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NWCP lose second reported court claim
D3QZ88D0. NWCP v Mr H 29/9/2017.PrestonThe IPC have waved the hand of incompetence over another of their customers, resulting in the inevitable court loss.The full story is on MoneySavingExpertMr H...
View ArticleClamping is back! But is it legal?
The Times this week reported that some car parking companies are attempting to bring back clamping.The situation arises at station car-parks where byelaws are in force. The British Parking Association...
View ArticleIPC Kangaroo Court strikes again
The IPC appeals service, the IAS, has been regularly exposed as a kangaroo court which does not provide a fair or independent appeals service. Instead, it is institutionally biased towards the parking...
View ArticleEx-tower Nigel Barrington-Fuller made bankrupt
This week The Prankster referred to the case of Mayhook v NCP. In that case Nigel Barrington-Fuller, an ex-barrister towed away Mr Mayhooks car from an NCP car park and refused to return it. Mr Mayhook...
View ArticlePrivate Parking Solutions hammered in court
Private Parking Solutions (London) Ltd v Ms B D0GF1A8R Brentford. DDJ Chohan 22 Nov 2017PPS wished to charge Ms B, a resident, for parking in her own space while not displaying a permit in her courtesy...
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VCS spend over £1,000 chasing bogus £100 parking charge at Albert Street,...
VCS v Ms O C8DP9D8C Birmingham 1/8/2017Ms O parked her car in Albert Street, Birmingham in 2014, entered her registration and paid the correct amount. She was certain this was done properly. As the...
View ArticleBritish Parking Association put up the shutters for Brexit. Address for...
It appears the British Parking Association (BPA) are ready to seal off the UK from the rest of the world as this MSE thread shows.BusyBee1904 received a notice to keeper from NCP for a parking event....
View ArticleUKPC lose 7 ticket residential case. Judge rules resident can park in safety
UKPC v Ms H. D5HW059T Manchester Civil Justice Centre. 07/12/2017. District Judge RansonGuest Report I listened in on the above case this afternoon, where UKPC had issued 7 tickets in a six month...
View ArticleMurdo Fraser MSP introduces Proposed Regulation of Privately-operated Car...
Murdo Fraser MSP has introduced a bill to regulate the car parking industry.An overview of the bill is here;http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/106912.aspxThe consultation document...
View ArticleExcel lose parking case against company. No reason for filing claim ever...
Excel Parking Services Ltd vs Clever Car Finance Ltd. D6DP7R03.12/12/17. Skipton County Court. Judge Faye Wright presidingClaimant represented by Mr Pickup of Elms LegalDefendant represented by Mrs R –...
View ArticleThe great private car park planning approval scam
Guest blog from shuteyepark, from the Consumer Action group forumsIn December 2013 my daughter received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from ParkingEye after over-staying a 2-hour free parking limit at...
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Courts buckling under number of claims
The Law Society Gazette has published an article warning that the courts are buckling under the number of claims issued, which has reached a 10 year high.From July to September this year, the Ministry...
View ArticleCourt Report - UKPC Sunk Without Trace in Southampton
D2HW1A2M – UKPC v Mr L, before District Judge Cawood, SouthamptonGuest blog by BargepoleClaimant represented by Mr Carmichael (a proper solicitor)Defendant represented by me as Lay RepThis was a case I...
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Is Bryn Holloway Lead Assessor of the Independent Appeals Service corrupt or...
The Prankster has been made aware of yet another bogus decision by the kangaroo court run by the the IPC, as detailed in this MSE thread.OverviewThe vehicle keeper was not the driver, and based their...
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Did you book parking online at Liverpool Airport?
The Prankster has been made aware of a twitter thread from foodwithafacehttps://twitter.com/food_withaface/mediahttps://twitter.com/food_withaface/status/939412872588820480A parking space was booked...
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Company not liable for driver's personal actions. SCS Law humiliated in court
UK Parking Control v XYZ Ltd. Basildon 04/10/2017. D5HW078T DJ MonlieauxUKPC represented by a solicitor from SCS LawXYZ ltd represented by Mr D, an employeeThe Prankster was asked for help by a small...
View ArticleLink Parking, you've been Gladstoned.
Claim Number D6GF6K5E (Link Parking vs Mr M). 09/01/2018. Cheltenham. DJ SingletonLast year a member of the facebook group Parking Behind Ashford Antiques And Getting A Parking Ticket was approached...
View ArticleParking Bill moves to next stage. Will Hurley and John Davies's use of...
On Friday Sir Greg Knight's Parking Bill passed the second reading and now moves to committee stage. If all goes to plan it should reach the next stage around October.The proposed bill can be found...
View ArticleCourt report. UK CPM lose on POFA and signage
Case No. D6GF60EJ – UK CPM -v- Mrs H – Before Deputy District Judge Bruce. Chatham.Bargepole reportThis involved setting off at the crack of dawn, and waking up the larks. Chatham is so far East that...
View ArticleMIL Collections - £750 awarded against them for “Unreasonable conduct in...
MIL Collections v George. D8QZ60RM Truro 10/04/2018. DDJ RutherfordGuest report from Mr George. MIL Collections were represented by Danielle Metters from LPC Law Mr George was represented by John...
View ArticleParking Awareness do not contest £535 claim for improper use of motorist's...
Parking Awareness sent a motorist an invoice for parking which the motorist disagreed was valid. When the motorist did not pay, Parking Awareness sold the alleged debt to rogue debt collectors MIL...
View ArticleDVLA clarify that parking companies cannot sell on debt to debt collectors.
Parking companies obtain keeper data from the DVLA by way of the KADOE contract. Copies are available under FOI, such as here.This contract allows parking companies to engage debt collectors to pursue...
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Parking Prankster on Watchdog
The new series of Watchdog starts this week on BBC 1, Wednesday, 8pm.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b09lkhThe Parking Prankster makes a small guest appearance where he explains how ANPR works (or,...
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UKPC in trouble again
Parking Company UK Parking Control Ltd are in trouble again, this time for failing to help track down a fly tipper, as this report from The Lincolnite shows.North Kesteven District Council took them to...
View ArticleUKPC banned by the DVLA
UK Parking Control Ltd have been banned from accessing the DVLA database. This means for instance that if they issue a windscreen ticket, they have no way of following up and contacting the keeper...
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