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ParkingEye charge motorist for one long stay - but he was in two different...
ParkingEye's quality assurance team have blundered again, issuing a ticket to a motorist who actually visited two different car parks. ParkingEye's quality assurance team make up to 19 checks on each...
View ArticleParkingEye lose in court - no contract in a free car park
3JD09409 ParkingEye v Green. (08/05/2014 High Wycombe). Judge Jones ruled there could be no contract in a free car park as there was no consideration from the motorist.ParkingEye lost for the 3rd time...
View ArticlePremier Parking win in court - a cautionary tale
Not all court hearings against private parking companies are won by the motorist, even with a strong defence.The small claims track can be a lottery, with judges ruling differently from day to day and...
View ArticleHave ParkingEye set Hill Dickinson on MoneySavingExpert?
[Update - see updated message from the forum team below]The Prankster has noticed a post by the forum team on the parking board of MoneySavingExpert. A small snippet is reproduced.In recent months, we...
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Hill Dickinson try and gag The Prankster
In view of the recent attack on MoneySavingExpert, The Prankster thinks it is in the public interest to publish recent correspondence between himself and Hill Dickinson, who have been briefed by...
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The Prankster replies to Hill Dickinson
[Edit. An earlier version of this post missed out page 4 of The Prankster's reply]This is a continuation of the previous blog postThe Prankster replied to Hill Dickinson as follows.The Prankster has...
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ParkingEye lose case. Judge decides ParkingEye's evidence is fabricated.
[This is a guest blog on behalf of Mr M. The Prankster has made a few changes but the substance is not changed.]ParkingEye v Mr M. (17/04/2014) ParkingEye's evidence did not stack up and the claim was...
View ArticleParkingEye model example of Patrick Troy's 'considerate' parking company....
In an interview with the BBC Patrick Troy is on record as saying parking companies are considerate."BPA chief executive Patrick Troy says private car parking companies are considerate."Just how...
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Sign of the week - Euro Car Parks epic fail
"It's er, free for 30 minutes as long as you pay us £70 after 20 minutes."Happy ParkingThe Parking Prankster
View ArticleA tale of two tickets
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it...
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ParkingEye ignore judge's directions for re-hearing. Get spanked. Bargepole...
3JD04329 ParkingEye v Martin (12/05/2014 St Albans). DJ Cross found ParkingEye had no standing to bring the case. After ruling on a number of similar cases, he wondered what ParkingEye had to hide and...
View ArticleFax Elf stays two more cases. Prankster is troublesome.
The fax machine, operated by the Fax Elf, stayed two more cases, this time in Swindon.The Prankster has a report from the defendant in the second case, who said that Judge Darbyshire found the faxed...
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Jonathan Langham's name removed from a post on moneysaving expert
The Parking Prankster has received an email from the MoneySavingExpert team explaining that they have removed Jonathan Langham's name from post #15 in this thread on MoneySavingExpert.The Prankster has...
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Total Parking Solutions set overstay charge at £12 (£20 after 14 days)
The Prankster has seen the proposed signage for car parks in the ownership of the Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust. The charge for breaching the Terms and Conditions is £12, rising to £20 after 14...
View ArticlePrankster updates Sample Defence
The Parking Prankster has updated his sample defence, which is available at this web page.http://www.parking-prankster.com/sample-defence.htmlThere are now two slightly different defences, one for free...
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ParkingEye lose at POPLA. ANPR technology ruled as flawed
In an important ruling today, POPLA decided that a motorist had visited a car park twice, but that ParkingEye's flawed ANPR technology had not detected all the entries and exits and thus thought the...
View ArticleParkingEye lose in court. Reason not known - defendant giggling at the time
3JD05392 ParkingEye v Mrs S (16/05/2014 Scarborough). DJ Neaves dismissed the claim as the claimant's representative had no right of audience.Guest Blog, from Mrs S's lay representative (Mr S)This was...
View ArticleParkingEye win Cambridge test case
The judgment for the Cambridge test case was delivered by HHJ Moloney today in Southend at 10:00am.He ruled for ParkingEye in both cases, explaining his judgement as follows.The charges WERE penalties,...
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British Parking Association attempt to change POPLA's stance on GPEOL
The meetings of the 30th January 2014 BPA Ltd AOS Board meeting shows that the AOS board tried to persuade Nicola Mullany, Chair of the Independent Appeals Service board to look at POPLAs ruling on...
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Consumer pressure forces change to IAS appeals procedure
After 8 months of wrangling, consumer pressure has finally resulted in a change to the Independent Parking Committee's (IPC) appeals procedure.Originally the appeals procedure required the registered...
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