ParkingEye cancel court claim after implicitly admitting ANPR is at fault
The Parking Prankster has been sent a series of documents relating to a court claim dropped by ParkingEye once they were faced with overwhelming proof their ANPR system was at fault.The Parking...
View ArticleLarge number of operators giving up on POPLA appeals
A worrying new trend is developing whereby operators do not bother to send in an evidence pack if the motorist raises the issue of genuine pre-estimate of loss at POPLA.Reasons for the Assessor’s...
View ArticleAre the DVLA attempting to hide the number of complaints about parking...
The Parking Prankster has been made aware of a freedom of information request to the DVLA, asking about the number of complaints about private parking companies from 1 Oct 2012 to the the present...
View ArticlePrankster in The Cornish Guardian
The Cornish Guardian is current running a story about The Parking Prankster.The Prankster is offering to help motorists who have paid parking fines to reclaim them, especially for Fistral Beach, which...
View ArticleCivil Enforcement Limited finally turn up at court...and get absolutely spanked
3YK50188 (AP476) On Appeal from Watford County Court. Civil Enforcement Limited v Kerry McCafferty. (21/02/2014 Luton County Court). Mr Recorder Gibson QC.Claim dismissedCivil Enforcement Limited don't...
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Proserve business model exposed as a sham
Proserve lost in court today. This puts 700 other claims at risk.Their business model works as follows.1) They persuade a landowner to enter a contract with them whereby the landowner pays Proserve a...
View ArticleParking Prankster on local radio - Richard Spendlove
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01rwdd5Richard Spendlove ran a feature on Private Parking on his radio programme on 22/02/2014. The Prankster heard about this fairly late in the day, but just managed...
View ArticleIs POPLA fit for purpose?
Normally it is the Prankster asking this question. However, today it is the turn of the parking companies to show their high esteem at the process the BPA Ltd has put in place for them.The whole...
View ArticleParkingEye over-redact contract. Lose in Stoke county court
3JD08925 ParkingEye v Watson. (24/02/2014 Stoke) Duke of Gloucester Pub, Crewe, car park.ParkingEye lost in court again, this time to a defendant who has had no help from forums. The defendant posted...
View ArticlePrankster guides fund next transcript
...and it's a cracker, ParkingEye v Collins-Daniel, available on the case law web page.You really need to read it for yourself. The judge rips ParkingEye a new one while the defendant gets to speak...
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Parking Prankster guides updated to version 2
The Parking Prankster guides have been updated for a while now.The Parking Prankster naively assumed that Amazon was telling the truth when it said readers could update Kindle books to the latest...
View ArticleParkingEye v Gosnold transcript available
Another transcript is available, kindly funded by Bargepole and friends.http://parking-prankster.com/case-law.htmlThe main transcript, ParkingEye v Gosnold, establishes that the landowner witness...
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How Parking Operators use ANPR
This article explains how parking operators use ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition), answering some common questions and showing how problems may arise.A typical modern ANPR system will comprise...
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Proserve get just desserts for lying to the DVLA
As previously reported, Proserve have been caught out lying to the DVLA and the courtsThey have been telling the DVLA they are not using their data for parking enforcement, then telling the court that...
View ArticleNorthumbria NHS change parking strategy to put patients first
The Parking Prankster has heard it reported that ParkingEye have been given 3 months notice to quit at Northumbria NHS.This is excellent news for patients who have found the system to be confusing,...
View ArticlePOPLA decree ParkingEye are incorrectly claiming keeper liability at Town Quay
ParkingEye have been issuing large numbers of parking charges at Associated British Ports Town Quay, and these charges have stated that keeper liability applies under the Protection of Freedom Act...
View ArticleNew transcript available. ParkingEye v Heggie
The Prankster has received another transcript, ParkingEye v Heggie.http://parking-prankster.com/case-law.html.3JD04791 ParkingEye Ltd v Heggie (Barnsley, 13/12/2013). Deputy District Judge Obhi ruled...
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ParkingEye 0 Slijvic 1. ParkingEye legal team admit they have no clue why...
3JD04274 Parking Eye v Slijvic (10/03/2014, Warrington). DDJ Glassbrook.ParkingEye's legal brains have spent the last few months trying to convince courts that they are agents of the landowners.Late...
View ArticleNick Lester awarded the Nick Lester award for being Nick Lester
Transportxtra are reporting that Nick Lester was awarded the first ever John Squires Award to recognise individuals who are advocates for the parking sector.Accepting the award Lester said: "I would...
View ArticlePOPLA refuse to add 'not a genuine pre-estimate of loss' to appeal reasons....
The Parking Prankster has complained to the highest level of London Councils that POPLA will not put'the charge is not a genuine pre-estimate of loss' as a reason to appeal on the POPLA web...
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