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POPLA appeal
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fiftydd
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Just had notification that my appeal against CIVIL ENFORCEMENT Ltd has been upheld.
The grounds of allowing the appeal were that 'The Charge Not Being A Genuine Estimate Of Loss'. The operator could not prove that it is.
I used quite a few arguments and points of law, but the above was what it was upheld on. I downloaded a 2013 copy of B P A regulations and recommendations manual, went to the car park where the whole thing started and took quite a few photographs, compared them with the manual recommendations and with point of law. I worked it out that C E L were only in compliance with 1% of the BTA regulations and Traffic Law regarding car parks.
I also visited PEPI POO and sifted through their information.
I even contacted the CEO of the super market who the car park serves and pointed out the discrepancies with the car park management company. They are still investigating.
An example of C E L's arrogance was, the B P A's recommendations of notices being either white on black or black on white. Blue on yellow was not recommended because people with colour impairment vision would have difficulty reading it. All of C E L's notices are blue on yellow or yellow on blue. A blatant disregard for the B P A recommendations and that was just one of them.
Thanks to all input from the forum, even the negative ones as they acted as a negative guide, if you follow me.
The grounds of allowing the appeal were that 'The Charge Not Being A Genuine Estimate Of Loss'. The operator could not prove that it is.
I used quite a few arguments and points of law, but the above was what it was upheld on. I downloaded a 2013 copy of B P A regulations and recommendations manual, went to the car park where the whole thing started and took quite a few photographs, compared them with the manual recommendations and with point of law. I worked it out that C E L were only in compliance with 1% of the BTA regulations and Traffic Law regarding car parks.
I also visited PEPI POO and sifted through their information.
I even contacted the CEO of the super market who the car park serves and pointed out the discrepancies with the car park management company. They are still investigating.
An example of C E L's arrogance was, the B P A's recommendations of notices being either white on black or black on white. Blue on yellow was not recommended because people with colour impairment vision would have difficulty reading it. All of C E L's notices are blue on yellow or yellow on blue. A blatant disregard for the B P A recommendations and that was just one of them.
Thanks to all input from the forum, even the negative ones as they acted as a negative guide, if you follow me.
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