Guest Blog - Bailiffs turn up at ParkingEye headquarters
Here is a guest blog report regarding the follow-up to Mr Slijvic's case.Bailiffs visit Parking Eye. No April Fool.The bailiffs from Preston Court popped into Chorley Towers on April 1st.There was no...
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Norman Baker review of POPLA overdue
In May 2013 Norman Baker, the then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Transport promised a review of POPLA after the first year of operation.Stephen Hammond is now the current...
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ParkingEye credit rating plummets
An interested party sent The Parking Prankster a copy of ParkingEye's credit rating according to Duedil.This shows ParkingEye's credit rating has been in free-fall since the beginning of this year. An...
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ParkingEye lose in court - machine failure, motorist bought ticket
3JD10556 ParkingEye v Pointer (10/04/2014 Coventry). DDJ Salmon ruled that the motorist had purchased a ticket, that his evidence was more believable than ParkingEye's and that there was therefore no...
View ArticleFax machine 2 ParkingEye 0
3JD09864 ParkingEye v Greenhall (04/04/2014 Dudley) DJ Loyns dismissed the claim in 5 minutes (following the earlier case) as the claimant had no standing to bring the case.Following on from the...
View ArticleParking Ticket Appeals Service
Most private parking tickets are not issued correctly and can therefore be cancelled on appeal. However, the process can be daunting and requires some reading up and research. While this is all quite...
View ArticleContemplating a visit to Snowdon? Don't get injured!
Visitors contemplating a visit to the famous Snowdon Mountain in Wales should make sure they don't have any accidents while hiking around the mountain.One unlucky motorist did, and is now paying the...
View ArticlePatrick Troy caught lying to the BBC
For the BBC news article on parking, see here.In a recent BBC article, Patrick Troy, the head of the British Parking Association Limited was reported as saying that the appeals service POPLA is free....
View ArticleParkingEye pay £1000 a week to be allowed to issue tickets at Riverside...
[Updated 24/4/2014 with The Snail's figures]One of the more interesting facts to emerge from the ParkingEye case in Cambridge on 22/04/2014 was that ParkingEye pay £1,000 a week to British Airways...
View ArticleCambridge Report - morning session
BackgroundThis blog post details the second attempt to hear a test case by HHJ Moloney. The claim concerns two defendants who were genuine shoppers and simply overstayed at Riverside Retail Park,...
View ArticleCambridge Report - Afternoon Session
This is a continuation of the blog report of the morning session.Legal Arguments (continue)After lunch Mr Kirk asked to continue so he could address the problem that ParkingEye had so far not...
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Change.org petition regarding reduced parking times at Borehamwood retail park
[Update. This news article records the campaigner's victory. Parking times have reverted to 3 hours. (Thanks to Disco Dave for the heads-up)]The Prankster has seen a petition regarding the reduction of...
View ArticleGuerrilla lay representative network helps motorists
A new phenomenon has been hitting the small claim track recently - guerrilla lay representatives.ParkingEye have been stacking the deck against motorists by sending in expensive lawyers to small claims...
View ArticleAPCOA case struck out
[This story was originally posted on 23 March but was pulled on request of the motorist until the strike-out hearing was held]This thread on pepipoo details the story of a motorist's parking fight with...
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Third time unlucky. ParkingEye drop case at Bristol Retail Park
ParkingEye apparently decided not to risk losing a third case at Bristol Retail Park due to irregularities in their signage, and finally dropped their claim.This was an unusual case because a relative...
View ArticleGetting your case referred to POPLA after court proceedings have started
When a parking company is taking you to court, usually the most cost efficient way to settle the dispute is to use the independent appeals service, POPLA. This is free to the motorist and costs the...
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Patrick Troy promised the Government that POPLA will be free to the motorist
Just in case Patrick Troy forgot he promised the government that POPLA would be free to the motorist, here are excerpts from the letter he wrote to Norman Baker. The full letter is available at this...
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ParkingEye drop case. Breightmet Street signage does not give grounds for claim
[This post appeared earlier but mysteriously disappeared. The Prankster does not know why but he may have accidentally deleted it with a random click while trying to change his mouse. Apologies for any...
View ArticleBPA Ltd refuses to take responsibility for policing its members
This post on MoneySavingExpert shows that the parking company UKCPS are refusing to accept an appeal even though it was made by the registered keeper within the allowed* 28 days. UKCPS stated in their...
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How much do Civil Enforcement Limited pay their employees? Ashley Cohen...
The Parking Prankster has been made aware of a number of witness statements used in evidence packs to POPLA by Civil Enforcement Limited. These witness statements purport to come from the landowner,...
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