Merriveen v Proserve
Merriveen is a small haulage firm working from Felixstowe. On 21/10/2013 one of Merriveen's vehicles was parked for 3 minutes while the driver got delivery paperwork. Proserve issued a ticket for £180....
View ArticleStephen Duff of Proserve admits claiming £420 was due to his incompetence
Stephen Duff has now admitted that claiming £420 instead of £80 was due to his incompetence. The initial invoice submitted by the transcription company was an estimate before they had done the work....
View ArticleUK Parking Control drops cases in Scotland
As reported in the Dundee Courier, UK Parking Control has dropped 3 cases in Scotland involving parking at Gallagher Retail Park.The laws in Scotland differ significantly from the laws in the rest of...
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BPA write to London Councils
Patrick Troy of the BPA Ltd has written to all the London Councils, begging them to vote to retrospectively agree to the provision of the POPLA service.To analyse this report it is first necessary to...
View ArticleParkingEye target man whose daughter had to go to hospital in beach incident
This report on moneysavingexpert describes how ParkingEye refused to cancel their charge despite a serious and potentially life-threatening incident occurring on Fistral Beach.The parking event...
View ArticleParking company taken to court by motorist
Several parking companies are currently being taken to court by motorists trying to recoup costs involved with fighting tickets which have had no validity. Although parking companies are keen to issue...
View ArticleParkingEye obtain CCJs by stealth
Have you got a county court judgment (CCJ) against you? If you answered no, then perhaps you should not be quite so certain. Large numbers of innocent motorists are finding that ParkingEye have...
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The Parking Prankster opens a bank account
Truthfully, this blog should really be entitled, 'The Parking Prankster attempts to open a bank account'.The Parking Prankster, having occasion to open an organisational bank account, set off to his...
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BPA propose hiving off the AOS
The British Parking Association Limited is proposing hiving off the Approved Operator Scheme to a separate body. The BPA will maintain the Code of Practice while the new organisation administers it.The...
View ArticleThe Prankster at Parking World - the end of parking as we know it
The Prankster was recently invited to attend Parking World 2014 where he was able to mingle with industry names such as Patrick Troy, Chief Executive of the BPA, and Henry Greenslade, Lead Adjudicator...
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DVLA cough up £75 on the orders of the ICA
[The Prankster Previosly blogged about this here. Mr Griffiths has now been sent his cheque for £75]Mr Griffiths car got a windscreen ticket from Local Parking Security Ltd, a British Parking...
View ArticlePrankster guide to getting a ParkingEye CCJ set aside
With help from members of the BMPA, The Prankster has produced a guide to getting a ParkingEye CCJ set aside. The web page and sample witness statement are at this...
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The Prankster misses out on $8 million
The Prankster received this email todaySadly, The Prankster's surname is not Pranky, so he will be unable to share in the $8 million. If anybody called Pranky is reading this, they are more than...
View ArticleParkingEye roundup. ParkingEye lose in court.
ParkingEye continue to attempt to deceive courts up and down the land by quoting the Beavis case while not informing the court that the case has been appealed and is scheduled for re-hearing in...
View ArticleMotorist gets parking charge back in court. Judge lambasts parking company...
Our story begins when Ms X turned up to work one day at Fort Dunlop, Birmingham. As far as The Prankster can work out, Fort Dunlop is owned by Urban Splash. Parts are then rented out to Regus, an...
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DVLA bans Proserve from access to keeper data...nearly
The DVLA has finally grown a pair after two years of sitting on the fence and decided to ban Proserve from access to keeper data......almost.Proserve has applied for a judicial review of this decision....
View ArticleCivil Enforcement Limited fail to attend court
To save time The Parking Prankster has now created a template so he can quickly report on Civil Enforcement Limited (CEL) cases.CEL's strategy is to file large number of claims and to try and bully...
View ArticleMick Cooke of Armtrac threatens to break fingers
The Parking Prankster has been informed of a telephone call between Michael Cooke of Armtrac and ParkingTicketAppeals.Mr Cooke has been visiting houses of ParkingTicketAppeals supporters and posting...
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Civil Enforcement Limited turn up in court
A66YM205 Wed 29 October. CEL v Mr X. Liverpool Civil and Family Court. DJ Murphy/Britlin/HigginsIn a shock development Civil Enforcement Limited turned up in court. Possibly this was because they...
View ArticleOpen letter to Oliver Morley regarding http://www.knowyourparkingrights.org
To "oliver.morley@dvla.gsi.gov.uk" , "patrick.mcloughlin@dft.gsi.gov.uk"Dear Sir,I would like to complain about the web site, http://www.knowyourparkingrights.org/.This appears to be a thinly veiled...
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