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ParkingEye fraudulently charging yet again. Morrisons car park this time
ParkingEye continue to issue fraudulent charges from their flawed ANPR systems. This newpaper report details the story of a 78 year old pensioner who visited Morrisons in Chorlton twice in two days. He...
View ArticleGovernment to regulate private parking
The Government today announced they are to bring in new regulations to curb the rogue elements of private parking.The regulations will come into force on 6th April 2016.Currently there are no details...
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Latest Gladstone court debacle
This pepipoo thread records the result of Gladstone's latest venture at court. As usual, the motorist won, the parking company lost, and Gladstone Solicitors pocketed their fee.As no-one from The...
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Morrisons Penrith - ParkingEye ride roughshod over planning permission
This is a guest post from The Penrith Phantom.Morrisons in Penrith is required to make its car park available for at least 2 hours free parking for everyone in accordance with the planning consent...
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Did ParkingEye deceive The Supreme Court with incomplete evidence?
Here is a copy of the signage ParkingEye submitted to the Supreme Court regarding the Beavis case.Here is a copy of signage also on site, but which was not considered by the Supreme Court.The...
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VCS Spanked in Court.
VCS v Ms M. 3QZ53955 25/01/2016 Claim discontinued. Costs awarded to motorist.The Prankster was contacted by a motorist shortly before their court hearing. The motorist had received a claim from...
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Are ParkingEye's systems reliable?
The Prankster gets regular mail from motorists who say they purchased a ticket from a ParkingEye car park...then a few days later get charged for not buying a ticket. The trouble is, by that time they...
View ArticleParkingEye spanked in court - DDJ Wood dismisses vexatious claim
A6FC009J ParkingEye v L & D Scaffolding before DDJ Wood, Central London County Court 26/01/2016The company are a scaffolding and roofing contractor, who are a sub-contractor to the main contractor...
View ArticleStayed POPLA cases to be fully reheard
The British Parking Association have has a rethink and have agreed to fully re-hear all stayed POPLA cases. Both parties will also be allowed to submit further representations.The Prankster would like...
View ArticleMIL Collections lose in court
MIL Collections v Mrs C, Manchester County Court 28/01/2016MIL didn't turn up. Again. Quelle Surprise. Mrs C was accompanied by her lay representative, John Wilkie (16-2) from the BMPA and a...
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Update on Michael Schwartz (now of Civil Enforcement Limited)
The Prankster has received a number of emails from people who complained to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority about Michael Schwartz.The SRA were also investigating Mr Schwartz about another matter,...
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Expelliarmus, CP Plus
The Prankster was recently contacted by the bursar of a well known school. One of the staff had used a pool car, and being tired, had stopped off at a motorway service station to sleep. There were no...
View ArticleMIL Collections fail on home turf
MIL Collections Ltd v Peter Brocklehurst, Truro County Court, 23 Dec 2015 MIL Collections took Mr Brocklehurst to court after having bought an alleged parking debt from Llawnroc Parking Services. The...
View ArticleCustomers desert Morrisons in droves once ParkingEye arrives
This post on moneysavingexpert describes how Morrisons has become a ghost town since ParkingEye began enforcement in the car park.The transformation took less than a month; a once busy car park is now...
View ArticleCivil Enforcement Limited discontinue 20 claims
The Prankster previously blogged that Civil Enforcement Limited were filing claims where they were not giving out any details apart from the name of the car park - no date, vehicle registration, reason...
View ArticleWill Hurley and John Davies member reaches new low
Will Hurley and John Davies run the Independent Parking Committee. Their members are essentially the bottom feeders of the industry, using dodgy tactics and pushing the envelope of what is and is not...
View ArticleUK Parking Control promise to stop issuing charges on landowner's drive
UK Parking control are sailing pretty close to the wind. Currently they are on maximum sanction points and one more offence will see them banned from the DVLA database again, and facing possible...
View ArticleIndependent Appeals Service credibility lowers another notch
The Prankster apologies for the possibly misleading blog title. Obviously it is not possible for something with zero credibility to fall lower.This case, reported on pepipoo concerns a motorist who...
View ArticleParkingEye charge pensioners for being stuck in a queue
This article in the Mirror details how ParkingEye hit two pensioners for over half the basic standard weekly pension (£115.95). The pensioners were charged £85 for being stuck in a queue trying to...
View ArticleBritish Parking Association appoint parking debt collector to deal with...
The British Parking Association have apparently appointed Wright Hassall to deal with the stayed POPLA cases, although they have not yet confirmed this.Wright Hassall operate at the debt-collection end...
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