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    • 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
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    • Because of the tsunami of cases we are having for this scam site, over the weekend I had a look at MET cases we have here stretching back to June 2014.  Yes, ten years. MET have not once had the guts to put a case in front of a judge. In about 5% of cases they have issued court papers in the hope that the motorist will be terrified of going to court and will give in.  However, when the motorist defended, it was MET who bottled it.  Every time.
    • Hi everyone, Thanks for the responses. Just a few follow up questions in light of what's been said:   If I dont appeal to PPM, who can I appeal to?   Why should the PCN been attached to the windscreen? Is this written in law?   I assumed the document I had received was the NTK, if this is not the case, what does a NTK look like?   Regarding the compliance with the Protection of Freedoms Act, could the "period" of parking not be argued either way? The legislation doesnt state it must have a start/end time of parking, which I assumed an ANPR camera would pick up if it had one. Is 4 minutes not technically enough to show the vehicle was parked?    Thanks !
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I need some serious help :-o

 

I have just been sent a claims court letter stating that my ex employer wants every penny back he paid my wife for the past 3 years even though she had an employment contract, paid tax and NI and all above board. He even wants the company car benefits paid back to him and the neagtive equity on the car we left with him when both of us resigned.

 

Am i stupid in believing this is something he cannot win or is the law daft enough to let him?

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Agreed. We need to know the Particulars Of Claim

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OK here goes - I was employed on a contract running the company for him. I wasnt living in the area and worked from home for 3 weeks out of the month. Between us; the directors and me - we felt it better if i moved to the area. This meant my wife had to finish work so they gave her a contract and she just stayed at home but it meant we had the same overall income.

 

We moved up and all fine for 3 1/2 years. Then the owner starting dodgy stuff and I told him and we had words and in the end he suspended me. I stayed at home for 6 weeks and then dedcided to resign giving 3 mths notice. They sdaid they would take 1mth so that was fine and I did and left on 7th oct and went into a new job on 10th Oct. Just before I left i heard the newspapers were onto him about some fraudlent behaviour and I was interviewed by both paper and police about it all. He has been arrested and bailed and due in court this month. He thinks I have shopped him but i havent.

 

They have also sacked the finance direcrtor as he too didnt like what was going on. They also owe me about 70k in commission but only admit to 47k of which i have already had 23k of it before i left in carious guises.

 

my wifes salary is seperate from mine but could argue that is all mine i suppose but nonetheless can they take it? There is no mention in my contract or hers about company car etc so I am assuming they trying to say cos it aint in threre then they want it back and as my wife never came into work then they want that back..

 

My cynical mind is saying they trying to wind me up as they know I am a votaile person with no fuse whatsoever but i am not sinking to those depths and ending up in prison for GBH...I want to do it all legally!

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so, the wife had a signed employment contract and terms and conditions?

 

it sounds like they are on a major wind up in the hope you lash out and do not defend their claim for some reason.

 

is it possible to scan in the court letter (covering personal info of course) or typing up the exact wording of the claim?

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Yes, signed contract with T&C's and paid for 3 years with no issues. All tax and NI paid and company car declared on P11d's.

 

Attached 3 pages from their submittal to court.

 

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Yes, signed contract with T&C's and paid for 3 years with no issues. All tax and NI paid and company declared on P11d's.

 

Attached 3 pages from their submittal to court.

 

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Sadly the images are too small to read. Any chance of getting them larger. Use Photobucket or upload as PDFs?

 

Best edit out the case number too if possible.

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First of all you need to acknowledge service of the claim and indicate your intent to defend the claim in full.

 

Insofar as the defence is concerned you need to respond directly to the POCs in that the claim has no merit, the POCs are insufficiently detailed to provide any cause of action. The claimant alleges that money has been unlawfully and illegally taken, yet no such suggestion has been made by the claimant previously, nor has there been any police investigation into any 'theft' alleged by the claimant. You and your wife were employed under a contract of employment for which an agreed remuneration was paid, including the use of a company vehicle and you have received no more than was agreed by contract in return for the services provided.

 

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Hi

 

This is shocking especially your POC they are saying "We are claiming for recoveries of money unlawfully and illegally taken from the company while employees of the company, which led to their employment being terminated on 7th October 2011".

 

It may just be me but if it is as serious as the POC makes out then:

 

1. Why has the Employer not called in the Police to investigate this?

2. Why has they Employer filed the Claim Online?

3. Has the Employer informed HMRC of this? (as per POC as it involves NI Contributions is the Employer not obligated to inform HMRC of this as would this not be classed as fraud)

 

I may be wrong but this Employer is basically accusing you of theft and that was the reason your employment was terminated.

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Thank you both for your comments and advice. I will respond to the claim. One thing I forgot to mention is that both of us resigned. I resigned on 22nd September and left their employ on 7th october and my wife resigned on 5th October and was supposed to leave their employ on 31st December but they stopped paying her after 1mth saying that her salary was part of my commission!

 

I personally think they are trying to intimidate me bbecause of the MD's pending court case plus all the information i have about what has gone on in 3 1/2 years (although I have not used that information nor was intending to - that may change).

 

It saddens me that I gave 3 1/2 loyal years and brought in so much business that kept them aflioat and this is how they treat us. Thanks again and I will update as we go along....great forum by the way!

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Oh, just one more question please - now the claim has been defended by me what happens next with the on-line claim? Does a judge sit and reveiw and decide to go ahead or not or do I now go to court?

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I know Cag can move mountains, but for this kind of money I'd be sorely tempted to get professional advice on this one. On the face of it, the claim is completely ludicrous and I can't imagine a judge taking it seriously, but when the money you're talking about equates to some folk's mortgage it's probably worth playing safe.

 

I'll be fascinated to see how this pans out, and I wish you the best of luck. It must be a real worry for you and your family.

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I agree with most of the comments above, as the amount is so high it should involve some soprt of professional representation, dont forget that the claim would be on the multi track which would allow costs (which could be significant) to be recovered.

 

Its true that as it stands the POC contains no justification or explanation of their claim, It may be worth looking at the provisions of CPR 24 (Summary Judgment) and CPR 3.4 (Strike Out of Claims), these provisions allow claims that have no merit to be struck out at an early stage before either parties spend anymore on costs, although as the amount is so high you would be wise to seek further advice.

 

I cant really for the life of me see how they could possibly explain that they have paid n3 years wages but want it all back, the only claim I can think of is that you somehow did zero work for those three years (i.e you hid under a table or something).

 

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Oh, just one more question please - now the claim has been defended by me what happens next with the on-line claim? Does a judge sit and reveiw and decide to go ahead or not or do I now go to court?

 

Have you sent an acknowldgment or full defence.

 

The next step should be 'allocation', AQ's will be sent to both parties, however as I suggested..you should give some thought to using Summary Judgment (CPR 24) or Strike Out (CPR 3.4) so maybe the claim can be dismissed before allocation. (The rules on this do say that SJ/SO applications should be as early as poss). However DO get further professional advice.

 

Given the strange nature of this it may well be that the judge will want some kind of case management/direction/allocation hearing so he can try and work out whats going on, and perhaps (if hes generous) give a hint to the claimant that his claim may fail.

 

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Hi,

 

Please consider Professional Advice the amount is certainly large and Multi-track allocation. Me being me would take a walk with the docs to the local nick, and say you want to be questioned on the alleged theft which you are sure they would be aware of.... you are innocent so nothing to lose. The old bill with either laugh at you, or interview you. The police will then investigate the claim....and cause more ***t for the MD, certainly the DJ will love to hear how the particulars have no truth per the old bill investigation - but of course this is what i would do :-)

 

I suggest a 24 or 3.4 per andy above may be a better legal avenue.

 

Following this with interest, good luck - see a solicitor asap....

 

Oh maybe a counter claim for the monies owed to you as they are listed on the POC / schedule !

 

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Thanks guys...Firstly yes, i have filed a defence. I am going to contact a solicitor on Tuesday and I see the cooperative have a no win no fee for employment law matters so going to see what they can provide. I will also look at a 24 and/or a 3.4 per Andy's advice.

 

The stress is taking its toll but we will get through it somehow....

 

thanks again for all relies and advice, very much appreciated...

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Can't help with the legal stuff, but see you have plenty of the guys on here to give you sound advice on that

My input is really to make sure you've got documentary evidence to assist your case;

Do you and your wife have a contract, written agreement or particulars of engagement in respect of thus employer?

Do you and your wife have P60 certificates and P11D forms for the last three years

Do you have any form P2 (notice of coding) from HMRC

Do you and your wife have payslips in respect of this employer

Was your salary/commission paid by BACS, CHAPS or cheque and do you have evidence of the payments by way of your bank/building society account.

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Can't help with the legal stuff, but see you have plenty of the guys on here to give you sound advice on that

My input is really to make sure you've got documentary evidence to assist your case;

Do you and your wife have a contract, written agreement or particulars of engagement in respect of thus employer?

Do you and your wife have P60 certificates and P11D forms for the last three years

Do you have any form P2 (notice of coding) from HMRC

Do you and your wife have payslips in respect of this employer

Was your salary/commission paid by BACS, CHAPS or cheque and do you have evidence of the payments by way of your bank/building society account.

 

Yes to all of the above - thanks for the list as I am sure I would have neglected to dig all this out - whereever I have field it :-)

 

Feeling a lot better today after all your comments on this forum so thank you for making me feel more relaxed and confident. Will see what transpires now as we have daughters wedding in a few weeks and trying not to allow it to affect that!

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