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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
    • 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.
    • honestly you sound like you work the claimant yes affixed dont appeal to anyone no cant be “argued either way”  
    • 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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hi I am new here so hope you can help me...i recently i parked in my local shopping centre which has free parking! It was really busy so i parked by a curb which had no lines on it or anything except for a red notice saying that if i park there i agree to pay £85!( I only saw this when i came back after 10mins!).My car was not blocking anyone or anything.. Now there are these red signs everywhere where there is just bare land with no lines on the road or markings..I have now received a letter demanding £85..shall i just pay? Its a lot of money for me and prob equates to 1/4 value of my lil car!

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hi Falcon just wanted to ask...do i write to them stataing that i was not the driver at the time so i shouldnt be fined? The car is in my name so wont they write back and ask for the details of the driver or just pursue me for the fine as its my car??? pls help

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They have written to you as the registered keeper of the vehicle. As they are a private company, you are under no obligation to provide them with details of who the driver was. They could keep on writing to you but you just have to keep on reminding them that you are under no legal obligation to provide them with the details of the driver. You could write something like:-

 

"Thank you for your recent communication. Any implied contract that you may have is with the driver of the vehicle at the time it was parked on your premises. I am the registered keeper and I am not liable for any penalties that you may be trying to impose for parking on your premises. I am under no obligation to provide you with details as to who the driver was at the time the vehicle was parked on your premises"

 

I'm sure if that is not a good way of dealing with it that someone else will be able to offer an alternative.

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hi i got a letter back from them saying thatas i am the registered keeper i am liable for the fine and that they will continue to ask payment from me?? What shall i do now? help...!

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Not that I would know but my thread 'Disabled Bays in retail car parks - Are they enforceable'. The user called POCA has given me some good advice.

 

Check his second post to me in that thread. Basically they have to proove its you and there has to be adequate signs to say if you park in a particular place there will be a fine.

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hi i got a letter back from them saying thatas i am the registered keeper i am liable for the fine and that they will continue to ask payment from me?? What shall i do now? help...!

 

 

My advice would be to ignore them, they cannot identify the driver and although the vehicle is registered to you, you have in fact stated that you was not the driver at the time, they have NO powers to demand anyones details and it seems that they think if they keep writing you will avntually cave in, DONT!!! Keep all the letters and if needs be you could always write to them informing them that if they persist in writing to you after you have already stated you wasnt driving you WILL report them for Harrasment.

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Hi Popsy,

 

I have a good letter to send. I will scan it in tonight.

 

I recently got the same sort of PCN. I challenged it and they sent it to a collections agency.

When I phoned the ticketing company (G24 in this instance) the suddenly decided the photographic evidence was unreliable. I will post a copy of the original PCN.

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There is absolutely nothing they can do to enforce this ticket. They will threaten you with all sorts but in the end of the day they cannot enforce it. To enforce it they would have to be able to prove who was driving which they cant.

 

You have no obligation to provide them with the details of the driver.

 

Stick it out and you will win. They rely on these threats to make people pay up

7 actions in progress

 

amount refunded so far £6500

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Your welcome Popsy,

dont worry about them, they cannot do anything apart from make threats. You have stated to them that you was not the driver at the time of the alleged offence and you are under no legal obligation to furnish them with any further details. :-)

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Hi, I have been following this thread with interest as I have recently encountered similiar problem with Euro Car Parks, teenage daughter driving car registered to myself. Can anyone answer this question for me: How if these companies are private frims can they access details from DVLA, surely this must contravene some part of the Data Protection Act, I can understand how courts. police etc are entitled to the informaton that DVLA hold but not how any Tom, Dick or Harry can gain access to personal details held at DVLA.

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Hi She,

I think they apply to DVLA and have to fit a certain criteria before DVLA will release any details to them, even though DVLA will release this info the private firms have no legal right like Police and Local Authorites to demand that you provide them with the drivers details. If you write to them stating that you was not the driver at the time of the alleged offence thay cant do squat! :-D

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s. 35(2) of the Data Protection Act 1998 allows the release of personal data for the purposes of legal proceedings or contemplated legal proceedings. They tell DVLA they want to sue you, DVLA makes a release under s. 35(2).

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update..they have wrote back next day saying ' as you are the registered keeper of the vehicle you are liable for the parking charge please be advised we have passed your case to our debt recovery agents and from now on they will deal with this matter.'

 

What shall i do now? shall i just pay up or will i have to go to court etc i dont want the £85 ballooning into 100's!

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Hi Popsy,

dont worry, they are hoping you will cave in to their bullyboy tactics, they cannot do anything. You have informed them you was not the driver at the time and you do NOT HAVE TO TELL THEM WHO WAS. They are trying to make you panic into paying, DONT!! They have NO authority to demand such information and they cannot pass this on to a DCA as this is in dispute.

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