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Clamper loses in court
leedsman1954
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There was a link here but I am not allowed to put it in! If you look at today's Yorkshire Evening Post "leedstoday.net" you will find it.
This person made his case under the "no contract formed" argument. The clamper says he is appealing and interestingly he says he has been to court many times and not lost. There is no evidence to support this claim but I suppose a piece in the paper is not the place to tell everyone the details of these cases.
This person made his case under the "no contract formed" argument. The clamper says he is appealing and interestingly he says he has been to court many times and not lost. There is no evidence to support this claim but I suppose a piece in the paper is not the place to tell everyone the details of these cases.
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Get the link and post as normal but remove the http:// bit. Most browsers will just insert the http bit anyway.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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Here it is
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-law-student-beats-clampers.6716066.jp
Well done him just hope he gets his wonga!:(0 -
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-law-student-beats-clampers.6716066.jp
But the clamper didn't lose - it was the clamped motorist that sued the clamper for his money back and won!0 -
As per mr Goc:-
He said: "He will not get a penny from us(we will be appealing)
Nothing new thereI'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0 -
On the subject of trying to get money back from clamping firms:-
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke's department is preparing plans to get tough on rogue traders who ignore CCJs.
A consultation paper is due this spring. There were one million CCJs issued last year but almost one in four went unpaid.
From the Daily Mirror.What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
But the clamper didn't lose - it was the clamped motorist that sued the clamper for his money back and won!
That doesn't make sense, there was a court case betweeen a motorist and a clamper, the motorist won.
Did the clamper win the case as well, or did he lose? (did the court rule for or against the clamper?)====0 -
Here it is
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-law-student-beats-clampers.6716066.jp
Well done him just hope he gets his wonga!:(
He's got as much chance of getting his cash from the muggers as I have of being the next Dr Who."There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
"I could play all day in my Green Cathedral".
"The Centuries that divide me shall be undone."
"A dream? Really, Doctor. You'll be consulting the entrails of a sheep next. "0 -
Spartacus_Mills wrote: »He's got as much chance of getting his cash from the muggers as I have of being the next Dr Who.
Hello Doctor!:p0 -
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It raises an interesting but simple point I think...can we help people get around the clampers' final extortion attempts this year by saying: if you get clamped and you see no immediate option but to pay, make sure it's by a trackable method proving that it WASN'T the driver who paid?
The article says that the owner had lent his car to his brother - so only the brother could ever have been alleged to have entered into the clamper's shoddy 'contract'.
So, the owner of the car comes along, and HE pays under protest to get HIS car back.
He wasn't the driver so he can then take the clamper and retailer/managing agent/landowner to Court, allege all the usual stuff about signage, SIA licence etc. but can also state that HE categorically did not enter into any contract whatsoever...how can a judge refuse?
The owner can also claim for loss of use of the car, as in this case!PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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