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    • I am requesting your assistance to how I should go about a serious breach of my privacy that occurred during my stay at one of IHG’s hotel on Ma 2023. Having previously had items taken from my hotel room elsewhere I take the added precaution of using a security camera app on my device whenever I stay in a hotel room. The recordings are date and time stamped and it cannot be adjusted by the end user.   On this particular occasion I discovered evidence from my personal security camera recordings of a spy camera had been placed underneath my door, and can be seen moving along the base of the door for approximately 15 seconds.   The spy camera is in fact marketed as an inspection device of drains primarily but is known to be used in observing spaces difficult to enter. It is a usb endoscopic camera that has a length flexible cable that is semi rigid and can negotiate any obstruction by bending. The operator can be up to 3-4 metres away.   Infuriated as I had previously stayed with them in 2022 for 3 months at £260 per night that they would seek to question my honesty and invade my privacy. I immediately called reception and asked why they would do such a thing and if they had any concerns they were welcome to inspect my room and go through my personal belongings and ask me anything they wanted to. I was sleeping for the best part of my stay and was alone throughout.   I sent the recordings to the receptionist within the hour of finding them and I asked to speak to the manager of the hotel who I was told wasn’t present. I tried to have face to face meetings with him but he instead wrote to me denying the recordings were made at their hotel stating that they didn’t observe anyone in the corridor at the time of the recordings and that they don’t have a metal bar at the interface of the tile and carpet which corresponds to the overlying door. I rejected that statement on the grounds the video doesn’t show a bar but a reflection of light on the tile and you wouldn’t see a person outside my door because the cable is black and runs along the floor. If you don’t look for this you won’t see it. The matter was passed up to the area manager and he also denied the allegation. This is where the matter ends as far as IHG are concerned. Leading a busy work and family life I let the matter go but I found myself back at the same hotel a year later. I booked for  2 nights and was given a room facing the lobby door that led to the lifts. Unfortunately, from the hours of 3am I was woken up by the noise of the door opening and closing but also noticed shadows of a person standing in front of my door. At first I took no notice and put this down to a guest waiting for someone but the person or persons returned several times, standing outside my door for up to several minutes. I called the hotel reception and asked if there was an issue  on my floor and they said they would come up to check. They never said they would check the CCTV and as the incidents continued to happen up to 8am I called them 6 times. Given my past experience I didn’t think they took security as serious a# her establishments and made them observe the Cctv and let me know. The explanation I was given was that they could see residents there but they were heading down to breakfast. The time that I had noticed these feet by door was from 3am and breakfast started at 6.30am. It also didn’t explain why they would stand by my door for anything longer than 10seconds and if they were waiting for someone how likely is it that this scenario is played out 6 times when there was only 12 rooms per floor. Later that morning when I went down for breakfast the manager said he would move me to a room at the end of the corridor and asked me what my plans were for the day, essentially when would I be in the hotel. I stated that for the day I was out. He then said that all his staff were uncomfortable about me being a guest and said that I was not welcome there anymore. I had paid for the two nights but when it came to the end of the day I didn’t feel that I would be able to rest at the hotel given the hostility so I returned the next day to collect my remaining belongings, namely items of clothing, an iPhone charging cable and plug, and toiletries. Checkout was at 2pm and I was at the hotel at 3pm. All my belongings were gone and they couldn’t locate the items.  I plan to report the incident of the spy camera to the police, as well as the theft, and write to the hotel emphasising that this breach of privacy is unacceptable and the hotel's failure to properly investigate and address the issue is deeply concerning. The fact that I requested security checks to ensure my safety in the early hours was reasonable, yet their response to ban from the premises was excessive and even possibly discriminatory as I had revealed to them that I had been a victim of a hate crime given my sexuality. . I am seeking compensation for the infringement of my privacy, the lack of proper investigation, and the being humiliated and made to feel like an undesirable. I will request a full refund of my two-night stay totaling £390. Additionally, I will request compensation for the cost of my previous stay when the infringement occurred, which was £220. I am also considering damages for the infringement of my privacy but at a loss as to what this would equate to. I will close the letter giving them a 14 day timeframe to respond.    Is there anything you feel i need to consider here? Many thanks   
    • oF course, this is all just the start. trump is dragging it out as much as possible hoping to pardon himself, but the barrier the yanks had about admitting that a pres could be such a piece of err work has been broken and there is many more to come. His current criminal charges are extremely unlikely to result in jail time or anything other than fines  - but with some of the other charges - jail is pretty much mandatory - especially for one not only not on a first offense - but with others stacked up
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      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.  

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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.

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      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.
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      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 all,

I’ve recently sent the initial letter to Barclays requesting a refund of the £1090 charges. I sent the letter on 20th September, and I’ve just had a response dated 26th September saying the following:

Dear Mr Pritchard

We are sorry you have had to contact us about the level of service you have received from Barclays. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to do so.

We are looking into your concerns and will let you have an answer or update as quickly as possible, but no later than 19th October 2006. In the meantime if you wish to discuss this matter further please call us on …….

Blah Blah Blah

My question is should I wait until Barclays deadline has passed or should I stick to my own deadline as in my initial letter?

Any advice on what should be my next move would be much appreciated

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Stick to the timetable you set out in your preliminary letter. Send out the LBA 14 days after the date of the preliminary letter

Preliminary Letter sent to Woolwich 05/06

LBA sent 19/06

Court claim filed 04/07 : Total £824.75

Acknowledgement of Service 27/07

Defence received 08/08

AQ filed 11/08

Barclays AQ filed 05/09

Hearing date 20/12

SETTLED IN FULL £840.49: 14/12/06

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I've gone through the process described on this site and sent off all the appropriate letters etc. without much joy from Barclays. They did at one point offer me a miserley £90 in full and final settlement from a claim of £1090.

 

Anyway Im going to take my N1 and shedule to the court tomorrow to start the proceedings. As Im a full time carer and so on a very low income I will be entitled to have the charges waived. My only question is on the N1 form should I still claim for court costs (wont the court want these - as they are in effect paying my fees) or should I leave the court costs off my claim altogether.

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I have just received an AQ from the court and I’m unsure about a couple of the questions, can anyone help with the following bits:

 

It asks if I’ve sent a copy of the completed AQ to the other party. Should I send it and if I don’t will the court?

 

Location of the trial. I assume I can just put my local court but is being a full time carer justification enough?

 

It asks how long I think the final hearing will take in days, hours and minutes. Any ideas what I should put.

 

 

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer

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Do a search (Im at work so not got the link to hand) - there are a LOT of posts on a similar subject the last few days. And in them links to how to complete...

Barclays :- Settled March 07:o

 

RBS:- Acct Discharged May 07 :o (chase for more and CRA deletion???):confused:

Barclaycard: - CCA recieved 24/1/07. WOW! :o (GITS!!!) :-|

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04 Nov 06 - S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) letter sent

16 Nov 06 - Statements received - £2685.00 of illegal charges incurred

17 Nov 06 - PAR (Preliminary Approach for Repayment) letter sent

01 Dec 06 - Received Stalling letter from Barclays

02 Dec 06 - LBA (Letter Before Action) sent

18 Dec 06 - Claim filed with MCOL

20 Dec 06 - Settlement Rejection letter sent

03 Jan 07 - Claim acknowleged by Barclays

22 Jan 07 - Claim defended by Barclays

 

 

You wanna know how you do it? Here's how, they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue!

 

Please click the scales at the bottom left if you find my advice useful. However, the advice I give is only my opinion based on my experience, I am not trained in Law!

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Hi All

 

Ive read the other posts and the guide but they dont seem to answer these particular questions. The court sent me a N150 rather than the N149 AQ, I think that this is a more detailed questionaire than the standard N149.

 

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Hi,

 

Scroll down to the bottom of the page of the link and there is a N150 after the N149

04 Nov 06 - S.A.R - (Subject Access Request) letter sent

16 Nov 06 - Statements received - £2685.00 of illegal charges incurred

17 Nov 06 - PAR (Preliminary Approach for Repayment) letter sent

01 Dec 06 - Received Stalling letter from Barclays

02 Dec 06 - LBA (Letter Before Action) sent

18 Dec 06 - Claim filed with MCOL

20 Dec 06 - Settlement Rejection letter sent

03 Jan 07 - Claim acknowleged by Barclays

22 Jan 07 - Claim defended by Barclays

 

 

You wanna know how you do it? Here's how, they pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue!

 

Please click the scales at the bottom left if you find my advice useful. However, the advice I give is only my opinion based on my experience, I am not trained in Law!

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Ring them!!!

Am i right in thinking your in Wavertree as in Liverpool?

I got a letter today, and my date isnt until the 28th March?!

THE STORY SO FAR:

 

 

~Asked for my Statements: 2/10/06

~Got them within 14 days (fair play)

~Asked for the money back:18/10/06

~Computer said no!!!! (not all of it anyway)

~Rejected the (crap) offer (£570/£1300): 11/11/06

~Computer said Hell no!!!!

 

~Barclays said I can go to court if I want (like they've got the balls to go that far!)

 

~MCOL done 29/11/06

~Barclays acknowledged: 18/12/06

~AQ received, filled out and returned: 4/01/2007

~Court date set for 28/03/2007

 

Cant help thinking that soon, Barclays might have to have a go with a test case.... Hope they dont choose me!!!!

 

Small (SORRY) donation given, cos i reckon i might win in the end, and without you guys i would never have started this process!!: 16/11/06

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Well, its taken a while but Im only just over a week away from my day in court.

 

OK, I admit Im really nervous about it, but at least things will finally get sorted one way or the other.

 

Wish me luck...

 

Barclays usualy leave it untill the final week to settle.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. <br />

Winston Churchill

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Well, its taken a while but Im only just over a week away from my day in court.

 

OK, I admit Im really nervous about it, but at least things will finally get sorted one way or the other.

 

Wish me luck...

 

I would ring them too, you are so close to your court date that they will settle now.

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Ring them!!!

Am i right in thinking your in Wavertree as in Liverpool?

I got a letter today, and my date isnt until the 28th March?!

 

I take it yours was a settlement offer?

 

Apparantly my case is to be heard with a whole load of others next Friday. It looks as though the court as put aside a whole day to hear bank charge cases.

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Yep. got my settlement letter yesterday, rand the bank today to grind out the last details, and im all done now, pending getting the cash in my account.

Im suprised they havent written to you by now?

If you ring them now, and tell them when your court date is, they'll most likely panic!!

Dont take anthing less than the full amount, and dont be swayed into contacting the court till youve got your money. Theyve left it VERY late with you!!

I guess also that you havent had their Court Bundle????

Ill be interested to see where this one goes.:)

THE STORY SO FAR:

 

 

~Asked for my Statements: 2/10/06

~Got them within 14 days (fair play)

~Asked for the money back:18/10/06

~Computer said no!!!! (not all of it anyway)

~Rejected the (crap) offer (£570/£1300): 11/11/06

~Computer said Hell no!!!!

 

~Barclays said I can go to court if I want (like they've got the balls to go that far!)

 

~MCOL done 29/11/06

~Barclays acknowledged: 18/12/06

~AQ received, filled out and returned: 4/01/2007

~Court date set for 28/03/2007

 

Cant help thinking that soon, Barclays might have to have a go with a test case.... Hope they dont choose me!!!!

 

Small (SORRY) donation given, cos i reckon i might win in the end, and without you guys i would never have started this process!!: 16/11/06

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no, I havent had their court bundle. I haven't rang them cos I didn't want them to think I was 'waivering' which of course Im not - just not looking forward to appearing at court if it should come to that.

 

Still, one way or the other I suppose it'll all be sorted pretty soon!!!

 

Well done on your settlement - it must be time for a drink!

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Well done on your settlement - it must be time for a drink!

 

Cheers mate. Im off to Asda to buy some Magners now, so they'll be cold for later!!!;-)

THE STORY SO FAR:

 

 

~Asked for my Statements: 2/10/06

~Got them within 14 days (fair play)

~Asked for the money back:18/10/06

~Computer said no!!!! (not all of it anyway)

~Rejected the (crap) offer (£570/£1300): 11/11/06

~Computer said Hell no!!!!

 

~Barclays said I can go to court if I want (like they've got the balls to go that far!)

 

~MCOL done 29/11/06

~Barclays acknowledged: 18/12/06

~AQ received, filled out and returned: 4/01/2007

~Court date set for 28/03/2007

 

Cant help thinking that soon, Barclays might have to have a go with a test case.... Hope they dont choose me!!!!

 

Small (SORRY) donation given, cos i reckon i might win in the end, and without you guys i would never have started this process!!: 16/11/06

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:D Hi Allan, b'nora, just got home and got a letter from the courts ! I FINALLY HAVE MY DATE ! 27th of this month :eek: , am off to ASDA to chill some Magners as well, hopefully it wont turn to ICE if it takes to long to settle !
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