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    • Morning, I purchased a car from Big Motoring World on 10th December 2023 for £14899.00. On the 15th December I had a problem with the auto start stop function of the car in which the car would stop in the middle of the road with a stop start error message. I called the big assist and the car was booked in for February. The BMW was with them for a week and it came back with the auto stop start feature all fine and all error codes cleared on the report from big motoring world. within 5 days I had the same issue. Warning light coming on and the car stopping. I called big assist again and the car was again booked in for an other repair in May. Car was taken back in may, they had the car for a week and returned with the report saying no issue with the auto stop start feature and blamed my driving. Within 5 days of having the car back it broke down again. This time undrivable. I had the rac pick my car up and take to Stephen James BMW for a full diagnostic. The diagnostic came back with the car needing a new fuel system as magnetic swarf was found.  I have sent big motoring world a letter stating all the issues and that under the consumer rights act 2015 I have asked for a replacement vehicle. all reports from Stephen James BMW have been sent over to big motoring world. Big motoring world have come back and said they will respond to my complaint within 14 days for the date of my complaint letter. I am not feeling confident on the response from them, what are my next steps?   Thanks in advance. 
    • That is really good is that a mistake last off "driver doesn't have a licence" I assume that should be keeper? The Court requested me to send the Court and applicant proof of my sons disability from their GP this clearly shows he has Severe Mental Impairement, he is also illiterate.  I naively assumed once the applicant received this that they would drop the claim.  It offends me that Bank has asked the Judge to throw the case out at the preliminary hearing and to make us pay up.
    • Hi, we are looking to get some opinions on weather or not to bother fighting this PCN. This comes from a very big retail park parking where there are restaurants, hotel, amongst other businesses. The parking is free but I suppose there must be a time limit on it that I am not aware of. We were in the area for around 4 hours. Makes us wonder how they deal with people staying in the hotel as the ANPR is on what appears to be a publicly maintained street (where london buses run) which leads to the different parking areas including the hotel.  1 Date of the infringement 26/05/2024 2 Date on the NTK  31/05/2024 3 Date received 07/06/2024 4 Does the NTK mention schedule 4 of The Protections of Freedoms Act 2012? [Y/N?]  YES 5 Is there any photographic evidence of the event? Entry and exit photos however, based on the photographs we are almost sure the photos are taken on public street. This is the location I believe photos are taken from.  https://maps.app.goo.gl/eii8zSmFFhVZDRpbA 6 Have you appealed? [Y/N?] post up your appeal] No Have you had a response? [Y/N?] post it up N/A 7 Who is the parking company? UKPA. UK Parking Administration LTD 8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] The Colonnades, Croydon, CR0 4RQ For either option, does it say which appeals body they operate under. British Parking Association (BPA) Thanks in advance for any assistance.  UKPA PCN The Collonades-redacted.pdf
    • 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
    • You don't appeal to anyone. You haven't' received a demand from a statutory body like the council, the police or the courts. It's just a dodgy cowboy company trying it on. You simply don't pay.  In the vast majority of these cases the company deforest the Amazon with threats about how they are going to divert a drone from Ukraine and make it land on your home - but in the end they do nothing.
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but I am under the impression that in small claims his son can represent him without any need for court permission. Please refer to http://legislation.data.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1225/made/data.htm?wrap=true. The only real condition seems to be that kinger must be physically present in the court room.

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Please correct me if I am wrong, but I am under the impression that in small claims his son can represent him without any need for court permission. Please refer to http://legislation.data.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1225/made/data.htm?wrap=true. The only real condition seems to be that kinger must be physically present in the court room.

 

 

 

Depends on the Judge on the day. The Judge may say no and insist the Claimant/Defendant speak for themselves.

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I'm sure this has been discussed before on here but I'm buggered if I can find the source or the outcome. My memory of the thread/s was that the court distinguished between assisting reps and litigating reps... the latter was a reference to costs and the agassi case from a few years back.

 

Will have a dig and see if I can find anything that makes sense.

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Thank you all for helping. Its not long till the court date now. Can I post the date or shall I still keep things quiet for the time being. Shall I upload all the claimant's particulars? I can do it if anyone wants to see them?

 

I've been trying to find out as well about my son representing me but I have had no success. As my son is a witness as well if the judge does not allow him to represent, can he at least be with me?

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Thank you all for helping. Its not long till the court date now. Can I post the date or shall I still keep things quiet for the time being. Shall I upload all the claimant's particulars? I can do it if anyone wants to see them?

 

I've been trying to find out as well about my son representing me but I have had no success. As my son is a witness as well if the judge does not allow him to represent, can he at least be with me?

 

Up to you kinger, all I can say is that it will assist anyone looking in on understanding the urgency of any response you need if we know the trial date.

 

I would think if the court has requested a fee it should follow that a notice or response is issued which answers your question of representation. If the trial date is iminent I'd be inclined to telephone it and request an update.

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Thats very kind of you Mike. It's the 3rd April so I have about a week left. I am going to prepare a list of questions I could ask if I have the opportunity. I will post them here and any feedback would be much appreciated.

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The judge ordered that the Claimant repair the roof, pay for any building inspection fees and pay for a independent insurance to cover the roof.

 

 

The claimant admitted the pitch was wrong. He admitted the roof was not installed in the timeframe too.

 

 

The judge did not discuss allegations of abuse disruption etc. Neither did he discuss the recording.

 

 

He said because of the first email sent to the Claimant saying the roof was not complete, the judge decided that the defendant was happy with the pitch as the pitch was not initially mentioned.

 

 

He ignored the damage to the roof flashings. He ignored the extremely long time to undertake the work. He ignored the breach of contract. He ignored the fact that I had a freezing house for weeks.

 

 

He dismissed the counterclaim completely and said that the Claimant should be paid the balance originally after the Claimant gets building inspector approval and provides the independent insurance warranty.

 

 

I am really disappointed and upset. Can anyone help me here? Do I have grounds for appeal? How can the judge completely ignore a contract. There was no dispute that the roof should have been to 15 degrees as the Claimant agreed that was what was agreed. The judge said actually we were better off as two windows would have to have been made smaller.

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There you go again, winner is always whoever brings the claim IMO! So you have to be put through all that stress, and still have the same roofer putting right his wrongdoing on your property, and then pay him!

Disappointed for you, I really am!

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There you go again, winner is always whoever brings the claim IMO! So you have to be put through all that stress, and still have the same roofer putting right his wrongdoing on your property, and then pay him!

Disappointed for you, I really am!

 

I just can't believe it. I put my heart and soul into thia defence because I know I did nothing wrong. If they had done a perfect job and I did not pay would the judge not order me to pay? yet incorrect pitch, unacceptable delay, unfounded lies and allegations and pathetic workmanship yet the judge orderer them to put it right and still receive full payment. How is this fair?

 

There is no way im letting this man near my property. he is not getting a penny from me. If I get a CCJ then so be it. it really does not bother me

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Well presumably he has to contact you to make arrangements to start, hopefully he won't, then you can issue proceedings against him. I imagine he's not looking forward to the prospect of you watching over his shoulder as he works.

Hopefully someone will give you advice in appealing soon, probably best to sleep on it, you may feel less upset tomorrow and just want it over with, and of course, you can always come up with the trick some of my husbands customers have been known to do once the work is completed

 

'I have to transfer the money from a savings account and will pay you once it done! It's always a difficult situation because you said you will pay, but we just don't know when!

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Well presumably he has to contact you to make arrangements to start, hopefully he won't, then you can issue proceedings against him. I imagine he's not looking forward to the prospect of you watching over his shoulder as he works.

Hopefully someone will give you advice in appealing soon, probably best to sleep on it, you may feel less upset tomorrow and just want it over with, and of course, you can always come up with the trick some of my husbands customers have been known to do once the work is completed

 

'I have to transfer the money from a savings account and will pay you once it done! It's always a difficult situation because you said you will pay, but we just don't know when!

 

Thank you for you kind words. He's already contacted me to arrange commencement. I've emailed the building inspector to tell them not to deal with this roofing company. my business is confidential and they work for me. I hope mike or one of the others who had helped me so far can offer some advice. I think I'll take your advice and have an early night

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Sorry to hear about the result after all the work you put in. Unfortunately its very difficult to appeal these things. You can only appeal if you think the judge got the law wrong, not because you think he misunderstood the facts of the case or made the wrong decision.

 

It sounds like the judge has at least made him put the roof right before he can receive payment.

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Sorry to hear about the result after all the work you put in. Unfortunately its very difficult to appeal these things. You can only appeal if you think the judge got the law wrong, not because you think he misunderstood the facts of the case or made the wrong decision.

 

It sounds like the judge has at least made him put the roof right before he can receive payment.

 

has the judge not got the law wrong by not holding the cclaimant to his beach of contract. He had ignored all the points I have made and made no attempt to compensate me for any wrongdoing by the claimant. I had hoped at the least that the judge would say due to the beach of contact the claimant shouldn't be entitledto seek payment when they breached their side of the contract.

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Probably best to wait until you have sight of the notice, which repairs did the DJ refer to and to what extent must the other side comply prior to payment?

 

Hello Mike. I'm really glad you replied. The DJ said it was not fair to expect the roof to be replaced. He said that the Claimant should repair the roof (what repairs god knows) and do whatever it takes for building control approval. I raised the point about what if the claimant's company goes bankrupt. A guarantee for a unapproved roof is hardly fair. The claimant said they could get an independent insurance backed guarantee for my property for ten years. The judge said that as the guarantee was the same as Velux guarantee that was fair.

 

The Claimant was really licking up to the judge and said he would cover the cost and how he had lost so much money on the job blah blah blah. The judge said that full payment should be made after the building inspector grants approval of the roof. However he did say that if the building inspector would not grant approval then it would need to come before him again. He said a written judgement would be posted to me in 14 days.

 

The judge just would not listen to my points about why do I have to accept a flawed roof at not the agreed pitch. There was clear breach of contract but he said it was not fair to expect the roof to be done again at the correct pitch. Yet it is fair for me to pay full price after all the stress and inconvenience!! And for a roof which was not agreed. The judge also said things had turned out better for me as other windows would have to have been removed to accommodate a 15 degree roof. And the judge also accepted that the initial contract drawing was flawed.

 

I have since read that I can appeal, and if I fail the appeal then I can have an oral hearing. I rang citizens advice and they said they couldnt help me and put me through to a local university law school, yet they are closed. I rang the Which? legal advice team and they said they cannot help as it has not gone to court yet.

 

I cannot justify spending hundreds on a solicitor who may or may not be any use. So what can I do now?

 

Thank you

 

PS: I also said to the judge what happens if a fault develops with the velux windows, and velux are called out and refuse a warranty claim because of the incorrect pitch. He said that was irrelevant and not applicable. Am I imagining this or does it seem like the judge was 100% against me? I will post the judgment as soon as I receive it.

 

Also the Claimant has emailed me regarding repairing the roof and arranging the building inspector. I have called and emailed the building inspector to tell him I am his customer and he deals with me only, not the building contractor. The building contractor can go through me as they are both my customers. It really angered me how he kept going behind my back to the inspector trying to make HIS job easier at my expense. I also told the inspector that I expect all correspondence between us to be strictly confidential. I am not too sure if I have made a mistake here. I have not replied to the Claimant either. What shall I do, especially if I am going to appeal? I am feeling really out of my depth.

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Probably already on the thread somewhere but is the amount still left to pay to this bloke, enough to pay someone else to finish it to the correct standard? Surely you're under no obligation to have him do it.

Maybe you could work out what the cost was and how much he had been paid up to the point before the pitch started to go wrong, then either pay him what you would have owed up to that point, or sue him if you are out if pocket.

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Kinger 122.

I'm a Builder with 30 odd years experience.

I have "Watched" this thread for sometime but not commented.

Can you advise : What make of tiles and the type ? I suspect they are a "Pan tile" such as Marley

I will explain why in a bit !

F16

 

PS. I can see the "Pitch" was designed at 15 degree.

What degree pitch have you got ?

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Probably already on the thread somewhere but is the amount still left to pay to this bloke, enough to pay someone else to finish it to the correct standard? Surely you're under no obligation to have him do it.

Maybe you could work out what the cost was and how much he had been paid up to the point before the pitch started to go wrong, then either pay him what you would have owed up to that point, or sue him if you are out if pocket.

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I am under the impression I have no choice as the judge has said that he is to repair the roof which is at a 13 degree pitch!!!

 

I have not paid him a penny, hence his court claim against me and my counterclaim against him. He has already lost a lot of money and he is doing this to prove a point and out of spite. I would have been happy with a result where the invoice is cancelled and I pay someone else to sort the problem out, albeit at my expense. However the judge did not even consider this option

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Could you get a couple of quotes, NOT ESTIMATES, from other roofers to remove and replace, at the correct pitch. Deduct this amount, and pay original bloke the balance, making it perfectly clear why you have deducted it. Obviously you don't want him on your property, understandably, and have lost faith in him, again, understandably!

Legally, both parties should be financially in a position they were in, before the dispute occurred.

 

 

f16, in your opinion, do you think this would be a fair way to deal with the problem, or does your question regarding the make and type if tiles have any bearings.

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Could you get a couple of quotes, NOT ESTIMATES, from other roofers to remove and replace, at the correct pitch. Deduct this amount, and pay original bloke the balance, making it perfectly clear why you have deducted it. Obviously you don't want him on your property, understandably, and have lost faith in him, again, understandably!

Legally, both parties should be financially in a position they were in, before the dispute occurred.

 

 

f16, in your opinion, do you think this would be a fair way to deal with the problem, or does your question regarding the make and type if tiles have any bearings.

 

I do already have two quotes and they are almost double the initial bill from the claimant. the claimant massively under quoted me (his workers did) that's why I assume he is so bitter. to have the work done by another company would cost double what he wants. I already have quotes which was submitted to court

 

I think the mistake I made was waiting. if I had already had another builder repair the roof the court would not have been able to allow the claimant to repair the roof as it would have already been fixed.

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I agree, would have been better, but you weren't to know you'd be so badly let down by the judge.

 

If he really is that cheap, maybe it would be better to let him do it, but only on the condition he does the pitch at 15, that way he gets his money, and you get the roof you originally wanted.

 

I'm not sure if there is any way permission could be sought from the court for this 'new arrangement' I can't see why the original judge would disagree if both parties were happy with it.

If you didn't want to have anything to do with the guy whist the work is being done, you could always employ a project manager to oversee the works.

Obviously no payment is made until building control approval and guarantee provided by roofer ( for what it's worth, for reasons pointed out to judge)

Did the quotes include re using any salvageable material, or from scratch?

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Not getting much time to post on here lately....... the order is really an interim remedy, both sides should attempt to comply as far as is possible. Is the other sides counsel still instructed? It may simplify matters if all comms are via his solicitor.

 

Not sure you can appeal as it doesn't appear to be a final judgment in the case and is still open to applications from either side.

 

Perhaps ask building control to undertake a site visit prior to any further works so that all parties are aware of which works must be completed for later scrutiny. If that is possible I would be inclined to engage with the other sides sol and explain the course of action you expect from his client.

 

f16 asked about tile type, are you able to confirm?

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