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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. Let's hope other judges are not quite so narrow minded and don't get fixated on one particular issue as FTMDave alluded to.
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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.   
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Yes Zimbird should get asbsolute clarity from court regarding calling from Zimbabwe, then Simon can decide if he is feeling lucky risking a loss and a big costs bill for air fare, as in Dirty harry, Simon do you feel lucky?  Well do you?

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4 hours ago, lee19921992 said:

your names readable and claim number on the blacked out bits on ws

 

:frusty:@zimbird  what does it say about using pens in our upload guide.

 

i'll sort your pdf again.

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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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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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Whenever I have problems dropping off to kip, Wally is there to help me out.

 

48 paragraphs to say "we put loads of signs up mate, masses of 'em".

 

He's scored an own goal in (6) by saying you declined to answer letters when he knows full well that is nonsense as you never got the letters because you were in Zimbabwe.  Either he's lying or it's a cut & pasted WS: either way what he wrote cannot be taken seriously.

 

Plus maybe another in (27) & (28) & (29).  Do we know if the PCN dates of postage were POFA complaint?

 

In (38) Walley asserts that Planning Permission is not needed!  Easy to show the legislation and that VCS have committed a crime. 

 

In (23) & (39) & (40) & (41) & (42) there's the usual rubbish of "my bezzies in the IPC say it's OK so it must be OK".  Sorry, Walley, it's the law in England & Wales that decides. 

 

 

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Any feedback from the court re if they are prepared to phone Zimbabwe with BT Meet Me?

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I am so sorry everyone - i have been cut off from u for so long with a firewall and could not understand why i could not get onto your web site. 

Finally after so much frustration i have realised i needed a vpn. Obviously there is a firewall in place for those of us in Zimbabwe. So i am back in touch with u all with my VPN.

I am slightly panicking i have done nothing towards preparing for my impending court case.

I will read all your threads and act immediately as time will be running out.

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so when the hearing?

 

dx

 

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 think 22 April dx.

 

Zimbird, we need you to deal with -

 

On 21/12/2021 at 16:07, brassnecked said:

If they get an inkling that you may have to fly to the UK even to have an online hearing and they lost, there may be other implications cost wise for them might discontinue.

 

On 21/12/2021 at 18:58, FTMDave said:

Agree BN.  I'm thinking to get clarity from the court and then, depending on the court's answer, threaten Simple Simon with having to pay the air fare in costs.

 

 

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10am on the 22nd April by BT Meet Me at the County Court at Bristol (60 mins)

 

Unless the claimant does by 4 on 25 March 2022 pay to the court the trial fee of £27 or file a properly completed application (ie one which provides all the required information in the manner requested) for help with fees, then the claim will be struck out with effect from

25 March without further order  and, unless the court orders otherwise, you will also be liable for the costs which the defendant has incurred.

 

Papers have to be delivered to the court office 14 days before the hearing.

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Yes i will deal with that urgently and get back to you. I am so relieved i finally am back in contact with u all.

It was making me so anxious not being able to respond or read your responses - i am just annoyed it took me so long to figure it out.

Naughty sons do have their uses after all and if it had not been for me telling him he had to deal with his latest misdemeanour (just posted) i would not have found out how to get onto your  website at all!  So every dark cloud has a silver lining!!!

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Draft Email to Bristol Court:

Please see attached my “Notice of Allocation to the Small Claims Track (Hearing)”.

I am currently resident in Zimbabwe and am not due to return to England until the end of May 2022.

I notice that my hearing will be at 10am on the 22nd April 2022 by BT Meet Me at the County Court at Bristol BS1 6GR.

Can you confirm that BT Meet Me can call Zimbabwe? I am concerned that our phones are unreliable and it is not always easy to get through. Quite often if there has been a rain storm, the phone lines are down!  

Once you have made enquiries about putting the BT Meet Me call through to Zimbabwe I can make a decision whether to fly back to England for the court case or not.

My concern is, this could get expensive for the Claimant, if he has to refund my expenses.

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

*. Should i copy the claimant into this email or not?  Maybe i should just wait for the response first?

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Personally I would copy the mail to VCS (to the "litigation@vhs" address that you must have on the correspondence somewhere). 

 

The more it's emphasised to Simple Simon that you live in Zimbabwe the better as he might discontinue (not out of any decency of course but just to cut his losses in suing someone who lives abroad).

 

I would however change

 

I am currently resident in Zimbabwe and am not due to return to England until the end of May 2022.

 

to

 

I am resident in Zimbabwe.

 

There's no need to tell the court about your May visit, indeed it might encourage them to change the hearing date to May.

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Also I see Simple Simon was supposed to pay the court fee by 25 March - did he?

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No response from the court to

date and i will share Wali’s letter that i received a few days ago from UK - trying to make me pay a reduced amount to drop the case - i did not get the letter in time, even if i had been tempted - they sent it to my Bristol address.

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I'm the most glass-half-full person there is, but I can see a potentially very bad conclusion here.

 

The overworked court don't reply to you.

They can't get through on the phone on the day.

Simon wins by default - again - and you get a backdoor CCJ - again.

 

I suggest that you e-mail VCS with -

 

Dear VCS,

 

Re: PCN no. XXXXX, Claim no. XXXXX

 

it has come to my attention that you are deliberately sending letters to an address you know full well I do not live at.

 

You are well aware that I won my set aside application in this case against you because I do not reside at XXXXX, England but rather at XXXXX, Harare, Zimbabwe, and have done for XX years.

 

I will bring your actions to the attention of the court.

 

Kindly write to my correct address in future.

 

Yours,

 

XXXXX

 

I would also get on to the court again with -

 

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

firstly would you please note that the address on the claim form is incorrect.  I do not reside at XXXXX, England but rather at XXXXX, Harare, Zimbabwe, and have done for XX years.  indeed I won a set aside application in this case on that basis.

 

Secondly I wrote to you on ...

 

and go on to repeat your earlier mail verbatim about phone calls to Zimbabwe.

 

This should all have been done in December when we first suggested it, not this close to the hearing.  Anyway, hopefully the mails will at least get the address changed and stop a CCJ going to your English address.  Unless any of the regulars disagree, send both mails this evening, Simons's to both Wali and Litigation, and with the court's one copy to Wali and Litigation.  The more we hammer into Simon's head that you're in Zimbabwe the better.

 

If there is no joy from the court this time maybe next week you could think about getting a female friend or relative in the UK to phone the court.

We could do with some help from you.

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Looks like best plan FTMDave it does look like Simon is trying to get a default again by using the wrong address, so send as suggested, as an aside wonder how difficult it would be to Enforce a UK CCJ against a Zimbabwe address ?

 

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BN, I think the answer is impossible - which is one of the reasons Zimbird has such a great record against various fleecers!

 

(Not just that of course, they have put in a huge amount of work to fight the charlatans).

 

But Zimbird doesn't want a CCJ against the English address, so best to bat Simon away if possible.  The two mails need to go off immediately.

 

 

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whats with the excessive long filenames again??

it stops the PDF's working

rename the upload file BEFORe you upload it to something sensible 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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I am sorry i had to pay for an img to be converted and that is the file name that it came with and i am not very familiar with how to change it. I was not aware it would be an issue.

All this seems to take me a long time to figure out - i find uploading difficult!

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If you read our upload guide, it lists free sites to use that do everything for you online, why are you paying?

 

to rename the file, you simply rename it as you click download from the convention sites or goto it on your device, click on it and hit rename.

 

 

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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