Parking Eye .accept offer of mediation..

Sirdan · 24 October 2011 at 11:36AM

Parking Eye have accepted an offer of mediation to avoid court proceedings..hmmm...wonder why they would do that after all the dire threats they have made to the defendant and the time and money they have spent on the claim ...can't be a particularly strong claim can it ???

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=60343&st=80&gopid=636589&#entry636589

HO87 · 24 October 2011 at 11:47AM

I agree with your point on ppp - i.e. PE will probably seek the original (uninflated) sum. This is a ploy that PPC's have advanced at mediation in the past. I am of the view that mediation, in the context of PPC ticket cases, is a wasted effort. How can one mediate in a situation where one side's case is that there is a contract whilst the other's is that there isn't?

AlexisV · 24 October 2011 at 12:03PM

It can be a useful warm up exercise though. At the end of the day, a court claim still means 20 minutes sat in a court which isn't a lot of people's idea of fun. Having a practice on the phone can be worthwhile, especially when you can lay into them and give them a proper grilling - something a judge might not allow.

Kite2010 · 24 October 2011 at 9:07PM

They probably know if it went to court they would end up with nothing as the judge throws it out.

esmerobbo · 25 October 2011 at 8:27AM

Seeing it's PE's and Pannone's first case you would think they would be keen to get it in front of a Judge, rather then mediation! Maybe they are not feeling so confident now!