Excel lose in court after they had 'won' at POPLA!

James_N

A massive well done to the people that helped here, especially C-M

Is it silly to think that the LOSS at POPLA is "good" here, because it makes the point that POPLA decisions are often flawed in favour of the PPC, and that the PPCs cannot rely on a "win" at POPLA at all.

Some PPC are very fond of posting up wins in court, sometimes very dubious wins. Here is a watertight copper-bottomed win for the public.

nigelbb

The whole point is that displaying a Blue Badge when parking in a disabled bay (likewise displaying a permit in a private residential setting) is only a convenient aid to enforcement of the rules. It's not the be all & end all so that if the motorist forgets to display or the badge/permit slips then they should be punished with a £100 'fine'. The 'fine' is intended to deter use by those not permitted not to punish those who are entitled. Any decent company i.e. in this case clearly not Excel or B&Q would have cancelled the charge as soon as the true facts were revealed. The fact that they didn't and that they hounded the OP through the courts just shows what greedy despicable characters run PPCs.

spacey2012

The facts are :
That a retail company, in this case believed to be B+Q attempted to extort an illicit "fine" or "penalty" from a disabled man via it's agents Excel.

They can not hide behind the parking company, they work for you !
They attempted to sue the disabled man in court for this Unlawful penalty (case Law) something I am sure caused severe distress to the disabled customer.

The man was a genuine customer shopping and spending his money with B+Q.
He was dragged through the courts by this nasty greedy parking company.
They lost in court.
If you are a retailer who employs a PPC, you should always be aware that in order to make a profit, the PPC has no other option but to target your genuine customers.
You employ them and the buck stops with you.
You may get a nice little Cheque in the post, but have you ever stopped for one second to think where this money is coming from ?
9 times out of ten it has been extorted by threats and intimidation from people who's only crime was wanting to spend some money at your stores.

This is how you are treating your customers and this is what these parasites you have let lose on your customers are getting up to, suing genuine disabled customers to your store.
All in your name of course .

The area in question has no parking problem to "sort out".
However given what occurred in pursuing this disabled man through the courts for the crime of buying a shelf from B+Q, I think you must know there never was a problem, hence why excel had to target disabled people in order to make it worthwhile.

The Buck stops with you, the retailer, these are your agents, if you can not be bothered to put in place a safety net so they have to inform you of who they are trying to sue as your agent, in YOUR name, then any bad publicity you have gained is thoroughly deserved.

Those that agree with this stance, click the Thanks button to show these people that we hold them as retailers responsible for what these crooks get up to in your car parks.

Shame, Shame on them.

nigelbb

spacey2012 wrote: »

The facts are :
That a retail company, in this case believed to be B+Q attempted to extort an illicit "fine" or "penalty" from a disabled man via it's agents Excel.

It s a retail park with multiple shops(Leeds Road Retail Park, Huddersfield). He was returning an item to B&Q. The landowners or their agents are "LaSalle Investment Management on Behalf of BCSSS" who should be equally ashamed at the actions of their agent.

http://completelyretail.co.uk/portfolio/LaSalleInvestmentManagement/scheme/Leeds-Road-Retail-Park-Huddersfield/index