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    • Hello,

      On 15/1/24 booked appointment with Big Motoring World (BMW) to view a mini on 17/1/24 at 8pm at their Enfield dealership.  

      Car was dirty and test drive was two circuits of roundabout on entry to the showroom.  Was p/x my car and rushed by sales exec and a manager into buying the mini and a 3yr warranty that night, sale all wrapped up by 10pm.  They strongly advised me taking warranty out on car that age (2017) and confirmed it was honoured at over 500 UK registered garages.

      The next day, 18/1/24 noticed amber engine warning light on dashboard , immediately phoned BMW aftercare team to ask for it to be investigated asap at nearest garage to me. After 15 mins on hold was told only their 5 service centres across the UK can deal with car issues with earliest date for inspection in March ! Said I’m not happy with that given what sales team advised or driving car. Told an amber warning light only advisory so to drive with caution and call back when light goes red.

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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

      Frankly I don't think that is any accident.

      One of the points that the judge made was that the customers contract with the broker specifically refers to the courier – and it is clear that the courier knows that they are acting for a third party. There is no need to name the third party. They just have to be recognisably part of a class of person – such as a sender or a recipient of the parcel.

      Please note that a recent case against UPS failed on exactly the same issue with the judge held that the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 did not apply.

      We will be getting that transcript very soon. We will look at it and we will understand how the judge made such catastrophic mistakes. It was a very poor judgement.
      We will be recommending that people do include this adverse judgement in their bundle so that when they go to county court the judge will see both sides and see the arguments against this adverse judgement.
      Also, we will be to demonstrate to the judge that we are fair-minded and that we don't mind bringing everything to the attention of the judge even if it is against our own interests.
      This is good ethical practice.

      It would be very nice if the parcel delivery companies – including EVRi – practised this kind of thing as well.

       

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HI,

 

I've been happily living in my new house (since march last year - 2015) and at first my neighbours kids (now in their 2-s 30s) parked their cars covering about 1/3 my driveway.

 

At first I didn't mind, but now I have a car, it bothers me as my visitors can't park in my drive at all.

I've spoken to them and written them a note and left it under their wiper (friendly note)...

 

I've called the council for advice and they advised that I call the police for "anti social" behaviour.

 

Which way can I go (or should I?).. The council told me:

 

"As there are no double yellow lines, they can park there"... Which I guess means they can park across my entire drive. (can they?)

 

Some help should eb handy!

 

Cheers,

 

Ade

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Is the pavement fronting your driveway recessed/sloping to allow proper access with a car? Or is it normal raised curb stones

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I was always told you are not allowed to park over a dropped kerb at all. This is enforced by police. Give the police a call as it is classed as an obstruction especially if you have to leave the house for an emergency.

 

My neighbour kicked off when I parked my car 1 inch over his dropped kerb and he kicked off at me as he said he wanted to park on his drive (which he had dug out by 2ft) and I had to move my car. Police arrived and my car had to move, neighbour then promptly parked in front of his house.

 

I've got the last laugh as I now have a drive and neighbour just parks outside his house.

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The place I have just sold is a house converted into 2 flats, 1 up 1 down. Mine, the ground floor has the garage, upstairs has a driveway next to my garage. Both have dropped kerbs.

From the front it still looks like 1 house with a garage and driveway so at first I could sort of understand people parking across 1 or the other.

 

10 years I've been here...

 

At first I'd leave a polite note on an offending car asking them not to block my garage. This lead to a more sterner note when the first kept being ignored.

 

Then it started. The constant arguing. I'd go and ask someone to move their car only to be hurled abuse at.

I've called the traffic wardens each time and sometimes they get round to me and issue a fine. Majority of the time the don't.

 

There's absolutely nothing you can do about it. The police won't do anything unless your car is actually in your garage and the car is blocking your access to get out!

It's ludicrous

 

To top it off... my road is part permit parking. the shop keepers at the end of my road are allowed permits because they have a business. I live here yet am not allowed a permit because I own a garage. A garage I cannot park across or get into because the shop keepers park there!

 

The world has gone mad

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