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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.
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    • 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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Hi all,

 

First time here so please let me know if anything in this post should be changed.

 

Backstory:

I was in Bulgaria on business in June/July and had no knowledge of my PCN before leaving (turns out my mate moved my car out of his drive into the parking area for a couple hours where I received this PCN).

 

Upon arriving home I find two letters,

one being a final reminder sent mid June by VCS

and then a debt collection notice sent by ZZPS in mid July.

 

As I was out of the country and couldn't access my mail,

I had no idea any of this was happening in my absence

and had no chance to appeal the ticket in the allotted 28 days.

 

The ticket was for £100, to be reduced to £60 if paid within two weeks and is now at £160 due to the debt collection agency add on.

 

I haven't received any other letters regarding this claim.

 

What I've tried:

I have tried to go through the various appeals process,

but when searching my ticket ref on the provided websites (namely myparkingcharge.co.uk as noted at the bottom of the VCS letter and the IPC website itself) it comes back with nothing,

meaning that I couldn't have appealed it regardless.

 

I even tried POPLA, and they can't find the ticket either.

 

After contacting an ombudsman, they suggested to complain through the companies.

VCS said that it was to go through ZZPS as they now were in charge of the debt

 

, ZZPS replied as follows:

 

"We must inform you that you have now passed the time frame in which an appeal can be made as appeals can only be made within 28 days of the Parking Charge Notice being issued, our client maintains that all correspondence received has been actioned accordingly and that the correct procedure has been followed.

 

 

The balance of £160.00 remains payable on our systems, please refer to the back of our letter for the payment options available to you. In the absence of payment this matter will be referred to solicitors to resolve and further fees may be incurred."

 

What do I do?

If none of the appeals agencies even agree that the reference number matches any ticket, has a ticket even been issued against me?

 

The collectors are refusing to provide evidence.

I am not exactly inclined to pay this "debt" until the relevant parties prove their claim.

Any advice would be appreciated as I feel like I'm about to get strong armed out of £160

 

Attached are the letters received, along with the website response when I search the reference. Personal info along with refs blacked out for obvious reasons.

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Hello and welcome to CAG. The parking forum regulars should be along later with advice for you.

 

My first thought is that if ZZPS are involved, you're heading towards the end of the road. If you search the forum, there are lots of threads about ZZPS and I'm pretty sure that nobody has paid. Please wait for the guys to arrive, they can tell you more.

 

Best, HB

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What date was the offence?

DCA's are not bailiffs

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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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Can you upload as PDF please

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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Wouldn't worry about it. It will never stand up in Court because under POFA S4 [5] only the sum stated in the NTK can be claimed. So the Notice Board contains an unlawful statement when it says that their Debt collector can add £60 to the charge. That makes the whole contract void.

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Hi again,

 

Unfortunately this has once again reared it's ugly head

- I have now received a letter from the illustrious offices of Wright and Hassall, acting as solicitors in this case.

 

They are threatening court action through CCJ on behalf of ZZPS,

any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

It's worth noting that although the letter is dated 18.08.17, I received it on 4.9.17 - not entirely sure why.

 

I have attached the letter with identifying information redacted, should I respond or wait for a court summons?

Many thanks

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how many times does it say MAY???

 

 

ignore

they cant do court for ZZPS

read it properly

only the PPC can take you to court not some powerless DCA or their supposed solicitor

its actually all come from the same printer in the same porta cabin.

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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All DCA's and their tame sols play on a debtors lack of knowledge, you're not the first, and you certainly won't be the last.

 

It's usually when those of us are backed into a corner and feeling conned, do we then research our rights and any laws surrounding our circumstances.

Who ever heard of someone getting a job at the Jobcentre? The unemployed are sent there as penance for their sins, not to help them find work!

 

 

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it is not just a parking matter

, it is knowing a bit about the rights or lack of them when it comes to people writing letters on someone else's behalf

 

. If Sid owes you £50

I cant sue Sid to force him to pay me so I can give you the money if I feel like it.

 

I can write to Sid on your behalf but I have no interest in the debt so he doesn't have to take the slightest bit of notice to anything I say and certainly wont owe me any money.

 

That should also answer any questions about the legality of adding £60 admin fees for their letter.

 

Sid hasn't agreed to pay me anything when you lent him the £50 and the same applies here

The same is true for right hassle and ZZPS.

 

Neither of them have any interest so RH telling you to pay ZZPS is utterly stupid

, if you wished to waste your life and a good few stamps you could ask them about this contractual relationship and how their scribbles fit in with contract law as you are doing 'A' level law and don't want to fail just because you copied their twaddle.

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