hours or paid more I wouldn't need to claim any of the benefits in the first place, worked and paid taxes since I was 18 and this is how I am made to feel! This country stinks!

Seems you can't get a decent job these days (I'm on minimum wage, part time and a lone parent), prob be better off claiming out of work benefits! Can't win........

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Hi Nixie99 from the experience we have had with my son they don`t tell you in advance what they THINK you have done wrong. I fyou know you are not doing anything wrong then you have to say so (not that this has helped in our case). You will have to go to this interview and see what they have to say but, please don`t go alone take a solicitor with you and I hope it all works out for you.

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Well my son was at court today and it was ridiculous. He was at magistrates and the dwp kept saying he should not have been paid any benefit because he was working. I could hardly believe this as its just stupid as we all know dla is an in work benefit. It will not go to crown court and the magistrates have said the dwp had to have their case ready for 30th july as they have had more than long enough to prepare. To be honest I felt a lot better after today than I have the whole time this has gone on as they made themselves look fools and they were told this. Our gp is attending court with us on 30th july and we have been told it will be dealt with on that date and we will be able to put this whole thing behind us.

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I think so too,they kept going on about him working and his solicitor kept saying that dla is an in work benefit and they have always known he works. They did say at one point that you cant get benefits and work only to be corrected again.

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That's ridiculous. I'm sure it says on the award letter that you have to inform them if you work; (because it's a change in circumstance) but nowhere does it say you can't work and claim DLA. I know many people who do with no problem.

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It seems to me Nystagmite that the left hand has no idea what the right hand is doing. I must say though I have felt much better in myself since yesterday as if they cant even get that right what chance do they have against a whole load of medical evidence? The whole thing is a waste of public money.

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I think your right, they don't seem to know what theyre doing, and it doesn't just apply to that dept ...even david cammoron was caught out with his bedroom tax ****-up speech lol.......hapless hopeless lot all round.

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the dwp kept saying he should not have been paid any benefit because he was working. I could hardly believe this as its just stupid as we all know dla is an in work benefit.

 

Welcome to the wonderful world of the CPS. They now prosecute DWP cases but don't seem to have a grasp of benefit rules just yet.

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I am a rheumatology nurse specialist and obviously understand scleroderma and its effects on patients and of course their families. I totally empathise with you and your son around DLA. I have had patients in tears frightened that they will lose their DLA - which they use to make their trips to hospital for treatment which keeps them in employment/functional members of society. It is so frustrating when expert specialist professional opinion is disregarded and some paper shifter makes a decision on a person they know nothing about. I'd like to see them trying to button a shirt when they have no finger movement/digital ulcers or indeed no fingers or can only walk at a snail's pace in extreme pain or so breathless as a result of their lung and heart involvement all secondary to their systemic sclerosis.

 

I get many letters/request for information from the DWP about a patient of mine and their condition. This takes an immense amount of time. With the introduction of PIP this is only going to get worse. Rheumatology as a whole is affected quite badly by the changes to the disability benefits due to the nature of rheumatic disease. This is beginning to add a burden to already stretched services.

 

Anyway, back to the original topic - best of luck for your son at his court date!

Disclaimer: Any advice given is solely my own. I advise you seek professional advice in the first instance.

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I am so glad that you seem to be getting somewhere. I am not being prosecuted by the CPS but a joint local council and DWP collaberation. 2 years mine has been dragging on and yet they had another adjournment despite the Judge telling them they had to be ready for the June hearing and its been put off again until July

 

So pleased for you as I know the stress of this completly

 

 

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Panthro thankyou for that, so many people do not understand his condition and think it is so easy to live with. He is judged every day by a work colleague and I think personally that dwp pen pushers should read up on some of these conditions and see just how they affect people.Sinkinghelp I really feel for you after 2 years the stress has to be so bad it can only make matters worse.

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