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  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    I'll put a fver on that lol
    When posting a parking issue on MSE do not reveal any information that may enable PPCs to identify you. They DO monitor the forum.
    We don't need the following to help you.
    Name, Address, PCN Number, Exact Date Of Incident, Date On Invoice, Reg Number, Vehicle Picture, The Time You Entered & Left Car Park, Or The Amount of Time You Overstayed.
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  • MothballsWallet
    MothballsWallet Posts: 15,863 Forumite
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    I bet the finance director will work for another solicitor's firm soon, he'll find a way around the SRA punishment, there's always a way.
  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Another page to be closed down
    http://gpbsolicitors.paythisnow.co.uk/idA56452/default.aspx
    When posting a parking issue on MSE do not reveal any information that may enable PPCs to identify you. They DO monitor the forum.
    We don't need the following to help you.
    Name, Address, PCN Number, Exact Date Of Incident, Date On Invoice, Reg Number, Vehicle Picture, The Time You Entered & Left Car Park, Or The Amount of Time You Overstayed.
    :beer: Anti Enforcement Hobbyist Member :beer:
  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Stroma wrote: »
    I notice that one of their websites is still up, wonder if a complaint to the SRA is in order?
    http://www.gpblitigation.co.uk/

    Closed now :)
    When posting a parking issue on MSE do not reveal any information that may enable PPCs to identify you. They DO monitor the forum.
    We don't need the following to help you.
    Name, Address, PCN Number, Exact Date Of Incident, Date On Invoice, Reg Number, Vehicle Picture, The Time You Entered & Left Car Park, Or The Amount of Time You Overstayed.
    :beer: Anti Enforcement Hobbyist Member :beer:
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    edited 10 October 2013 at 10:30PM
    Stroma wrote: »
    From that it appears to be about something back as far 2008, it just shows though that there is a track record of wrong doing back 5 years. Shocking that they are allowed to trade. It fits in with roxburghe though
    I believe that is incorrect. The local paper's report does the thing that papers do all too often and that is to print what are actually two separate stores next to each other and because they involve the same parties the inevitable occurs and that is the stories become mixed. I believe, therefore, that this is a second investigation although it may in some way be linked. That said, given the original investigation involved the disapperance of £1M and the firm was allowed to continue trading during the investigation one wonders why now, 5 years after the event, there is a greater necessity for the firm to be closed. Securing evidence and - potentially - missing cash is a bit pointless. The money has long gone and they've already had the firms books once so I can't see it being connected to the earlier matter.

    In addition, "the firm" has gone through a number of changes during the course of the investigation in that it has gone from Geoffrey Parker Bourne, a firm, to Geoffrey Parker Bourne Ltd and then to GPB Solicitors LLP. I suspect that the closure involves the current incarnation i.e. GPB Solicitors LLP and is therefore reasonably current.

    The transcript of the Solicitors Disciplinary tribunal hearing in respect of that earlier case (which also makes it clear that the "wrongdoing" involved a named member of staff who was not Daniel Clarke). That case also involved a forensic examination of the firm's books and would (or at least should) have identified who was responsible. There is no reference whatsoever to Mr Clarke in that write-up. The judgment - from the SDT website - may be read here (opens as a PDF).
    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Well I don't believe the SRA are that quick with anything, they appear to have been investigating Graham White for an eternity, and there appears nothing has happened yet.
    When posting a parking issue on MSE do not reveal any information that may enable PPCs to identify you. They DO monitor the forum.
    We don't need the following to help you.
    Name, Address, PCN Number, Exact Date Of Incident, Date On Invoice, Reg Number, Vehicle Picture, The Time You Entered & Left Car Park, Or The Amount of Time You Overstayed.
    :beer: Anti Enforcement Hobbyist Member :beer:
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,347 Forumite
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    Just skim read the judgment. Looks like 3 of the firm have been required to pay a fine/costs of £59,000 between them - wow!

    Hope our Rachel has a deep and wide open purse - serious stuff.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    Umkomaas wrote: »
    Just skim read the judgment. Looks like 3 of the firm have been required to pay a fine/costs of £59,000 between them - wow!
    But, "...that in light of the lack of financial resources of all three Defendants the costs ordered against them should not be enforced without leave of the Tribunal"

    No resources! There are 75 members of staff! What? aren't they paying themselves?
    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,347 Forumite
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    HO87 wrote: »
    But, "...that in light of the lack of financial resources of all three Defendants the costs ordered against them should not be enforced without leave of the Tribunal"

    No resources! There are 75 members of staff! What? aren't they paying themselves?

    Thanks HO87, the dangers of the 'skim read'.

    Maybe we should all chip in and help these poor souls.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 151,607 Forumite
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    Stroma wrote: »
    Another page to be closed down
    http://gpbsolicitors.paythisnow.co.uk/idA56452/default.aspx


    Wow look, you can put in ANYTHING and it will take money, I made up an amount of £410 and just typed gobbledegook for everything except the email addy ending, and it would have accepted a payment:




    Payment Confirmation Page

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    Your Payment Details
    Our Reference PIN Number Amount to paysefwerf4255410.00Card Processing Fee:0.00 GBPTotal:410.00 GBPYour Contact Details
    E-mail:dfgvzvszevsz@ntlword.com Card Billing Details
    Name:fdvsdzfg dfvfvdfsvPhone Number:45272182887 Billing Address:cxvzxdv
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    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:
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