Civil Enforcement Limited carry out more revenge claims
Civil Enforcement Limited have been found to file even more claims against motorists in places where their contracts have been terminated.This report in the Ipswitch Star tells the story of 10 workers...
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Excel Parking charge £40 to appeal
Excel Parking are in some cases charging a non-refundable £40 to appeal their parking charges. This is broken down as £25 to Excel, and £15 to the Independent Appeals Service. The full parking charge...
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Picture of the week. Filing claims is lucrative business
The claims business appears to be turning out well for Gladstones Solicitors, who file claims and prepare witness statements on behalf of parking companies. Gladstones keep costs down by doing no due...
View ArticleGovernment re-iterate commitment to stamp out dodgy parking charges
The DCLG today issued their "Single departmental plan: 2015 to 2020", available at this link.In it, they re-iterated their commitment to stamp out dodgy parking practices by rogue operators.We will...
View ArticleLandowner warning - do you want Devere to operate your car park?
The Prankster received a worrying report about Devere Parking Services Limited, who held a motorist's employers to ransom to attempt to enforce a parking charge.In The Prankster's opinion Devere do not...
View ArticleGladstone Solicitors score triple whammy
Newcastle County Court, B3GF344V Park With Ease Ltd -v- Mr DTrebles all round for Gladstone Solicitors as they managed to convince yet another hapless parking company to use their services. With...
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Wright Hassall prove their incompetence to deal with parking issues
In a worrying move the British Parking Association recently appointed parking company debt collectors Wright Hassall as brand-POPLA agents to deal with stayed cases. Wright Hassall have for some time...
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Peoples Parking - or Trust a Scammer?
A new entrant to the lucrative 'give me £100 to rate your car park' market has arrived - People's Parking.A quick check reveals that the domain was registered by one John Davies of Gladstones...
View ArticlePeople's Parking - update
In a previous post, The Prankster analysed the People's Parking website. When The Prankster investigated the website it was not fully formed. There was no contact information and no information about...
View ArticlePeople's parking - right of reply
Helen Dolphin has sent The Prankster this information, which is published as a right to reply.Your incorrect facts:1) People’s Parking is not just for members of the IPC it is for all car parks...
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Planning backlash against illegal parking signs without advertisement consent
ParkingEye's strategy of deliberately not bothering to get advertisement consent appears to be backfiring in some car parks. ParkingEye's signage is classed as an advertisement, and it is a crime to...
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Independent Appeals Service suffers credibility blow as judge dismisses SIP case
This thread on pepipoo details a case where SIP took a motorist to court.The case involved a situation where the motorist purchased two tickets to cover their parking because they suddenly realised...
View ArticleWhat happens when greed and automation misses out the human element
[This is a guest blog]When most everyone decides that enough is enough and they have to sue someone in the Small Claims Court the parties tend to know each other. They have lived in each others pockets...
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ParkingEye lose in court - accuse driver's evidence of being unreliable, but...
Case B7FC00H1 – Parking Eye v Mrs B, before District Judge McKinnell at St AlbansThis was a Barnet Hospital case, where the defendant had gone to pick up her daughter, and spent 34 minutes driving...
View ArticleParkingEye system at Yeovil Hospital unfit for purpose
Following the Prankster's blog yesterday, more broken ANPR systems at hospitals have come to light.This newspaper report in the Western Gazette reveals the story of two motorists who visited Yeovil...
View ArticleParkingEye and planning consent (or lack thereof)
[Guest Blog]As we all know ParkingEye just doesn’t bother to comply with the advertisement regulations to obtain consent BEFORE it erects its signs and that is a criminal offence under regulation 30 of...
View ArticleJudge rules against apparent scam at Curran Road, Cardiff
A number of cases were heard in Cardiff this Friday concerning parking charges issued by New Generation Parking Management (NGPM) at a car park in Curran Road, Cardiff. Several judges were scheduled to...
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Wright Hassall begin to hear stayed POPLA cases
Fresh from their spanking in court on Friday, where their client NGPM was found to have no authority to issue tickets, Wright Hassall have now started to process the stayed POPLA cases.Today, letters...
View ArticleBogus ParkingEye claim for Riverside Retail Park thrown out of court
ParkingEye's deficient ANPR technology was found wanting yet again in court.In this latest case an unfortunate motorist found they had a CCJ registered against them when they attempted to make a...
View ArticleJudge slams ParkingEye's lack of humanity for filing claim for 4/14 minute...
ParkingEye's claim for an overstay was thrown out of court in York by DJ Wildsmith.The claim revolved around a parking incident where a mother was travelling with a young baby. On arrival the baby was...
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