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    • Thank you for posting their WS. If we start with the actual WS made by the director one would have doubts that they had even read PoFA let alone understood it. Point 10  we only have the word of the director that the contract has been extended. I should have had the corroboration of the Client. Point 12 The Judge HHJ Simkiss was not the usual Judge on motoring cases and his decisions on the necessity of contracts did not align with PoFA. In Schedule 4 [1[ it is quite clearly spelt out- “relevant contract” means a contract (including a contract arising only when the vehicle was parked on the relevant land) between the driver and a person who is—(a)the owner or occupier of the land; or (b authorised, under or  by virtue of arrangements made by the owner or occupier of the land, to enter into a contract with the driver requiring the payment of parking charges in respect of the parking of the vehicle on the land; And the laughable piece of paper from the land owners cannot be described as a contract. I respectfully ask that the case be dismissed as there is no contract. WE do not even know what the parking regulations are which is really basic. It is respectfully asked that without a valid contract the case cannot continue. One would imagine that were there a valid contract it would have been produced.  So the contract that Bank has with the motorist must come from the landowner. Bank on their own cannot impose their own contract. How could a director of a parking company sign a Statement of Truth which included Point 11. Point 14. There is no offer of a contract at the entrance to the car park. Doubtful if it is even an offer to treat. The entrance sign sign does not comply with the IPC Code of Conduct nor is there any indication that ANPR cameras are in force. A major fault and breach of GDPR. Despite the lack of being offered a contract at the entrance [and how anyone could see what was offered by way of a contract in the car park is impossible owing to none of the signs in the WS being at all legible] payment was made for the car to park. A young person in the car made the payment. But before they did that, they helped an elderly lady to make her payment as she was having difficulty. After arranging payment for the lady the young lad made his payment right behind. Unfortunately he entered the old lady's number again rather than paying .for the car he was in. This can be confirmed by looking at the Allow List print out on page 25. The defendant's car arrived at 12.49 and at 12.51 and 12.52  there are two payments for the same vrm. This was also remarked on by the IPC adjudicator when the PCN was appealed.  So it is quite disgraceful that Bank have continued to pursue the Defendant knowing that it was a question of  entering the wrong vrm.  Point 21 The Defendant is not obliged to name the driver, they are only invited to do so under S9[2][e]. Also it is unreasonable to assume that the keeper is the driver. The Courts do not do that for good reason. The keeper in this case does not have a driving licence. Point 22. The Defendant DID make a further appeal which though it was also turned down their reply was very telling and should have led to the charge being dropped were the company not greedy and willing to pursue the Defendant regardless of the evidence they had in their own hands. Point 23 [111] it's a bit rich asking the Defendant to act justly and at proportionate cost while acting completely unjustly themselves and then adding an unlawful 70% on to the invoice. This  is despite PoFA S4[5] (5)The maximum sum which may be recovered from the keeper by virtue of the right conferred by this paragraph is the amount specified in the notice to keeper under paragraph 9[2][d].  Point 23 [1v] the Director can deny all he wants but the PCN does not comply with PoFA. S9 [2][a] states  (2)The notice must— (a)specify the vehicle, the relevant land on which it was parked and the period of parking to which the notice relates; The PCN only quotes the ANPR arrival and departure times which obviously includes a fair amount of driving between the two cameras. Plus the driver and passengers are a mixture of disabled and aged persons who require more time than just a young fit single driver to exit the car and later re enter. So the ANPR times cannot be the same as the required parking period as stipulated in the ACT. Moreover in S9[2][f]  (ii)the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver, the creditor will (if all the applicable conditions under this Schedule are met) have the right to recover from the keeper so much of that amount as remains unpaid; You will note that in the PCN the words in parentheses are not included but at the start of Section 9 the word "must" is included. As there are two faults in the PCN it follows that Bank cannot pursue the keeper . And as the driver does not have a driving licence their case must fail on that alone. And that is not even taking into consideration that the payment was made. Point 23 [v] your company is wrong a payment was made. very difficult to prove a cash payment two weeks later when the PCN arrives. However the evidence was in your print out for anyone to see had they actually done due diligence prior to writing to the DVLA. Indeed as the Defendant had paid there was no reasonable cause to have applied for the keeper details. Point 24 the Defendant did not breach the contract. The PCN claimed the Defendant failed to make a payment when they had made a payment.   I haven't finished yet but that is something to start with
    • You don't appeal to anyone. You haven't' received a demand from a statutory body like the council, the police or the courts. It's just a dodgy cowboy company trying it on. You simply don't pay.  In the vast majority of these cases the company deforest the Amazon with threats about how they are going to divert a drone from Ukraine and make it land on your home - but in the end they do nothing.
    • honestly you sound like you work the claimant yes affixed dont appeal to anyone no cant be “argued either way”  
    • Because of the tsunami of cases we are having for this scam site, over the weekend I had a look at MET cases we have here stretching back to June 2014.  Yes, ten years. MET have not once had the guts to put a case in front of a judge. In about 5% of cases they have issued court papers in the hope that the motorist will be terrified of going to court and will give in.  However, when the motorist defended, it was MET who bottled it.  Every time.
    • Hi everyone, Thanks for the responses. Just a few follow up questions in light of what's been said:   If I dont appeal to PPM, who can I appeal to?   Why should the PCN been attached to the windscreen? Is this written in law?   I assumed the document I had received was the NTK, if this is not the case, what does a NTK look like?   Regarding the compliance with the Protection of Freedoms Act, could the "period" of parking not be argued either way? The legislation doesnt state it must have a start/end time of parking, which I assumed an ANPR camera would pick up if it had one. Is 4 minutes not technically enough to show the vehicle was parked?    Thanks !
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Not sure if this is the correct place to post, please move if not.

I recently sent a DSAR request to one of the expert witnesses who briefly got involved with my rather complex case. He was approached by my solicitor who no longer represents me. I wanted to see what communication they have had about me.

The company has sent me DSAR details with just the date and time them and my solicitor had the communication (mostly via email) and is refusing to disclose the content saying ICO website states: “The right of access enables individuals to obtain their personal data rather than giving them the right to see copies of documents containing their personal data “.

My question is - should they disclose everything including email content or they can get away with just the date and time of the communication they have had?

Thanks in advance.

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In principle I would have thought that they had a duty to disclose to you.

The quote that you have posted from the ICO website is a bit unclear – to a certain extent although I suppose it means that you don't have to have the actual documents as long as the contents of it are disclosed.
In other words they can tell you what the email contains referring to you – but not the actual email. – A very thin line I would say.

What about telling us the story and of importance, which company is it that is trying to withhold this information from you

You should also send an SAR to your solicitor.

I would also make a complaint to the ICO about it and they may return a view that the DPA has probably been breached – and that would be helpful to you.

 

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It's a rather very complex case that started around 2018/2019 ( so I will keep it short) where the company I work for has been sued by the liquidator. The claim is for just over a couple of millions. The solicitors we had is one of the biggest law firms in London. I will not mention the name here.

We had the option to get an expert opinion on the case with court permission however our solicitor approached a QC and an expert witness (without discussing fees with us) without obtaining court permission. QC and Expert Withness billed us (via Solicitor) in the region of £50k for their advice. The solicitor will not disclose those advice and expert reports to us until the company pays them. Then we were embroiled in a rather ugly argument and the solicitor pulled out of the case reasoning non-payment fees. Now company/boss is self-litigating as the boss has no money to find another solicitor and already spent over £500k just on different fees.

I am trying to help where I can. So we sent DSAR to QC, the expert witness, and the solicitor. The solicitor asked for more time, QC and WI both sent DSAR but none of them disclosed the content in the email between them and the solicitor. I also asked for copies of the invoice and the description of the invoice it relates to. They both said they were instructed by my solicitor and I have to request this from my solicitor. I  have a feeling they all three spoke to each other since our DSAR and are now finding a way to hide exactly what went on between them. I think they saw the company and boss as a cash cow. I recently found out that the biggest lack of negligence from the solicitor is they didn't even respond to the PAP sent by the liquidator. The case's final hearing is towards the beginning of next year.

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Yes it is complicated by understand that you are trying to help somebody else in this is not directly for you.

What's not entirely clear is exactly what information are you trying to obtain?

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I am now heavily involved in the case and I worked with the company for over 22 years, I take this case very personally.

Reason for DSAR is we are building a case against the solicitor and we wanted to see what sort of communication they have had and how the solicitor explained our case to them. 

We are planning to sue the solicitor for their negligence and for wrongly making a part 20 claim against our Accountant. They made the judgment that the collapse of the company was due to the accounting firm that did the restructuring plan a few months before the company collapsed.

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So has the solicitor been paid? I would have thought that you would be entitled to the entire file including all correspondence.

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