Proserve cases struck out
According to Valiant on pepipoo an unspecified number of Proserve cases have been struck out because Proserve failed to obey the procedure specified by a court order.Proserve will not suffer because of...
View ArticleDEAL or no DEAL? No DEAL
The courts have started to take the initiative in striking out Deal Claims, as this Court Order from pepipoo shows.DEAL have until 4th March to find a Practising Certificate for Mr Shwarts, which is...
View ArticleDEAL struck out
DEALDEAL were ordered to produce evidence that Mr Shwarts was on the Roll of Solicitors by 18th February by DJ Jones in Warwick.NO DEAL.They didn't, so the case was struck out on 25th February.Happy...
View ArticleAnother DEAL case struck out
DJ Thompson sitting at Leeds county court has issued a General Form of Judgment which will lead to another DEAL case being struck out on 4 March.The order requires full details of the solicitor who...
View ArticleJAS Parking - Fictitious pre-estimate of loss
In order to justify their charges JAS Parking have come up with a new concept; the fictitious pre-estimate of loss. Unlike a genuine pre-estimate of loss, where you are required to make some kind of...
View ArticleDEAL breaker
The Prankster has received this court report hot off the press from Eastbourne.I arrived at Eastbourne County Court nice and early. The clerk of court asked if I knew if the claimants were coming and I...
View ArticleCEL and Mr Schwartz's colourful history.
The Solicitor's Regulatory Authority have apparently confirmed that CEL is the parent company of DEAL, which leads to the inevitable conclusion that passing parking charges to DEAL may be a way of...
View ArticleCroydon wise up to DEAL
District Judge Major sitting at Croydon has produced the following General Form of Judgment or Order.l. The Claimant is to provide to the Court a copy of the assignment between itself and the...
View ArticleCEL criminal case heard in Aberdeen
The Scottish Express has published details about Civil Enforcement's excursion to the Scottish courts in Aberdeen yesterday.The case related to 11 counts including attempted fraud. The company...
View ArticlePrankster runs out of DEAL headlines
In a shock move so many DEAL cases got struck out recently that The Parking Prankster ran out of joke headlines to use.The Prankster will now be forced to start churning out old headlines. The...
View ArticleSethi/Shwarts/Schwartz
For comparison, here are some claim forms apparently signed by Michael ShwartzThis form was signed on behalf of Civil Enforcement Limited. The Sethi Partnership later denied that Michael Schwartz was...
View ArticleParkingEye fail to impress Scunthorpe judge
March 4 2015 PARKINGEYE LTD V Mr A, county court at ScunthorpeMr A did his research and wrote to the judge expressing his concern that the case should be deferred due to the Beavis appeal. The judge...
View ArticleDEAL struck out in Halifax
Yet another DEAL claim has been struck out.This one was in Halifax and was struck out for failing to pay the hearing fee. This seems sensible on the part of DEAL - after all, if you have no intention...
View ArticleVehicle Control Systems signage at Liverpool Airport
Today's post examines the signage at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, with grateful thanks to Esmerobbo who took photographs and made measurements.Vehicle Control Systems try and pretend that anyone who...
View ArticlePOPLA delaying ParkingEye assessments until after the Beavis judgment
A large number of motorists have received emails from POPLA telling them their assessments have been postponed from the next few days and will be heard late April to May. No reasons have been given for...
View ArticleSchwartz learns how to spell his name. Next up, learning to tell the date
Debt Enforcement and Action Limited (DEAL) have filed another round of court claims, all signed off by the mysterious Mr Schwartz. Mr Schwartz has at last remembered how to spell his name.However, he...
View ArticlePOPLA adjourn cases on ParkingEye's request
POPLA have been telling motorists that their cases have been adjourned because ParkingEye requested this.In principle, The Prankster has no issue with cases being adjourned, but thinks POPLA should...
View ArticlePicture Of The Week. Morely out/Pickles in
The full document is hereThe Prankster wonders what this will mean in practice.Happy ParkingThe Parking Prankster
View ArticleParking Court Cases 2014-2015
In 2011 the number of parking cases filed in court was 90,000 (*BPA Estimate, bottom of page 9). The BPA informed the government that one on the benefits of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 schedule...
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