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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.   
    • S13 (2)The creditor may not exercise the right under paragraph 4 to recover from the keeper any unpaid parking charges specified in the notice to keeper if, within the period of 28 days beginning with the day after that on which that notice was given, the creditor is given— (a)a statement signed by or on behalf of the vehicle-hire firm to the effect that at the material time the vehicle was hired to a named person under a hire agreement; (b)a copy of the hire agreement; and (c)a copy of a statement of liability signed by the hirer under that hire agreement. As  Arval has complied with the above they cannot be pursued by EC----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S14 [1]   the creditor may recover those charges (so far as they remain unpaid) from the hirer. (2)The conditions are that— (a)the creditor has within the relevant period given the hirer a notice in accordance with sub-paragraph (5) (a “notice to hirer”), together with a copy of the documents mentioned in paragraph 13(2) and the notice to keeper; (b)a period of 21 days beginning with the day on which the notice to hirer was given has elapsed;  As ECP did not send copies of the documents to your company and they have given 28 days instead of 21 days they have failed to comply with  the Act so you and your Company are absolved from paying. That is not to say that they won't continue asking to be paid as they do not have the faintest idea how PoFA works. 
    • Euro have got a lot wrong and have failed to comply with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Schedule 4.  According to Section 13 after ECP have written to Arval they should then send a NTH to the Hirer  which they have done.This eliminates Arval from any further pursuit by ECP. When they wrote to your company they should have sent copies of everything that they asked Arval for. This is to prove that your company agree what happened on the day of the breach. If ECP then comply with the Act they are allowed to pursue the hirer. If they fail, to comply they cannot make the hirer pay. They can pursue until they are blue in the face but the Hirer is not lawfully required to pay them and if it went to Court ECP would lose. Your company could say who was driving but the only person that can be pursued is the Hirer, there does not appear to be an extension for a driver to be pursued. Even if there was, because ECP have failed miserably to comply with the Act  they still have no chance of winning in Court. Here are the relevant Hire sections from the Act below.
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Now February, not heard anything from BW since September. I've not noticed much from BW being reported on this site recently either. Wonder if vcs have worked out that they are incompetent and not worth instructing anymore?

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not noticed much about BWL? Are you kidding?

 

They have had a number a claims they were representing thrown out because they hired someone who had no right of audience to represent their client so they couldt even present their claim.

 

 

Thye have been very busy attempting to trya an pull the wool over judges eyes regarding the POFA and when they meet someone who has read up on parking matters they lose with expenses awarded against them.

 

They will go quiet because every time someone ticks the defend in full box they ahve already lost their client about £200 and even more if the then lose the claim.

 

 

They cant afford to issue thse claims and actually attend court so tey raly on issuig court summonses to coerce peopel into paying the duff claims.

 

 

That is against the lawe but the law works very slowly so it will be a couple of years before they get told off for it

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I was just looking at recent posts EB, obviously I wasn't aware of the stuff you are referring to. They are still trying to harvest low hanging fruit by the looks of it then? In a way I hope they try to take me to court so that it's another defeat for them, but on the other hand I just want them to p off. The clock is ticking, it's up to them.

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Hi everyone, it is now 6 years since the alleged "offence" took place. I still haven't received any court letters from BW legal (on behalf of VCS). Am I correct to think that there is now nothing they can do, even if they wanted to? Thanks

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As long as they know your current address

They can't go for backdoor CCJ

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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As long as they know your current address

They can't go for backdoor CCJ

 

I don't think that that's what Empireday is getting at DX.

 

Empireday is thinking that the 'debt' is now Statute Barred, and as the 'debt' has not been acknowledged, in fact, quite the opposite, I think they could well be correct.

 

 

I'd leave BWL to stew in their own juice though, then if they're stupid enough to issue court papers, you can wipe the floor with them :wink:

Please note that my posts are my opinion only and should not be taken as any kind of legal advice.
In fact, they're probably just waffling and can be quite safely and completely ignored as you wish.

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Yes its sb'd but the means very little in E&W

The debt still exists

As long as they are writing to their current address

Then they can't get a backdoor CCJ

 

Else they will!!

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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as with any 'debt' if undefended

 

twould be a default uncontested rubberstamped judgement where nothing is checked.

 

could happen with any debt in E&W

 

which is why it is so important to always update supposed creditors on a change of address.

 

now if that did happen

then ofcourse you could set it aside because the debt was already statute barred..

 

rarely happens but there are cases in the legal forums here of consumer debt cases

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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I don't think that they can. Or at least, I don't think that they'd be that stupid.

 

They may claim that it's not SB'ed because you've been in contact with them (before it became SB'ed), but as that was only to deny the debt, I don't think that they'd have any sort of case.

Please note that my posts are my opinion only and should not be taken as any kind of legal advice.
In fact, they're probably just waffling and can be quite safely and completely ignored as you wish.

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I'd go with one single letter to BWL.

 

 

Dear Sir/Madam

 

Ref:

 

You have contacted me regarding the above reference number, which you claim is relating to a debt owed by myself.

 

I would point out that under the Limitation Act 1980 Section 5:

 

“An action founded on simple contract shall not be brought after the expiration of six years from the date on which the cause of action accrued.”

 

I would point out that the Financial Conduct Authority states the following rules:

 

"A firm must not continue to demand payment from a customer after the customer has stated that he will not be paying the debt because it is statute barred." 7.15.8

 

There has never been an acknowledgement of this alleged debt and no payment has ever been made in its regard. Unless you can provide evidence of payment or written contact from me to acknowledge the debt in the relevant period under Section 5 of the Limitation Act, I suggest that you are no longer able to take any court action against me to recover the alleged amount claimed.

 

I await your written confirmation that no further contact will be made concerning the above and confirmation that this matter is now closed.

 

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Yours faithfully

 

[PRINT OR SIGN YOUR NAME DIGITALLY]

 

 

 

 

 

Get a free proof of postage from the Post Office. At least that way, if they ever were silly enough, you'd be able to show a paper trail.

Please note that my posts are my opinion only and should not be taken as any kind of legal advice.
In fact, they're probably just waffling and can be quite safely and completely ignored as you wish.

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good idea

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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good idea

 

It's like a Monkey with a typewriter. Jibberish most of the time, but sooner or later... :whoo:

Please note that my posts are my opinion only and should not be taken as any kind of legal advice.
In fact, they're probably just waffling and can be quite safely and completely ignored as you wish.

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better fits a dca that description df

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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So, all joking aside, there really isn't anything they can do "court wise" and even if they tried they could get into trouble. Thanks guys. Will be back on if they try to pursue it further.

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i see you are not reading my posts properly then...

 

 

they would not 'get into trouble' if they raised a claim..

 

 

if your letter in aug 2016 was from the address you live at now

they've pretty stupid to try.

as the SB defence would kill it dead

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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So, all joking aside, there really isn't anything they can do "court wise" and even if they tried they could get into trouble. Thanks guys. Will be back on if they try to pursue it further.

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Dx, yes I am reading your posts properly, I am also reading Dragon fly's posts. I have always denied the "debt" I haven't moved house or mentioned changing address. So one of you is saying "yes of course they can try and take you to court and one is saying if they do then they have no chance and would get into trouble for trying. See what I mean?

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I've not said that they can't take you to court, but they would be pretty damn foolish to try it.

 

They won't get in to any "trouble" for doing it (at least, not trouble from the court) but their client might have a few choice words for them as they will be wasting their clients money, as well as their own time.

 

 

Send them that statute barred letter I posted earlier, get a free certificate of posting, and then, if they do try to take you to court, you can prove a paper trail and show the judge/court how unreasonable they are being. That will kill any claim stone dead.

Please note that my posts are my opinion only and should not be taken as any kind of legal advice.
In fact, they're probably just waffling and can be quite safely and completely ignored as you wish.

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put simply anyone can sue anyone for anything.

It is only when it gets to the court hearing ( or case management) that it all falls to pieces.

 

 

If you do get a summonsa and ignore it because it is a stupid claim you will still lose,

all claims have to be defended.

It will be at this stage the plaintiff gets into trouble.

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no, a claim can be made but there is an ABSOLUTE defence of it being statute barred. Once you enter that (and can show it to be true) then the claim falls. Again, dont defend and no-one will ever know it is SB

Even this is not entirely true as there are a number of divorce and compensation claims that have broken this barrier.

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