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East Kent NHS withdraws Court Claim
bargepole
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Another case from Pepipoo, where East Kent Hospitals were trying to extort over £700 from an NHS employee whose job involved delivering and unloading heavy and sensitive medical equipment - full story here: http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=77364
After getting a court claim via Roxburghe / Michael Sobell, the lady sent in a defence, and a court date was set for 1st May. One of my colleagues on Pepipoo helped her with an amendment to the defence which, in addition to the usual contractual points, asserted that the Hospital were in breach of Health & Safety legislation by attempting to deny her the ability to park in the grounds.
Yesterday she had a letter from Sobell stating that the claim was discontinued. And no doubt, more public money wasted trying to pursue this ridiculous piece of nonsense.
After getting a court claim via Roxburghe / Michael Sobell, the lady sent in a defence, and a court date was set for 1st May. One of my colleagues on Pepipoo helped her with an amendment to the defence which, in addition to the usual contractual points, asserted that the Hospital were in breach of Health & Safety legislation by attempting to deny her the ability to park in the grounds.
Yesterday she had a letter from Sobell stating that the claim was discontinued. And no doubt, more public money wasted trying to pursue this ridiculous piece of nonsense.
I have been providing assistance, including Lay Representation at Court hearings (current score: won 57, lost 14), to defendants in parking cases for over 5 years. I have an LLB (Hons) degree, and have a Graduate Diploma in Civil Litigation from CILEx. However, any advice given on these forums by me is NOT formal legal advice, and I accept no liability for its accuracy.
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Presumably Roxburghe didn't take this case on a "no win, no fee" basis. So they are laughing all the way to the bank while the taxpayer picks up the tab. I nice little earner!What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0
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It would be interesting to find out how much the NHS are wasting on this little venture.From the Plain Language Commission:
"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"0 -
This is a ridiculous waste of NHS money and harassment of an employee as well! :mad:PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD0 -
Its about time this scamming poxburghe was shut downPPCs say its carpark management, BPA say its raising standards..... we all know its just about raking in the revenue. :eek:0
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