Civil Enforcement Limited fail to turn up in court. It's a numbers game
This thread in pepipoo details yet another case where CEL failed to turn up in court. The motorist stated:The judge was scathing about them and indicated that they were "very well known" on his...
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District Enforcement appeal after all
The Prankster previously reported that District Enforcement Ltd had decided not to appeal a case regarding Staffordshire University car park where the judge ruled the signage was ambiguous and the car...
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Have DVLA learnt lessons from RAME charity case?
The RAME charity bus case was featured on BBC TV and can be seen here: http://www.nmag.co.uk/nmag-tv/.An 84 year old man was pursued by a parking company as the keeper of a vehicle. His details were...
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Independent Parking Committee Kangaroo Court Exposed
The British Parking Association run an appeals system (POPLA), which although it has its faults, is at least mostly independent, mostly open and in its own way mostly fair to the motorist.The...
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Ransomes v Anderson judgment available
The transcript of the appeal judgment in Ransomes Park Limited v Anderson is now available on The Prankster website, and will make useful reading for anyone who is being sued by Proserve Ransomes or...
View ArticleParkingEye win in court. Shooting fish in a barrel
A1JD0339 ParkingEye v Mr M. Chippenham Court, 16/12/2014 in front of DJ Asplin. Not being the driver is no defence. £100 awarded for claimant, plus £90 costs.The Prankster rocked up in Chippenham Court...
View ArticleWhen Parking Companies go rogue
The Prankster advises potential customers of parking companies to check up on their previous customers before committing themselves. Some parking companies have cordial relationships with their...
View ArticleMr Duff needs help for judicial review
Mr Duff is seeking witness statements from individuals for his upcoming Judicial Review. If anyone wishes to assist him here is a draft you may like to personalise by inserting the relevant information...
View ArticleCivil Enforcement Limited fail to turn up in court
Always good fodder for a slow news day, and when The Prankster needs to concentrate more on festive jollifications than blogging.Yet again, Civil Enforcement Limited fail to run up in court. Yet again...
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Excel Parking jump ship to the Independent Parking Committee
Excel Parking have apparently jumped ship from the British Parking Association to the IPC, following the lead of their sister companies VCS and Conkai.No announcements are on the BPA or IPC websites,...
View ArticleNew tactic - VCS use High Court Writ against student who moved house
[Note. The Prankster is not an expert on High Court Writs and bailiffs. Take legal advice if you are in the same situation. If any information is wrong, please contact with corrections at...
View ArticleCivil Enforcement Limited, er, fail to turn up in court
This pepipoo thread tells the tale.As normal, CEL failed to turn up. The judge awarded some costs against them. Apparently they did not try their tricks of getting the motorist to fail to turn up...
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POPLA board raises issues
The POPLA board has published an open letter to the BPA in which it raises various issues.The full letter can be read here.The main points are:The board does not have enough funding to do a proper...
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CEL turn up to court. 50 cases of ticketing their own customer's employees
The Prankster has been given this report from a British Motorist Protection Association representative.On 9/1/2015 in Bristol HHJ Roderick Denyer QC heard the directions hearing for two related cases,...
View ArticleAre Smart Parking the next ParkingEye?
The Prankster's Smart Parking mole has informed him that they have poached Ben Johnson from ParkingEye, and he is now Smart Parking's new Managing Director. Ben is rumoured to be ruthless, and his...
View ArticleCivil Enforcement Limited fail to show up at Court
Civil Enforcement Limited failed to show up at Court on Wednesday, 14th January 2015 (Claim No A58YM418). In a pattern familiar to readers of this blog, CEL rang the defendant and even sent a letter to...
View ArticlePOPLA competency called into question
The Prankster has been made aware of a POPLA case which calls into question the competency of the POPLA assessors and also the POPLA administration team.As aside issue, the case also calls into...
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Picture of the week - not so Smart Parking are 'bad mongs'
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View ArticleBritish Parking Association says fines for short overstays are unfair and not...
The interview can be heard on iplayer at this link.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02ghk7dIt is about 1:21 in. Iain Lee is interviewing Dave Smith from the British Parking Association.Iain Lee: But...
View ArticleIs Chris Dawson's The Range operating a criminally based parking operation in...
Chris Dawson owns CDS Superstores, who run the successful 'The Range' series of stores. One of these is in Barrow-in-Furness, and has a respectably sized car park adjacent, which is run on behalf of...
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