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British Parking Association deny proper appeals process for 4,000 stayed...
Shortly before the Court of Appeal heard the ParkingEye v Beavis case, ParkingEye wrote to POPLA asking that all cases which depended on the charge not being a genuine pre-estimate of loss be stayed...
View ArticleCan motorists take action against the British Parking Association for failing...
Unlawful Interference with a contract? Tort of Conspiracy to injury by unlawful means?In a recent blog the Prankster pointed out that the BPA were trying to change the appeals process for 4,000...
View ArticleKeeper Liability Impact Assessment due for review January 2016
In 2011 an impact assessment was undertaken by the government to help decide whether to introduce a law regarding keeper liability. That impact assessment is available online here, and comes up for...
View ArticleBritish Parking Association may be invalidating keeper liability for stayed...
The Prankster previously blogged that the British Parking Association are attempting to change the terms of the appeals process by only adjudicating on a single point. Although the BPA are attempting...
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Race to £600 parking charge begins? DCBL inflate charges
Bailiff company DCBL has hit on a wheeze to massively increase parking charges.They chase up old parking debts and add on massively inflated 'collection' charges to push the charge to way beyond the...
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Race to £600 finishes. DCBL hit £605
In a previous blog The Prankster surmised that DCBL were perhaps trying to inflate a parking charge over £600 so they could get a high court writ and then enforce using bailiffs.Somebody then suggested...
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Are DCBL guilty of 'passing off'?
DCBL are sending out letters titled 'Letter of Enforcement' which appear to be impersonating a Letter of Enforcement which a bailiff would send out following a High Court Writ.Here is what a real...
View ArticleMIL Collections lose in court. Fail to pay their own debts
MIL Collections were in court again today, once again in Manchester. The parking company they had allegedly purchased an alleged debt from was CPMS.The defendant, Ms AC attended court with her parents,...
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DCBL race to £605. New letter chain gets there a different way
The Prankster previously blogged that DCBL may be guilty of passing off by sending letters impersonating genuine Letters of Enforcement. However, this may not be the correct offence.Perhaps the...
View ArticleParkingEye and Equita pursue person who has never driven and never owned a car
This thread on moneysavingexpert details the story of both ParkingEye and Equita attempting to pursue a debt from somebody who has never driven and never owned a car.This is clearly a case of mistaken...
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Another misleading letter from DCBL
Debt Collectors DCBL seem to be specialising at misleading their victims. Here is another of their letters.The letter states this is a 'Notice of Debt Assignment'. Normally you might expect that to...
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Is the Independent Appeal Service a kangaroo court?
Sign Barry Beavis's Petition HereHello to any BBC readers. This blog examines the practices, good and bad of the private parking industry.Independent Appeals - BackgroundSince October 2012 private...
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Yet more scams by UKPC
The Prankster has been informed of more scams by UKPC. Apparently UKPC have been copying statutory council no waiting 'At any time' road signs and placing them underneath their own signs. Of course, it...
View ArticleHave you had a fake Notice of Enforcement from DCBL?
DCBL have issued a number of letters titled 'Notice of Enforcement' which appear to resemble statutory 'Notice of Enforcement' but in fact are just debt collector letters.The letters also appear to...
View ArticleCivil Enforcement Limited in court today on fraud charges
Civil Enforcement Limited were in court today in Aberdeen on fraud charges. The case is expected to conclude tomorrow.Meanwhile, a number of forum reports and request to The Prankster have noted that...
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New POPLA staying cases to consider Beavis.
As well as the approximately 3,800 cases stayed from the old POPLA run by London Councils, the new POPLA is also staying cases.No mention of how long the POPLA review will take has been made.The...
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MIL Collections fail in court - Champerty and Maintenance
MIL Collections Ltd v Stephen B Case No B1QZ7N32, Oldham CC 15/01/2016.This was one of the Car Park Management Services (sole trader)/Car Park Management Services (CPMS) Ltd cases.MIL again failed to...
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Independent Parking Committee operator code of practice breach condoned by...
Imagine the situation. You get back to the car park, go to the machine, enter your registration and it tells you how much you owe for parking. This is because the ANPR knows what time you arrived in...
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ParkingEye deceive Supreme Court with false evidence. Judgment built on...
The Prankster can reveal that the evidence filed by ParkingEye in the Beavis case was incorrect and may have had an effect on the final judgment.It is clear that signage plays a big part in the...
View ArticleNo charges stick against Civil Enforcement Limited - evidence was not allowed
Last week the case against Civil Enforcement Limited was heard over two days in Aberdeen.In a clever move by the defence, most of the evidence was ruled as inadmissable meaning the meat of the case...
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