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    • Thank-you dx, What you have written is certainly helpful to my understanding. The only thing I would say, what I found to be most worrying and led me to start this discussion is, I believe the judge did not merely admonish the defendant in the case in question, but used that point to dismiss the case in the claimants favour. To me, and I don't have your experience or knowledge, that is somewhat troubling. Again, the caveat being that we don't know exactly what went on but I think we can infer the reason for the judgement. Thank-you for your feedback. EDIT: I guess that the case I refer to is only one case and it may never happen again and the strategy not to appeal is still the best strategy even in this event, but I really did find the outcome of that case, not only extremely annoying but also worrying. Let's hope other judges are not quite so narrow minded and don't get fixated on one particular issue as FTMDave alluded to.
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    • the claimant in their WS can refer to whatever previous CC judgements they like, as we do in our WS's, but CC judgements do not set a legal precedence. however, they do often refer to judgements like Bevis, those cases do created a precedence as they were court of appeal rulings. as for if the defendant, prior to the raising of a claim, dobbed themselves in as the driver in writing during any appeal to the PPC, i don't think we've seen one case whereby the claimant referred to such in their WS.. ?? but they certainly typically include said appeal letters in their exhibits. i certainly dont think it's a good idea to 'remind' them of such at the defence stage, even if the defendant did admit such in a written appeal. i would further go as far to say, that could be even more damaging to the whole case than a judge admonishing a defendant for not appealing to the PPC in the 1st place. it sort of blows the defendant out the water before the judge reads anything else. dx  
    • Hi LFI, Your knowledge in this area is greater than I could possibly hope to have and as such I appreciate your feedback. I'm not sure that I agree the reason why a barrister would say that, only to get new customers, I'm sure he must have had professional experience in this area that qualifies him to make that point. 🙂 In your point 1 you mention: 1] there is a real danger that some part of the appeal will point out that the person appealing [the keeper ] is also the driver. I understand the point you are making but I was referring to when the keeper is also the driver and admits it later and only in this circumstance, but I understand what you are saying. I take on board the issues you raise in point 2. Is it possible that a PPC (claimant) could refer back to the case above as proof that the motorist should have appealed, like they refer back to other cases? Thanks once again for the feedback.
    • Well barristers would say that in the hope that motorists would go to them for advice -obviously paid advice.  The problem with appealing is at least twofold. 1] there is a real danger that some part of the appeal will point out that the person appealing [the keeper ] is also the driver.  And in a lot of cases the last thing the keeper wants when they are also the driver is that the parking company knows that. It makes it so much easier for them as the majority  of Judges do not accept that the keeper and the driver are the same person for obvious reasons. Often they are not the same person especially when it is a family car where the husband, wife and children are all insured to drive the same car. On top of that  just about every person who has a valid insurance policy is able to drive another person's vehicle. So there are many possibilities and it should be up to the parking company to prove it to some extent.  Most parking company's do not accept appeals under virtually any circumstances. But insist that you carry on and appeal to their so called impartial jury who are often anything but impartial. By turning down that second appeal, many motorists pay up because they don't know enough about PoFA to argue with those decisions which brings us to the second problem. 2] the major parking companies are mostly unscrupulous, lying cheating scrotes. So when you appeal and your reasons look as if they would have merit in Court, they then go about  concocting a Witness Statement to debunk that challenge. We feel that by leaving what we think are the strongest arguments to our Member's Witness Statements, it leaves insufficient time to be thwarted with their lies etc. And when the motorists defence is good enough to win, it should win regardless of when it is first produced.   
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she said she wont post and she wont but its not like its my fault if she reads this now then she has more info , she just hates not getting the full info

 

With a valid reason - how are people meant to advise without the full picture?

 

I note that many of the more helpful advisors on here have bowed out. For future reference, you may get more assistance if you are more structured and cooperative in your approach. I don't blame Emmzzi for leaving this one alone - and she has had many people try her patience in the past...

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i dont really care i think .. well i hope smokejumper has agreed with me its a vailid reason for unfair dismissal and a valid argument at ET thats all that matters to me.

 

theres no obligation to admit full details on here. But i understand , no need to throw a strop wen u dont get your own way tho

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With respect I have noticed that on occasions Emmzzi has a rather short fuse and does a queeny strop very well. She puts all the queens I know to shame:lol:

 

I do not doubt her knowledge and frankly on this occasion I can't say I altogether blame her.

 

I do not know which company the OP worked for but i am guessing Emmzzi does. I also admit that it took some picking through to find out exactly what the grievance is.

 

Can you please enlighten us all as to who the many more helpful advisors are who have bowed out?

Any opinion I give is from personal experience .

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I personally have my doubts about unfair dismissal being a valid claim however as you haven't posted the full story , not even a complete version of your side of the story how can anyone really help. I have a suspicion that you were an architect of your own demise , you got a notion into your head that something was wrong and pushed and pushed.

Again I suspect that any decision , even in your favour will not be helped by your own behaviour.

 

I may well be wrong (it has been known)

Any opinion I give is from personal experience .

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What I'm saying is I think I would have said at 5 .30 that I'm having a brew now and then I will carry on until 7. But then I don't know the circumstances of your job, I do think being told to have the break at the end of the day is not right unless it has has been put to a vote or local agreement.

 

Now I don't know if thats enough to take it to an ET, I don't have enough experience, but I do know from reading/studying that even strong cases don't succeed.

 

Don't take out a case on my answers, have another read of fletchs link and see if your still confident.

 

Don't upset Emmzzi she's not the enemy ;-)

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I was not saying that they have a claim against you, however when it comes to the awarding of costs and compensation your own conduct COULD have a negative effect. It is not unknown for someone to win at ET but end up being out of pocket. I stand to be corrected if I am misinformed.

 

Maybe Emmzzi could confirm or deny that

Any opinion I give is from personal experience .

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Fletch is correct - you could win the case technically speaking, but the Judge could consider a 'Polkey' reduction to any award to take into account to what extent the Claimant contributed to their own demise. You wouldn't face a costs award as the case was found in your favour, but the net award could be nil if the Judge reduced the award by 100% because, for example, you did not lodge a grievance, or in some way caused your own downfall.

 

An ET is certainly not a straightforward matter of black or white - there are many shades of grey in between.

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I think that I've found a case that might help you.

 

But before I raise your hopes, can you confirm that all 3 of the following apply to your particular circumstances?

Let's do this step by step because whether, or not, the case helps you depends on a very precise series of events.

 

Step 1.

1. You had worked without a break for 5 hours 31 minutes.

2. You were asked to continue working in order to complete a (or another) task.

3. At that time you clearly stated that if you continued working without a break until the task was completed your working period on that day would be over 6 hours.

 

Are these 3 statements an accurate account of the first part of your dispute?

Can you prove this? i.e. Do the documents of the disciplinary/dismissal/appeal confirm that these 3 things happened in that order?

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Step 2.

What was the response when you said that continuing to work would take you over 6 working hours that day?

a) No it won't, you'll be finished before 6 hours.

b) Take a break now (at 5 hours 31 minutes) then continue until the task is finished.

c) Even though the working period will be over 6 hours, finish the task then take your break after you leave at the end of the shift.

d) Something else.. If so, what?

 

Were you given any reason in justification of the response?

Can you prove that you received the response that you claim?

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Were you given any reason in justification of the response?

Can you prove that you received the response that you claim?

 

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Never assume anyone on the internet is who they say they are. Only rely on advice from insured professionals you have paid for!

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