BPA Update Code of Practice
The BPA has issued a minor revision to the code of practice, in part to address issues caused by the UK Parking Control scandal.The changes are as follows.Clause 6.6 - An additional sentence will be...
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How the Independent Parking Committee pulled the wool over the DVLA's eyes (2)
A series of documents released under FoI show that the Independent Parking Committee never had any intention of letting keepers appeal. The full documents can be seen by requesting from the DVLA a copy...
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Independent Appeals Service hit by false evidence allegations
The Independent Appeals Service is the appeals service run by the Independent Parking Committee. It was recently awarded ADR Entity status by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute despite not...
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ParkingEye subject to data protection complaint from Alexander Owens
Alexander John Owens LLB is an ex-senior investigating officer with the ICO (Information Commissioners Office), and is the same 'Alec' Owens who testified before the Lord Leveson inquiry on Operation...
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Devon Parking Agency Scam
According to a post on moneysavingexpert, parking tickets are being issuing in Devon on the public highway by an agency apparently called Devon Parking Agency Ltd. However, the parking tickets do not...
View ArticleDevon Parking Agency scam shut down
The Devon Parking Agency scam has been shut down following research by members on moneysavingexpert and investigative journalism by Plymouth Herald reporter Carl Eve.The full report on the Plymouth...
View ArticleCorruption Scandal Continues at the Independent Parking Committee
The corruption scandal continues at the Independent Parking Committee. More reports of apparent false evidence submitted to the Independent Appeals Service have surfaced.In this report on pepippo a...
View ArticleANPR Ltd win in court. ANPR Ltd lose in court
ANPR Ltd had a bumper day in court yesterday, with 6 cases in Preston and one in Birmingham. Mr Trevor Whitehouse and his representative were present at Preston. It is not known who if anyone was...
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ANPR Court Update
More information has emerged regarding ANPR Ltd's big day in court on this thread in consumeractiongroupOf the cases on the day, the first was dismissed for lack of evidence, the second ANPR won and...
View ArticleGladstones win big at court again
Gladstones continued their winning court streak by charging London Parking Solutions to file a claim and prepare a witness statement. Their client was not so lucky. They failed to turn up at the...
View ArticleBritish Parking Association refuse to pay London Councils POPLA bill
The dispute between the BPA and London Councils for payment of the POPLA service rumbles on. On Thursday London Councils are holding a session to try and resolve the issues. This will be a closed...
View ArticleANPR ltd small day out
ANPR Ltd are back in court in Preston tomorrow. This time there are only three cases listed. The Prankster does not know about any of these cases or whether the contracts are valid or photocopied cut...
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Who is the old POPLA contract with?
The POPLA contract has been made available through an FoI request. Here is the first page.The contract appears to be between the British Parking Association and London Councils Transport and...
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MIL Collections fail in court
MIL Collections crashed and burned in their first recorded court hearing; MIL Collections Ltd v The 'bigdoubleyou', claim number B3QZ98K3.They first appeared on the radar around May 2015, having...
View ArticleMIL Collections fail in court
Is there an echo here?MIL Collections failed so badly last week in court that they did not dare to show up this week. This thread on pepipoo details the full story.MIL Collections have a shady...
View ArticleParkingEye make yet another fraudulent charge
ParkingEye yet again issued a parking charge for a car which was not in the car park for the times they claimed. This is such a frequent occurrence that it cannot be explained away by errors in the...
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Back to the future-itis strikes POPLA
The new POPLA is still having a few teething problems. Hopefully they will be ironed out soon.In this case the POPLA portal states that the case is being assessed:However, no evidence pack has been...
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UK Parking Control continue to issue fraudulent tickets
Three drivers, all strangers to the area received £100 UKPC parking charge notices in July for parking in a Hampshire road named Damson Drive which leads to a housing estate like many others in the...
View ArticlePOPLA update on time-travelling
Following the earlier post POPLA have confirmed that this message is a teething problem with the new system, and is on the list to be corrected.Essentially this message means that the operator has not...
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Smart Parking ticket shopping trolley
In a test to see whether various parking companies actually check the tickets they issue, one motorist successfully managed to get an operator to issue a ticket to a shopping trolley. Other operators...
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