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Parking Eye lose again in court
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I am hopeful that the judge will see the irony of it. His court packed with PE big wigs over a ten minute overstay in a free car park.
The stuff which legal dreams are made of.You never know how far you can go until you go too far.0 -
Unless you know differently, and if memory serves the MD of Excel/VCS (its the same chap) was in Court in June 2013 following the Ms Coates and the "toothbrush" moment during the Ibbotson case. As this was a matter between Simon Renshaw-Smith and the esteem Judge McIlwaine we didn't get to hear the result to the best of my knowledge. I would have paid a goodly sum to have been witness to SR-S getting a wigging.IanMSpencer wrote: »Essentially, we've already seen the judges intervene, and tomorrow isn't the last of it as there are contempt of court hearings later in the year (June wasn't it?) where PE directors could actually be facing jail sentences. (Remember the toothbrush comment? That was telling the solicitor that if they didn't stop all the cases she'd be jailed for contempt. Judges have very wide sentencing powers over perjury and contempt, don't underestimate how much trouble PE are in in court). Google sword of truth...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.com0 -
Unless you know differently, and if memory serves the MD of Excel/VCS (its the same chap) was in Court in June 2013 following the Ms Coates and the "toothbrush" moment during the Ibbotson case. As this was a matter between Simon Renshaw-Smith and the esteem Judge McIlwaine we didn't get to hear the result to the best of my knowledge. I would have paid a goodly sum to have been witness to SR-S getting a wigging.
Or a damn good thrashing as Basil would have said !
"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri0 -
Indeed :rotfl:Or a damn good thrashing as Basil would have said !
With a large birch branch. 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.com0 -
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:0 -
Makes you wonder about Capita's due diligence process when they acquired this outfit.
Bet the shareholders are thrilled!0 -
ColliesCarer wrote: »Makes you wonder about Capita's due diligence process when they acquired this outfit.
Bet the shareholders are thrilled!
I'll tell you a story about Capita's due diligence ...
I worked for an IT company a few years ago that was a Cisco partner. Capita lost out on a huge contract with Birmingham City Council because they didn't have Cisco telephone expertise. In order to prevent this happening again they purchased the company I worked for. The cost was £16m.
The owner didn't want to sell but given he only valued his company at around £5m he decided to cut and run ( understandably ). The reason Capita paid so much ?
A couple of years later I was in conversation with a couple of people at Capita involved in the purchase and they said had they known the facts they would not have bought the company.
The reason they bought the company ? They thought the company was a Cisco Gold Partner ..... it wasn't and this was easy to check within three clicks on the Cisco website.
Due diligence and Capita go together as well as Parking Eye and legality."The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri0 -
Facts:
Crapita win TfL congestion charging and low emission zone contract
Crapita purchase PE
Crapita purchase Car Parking Partnership
Those facts are unlikely to be unconnected. PE and CPP have substantial back-office functions used to issuing substantial numbers of "tickets". PE may claim to have ANPR "expertise".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.com0 -
Facts:
Crapita win TfL congestion charging and low emission zone contract
Crapita purchase PE
Crapita purchase Car Parking Partnership
Those facts are unlikely to be unconnected. PE and CPP have substantial back-office functions used to issuing substantial numbers of "tickets". PE may claim to have ANPR "expertise".
Agreed but most of the back office functions were already within Equita ( a Capita owned company ). The legal functions they already had within Optima ( a Capita owned company ). I think they purchased PE and CPP for the contracts they held rather than any office function."The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri0 -
However, having struggled to retain and regain such contracts by buying these companies out their expertise is denied to the opposition. Either that or Crapita know something's coming down the line and they have never been that close to government have they?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.com0
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