Vehicle Control Services - HM Courts and Tribunal Service Claim Form received...

bazster

Wrapper wrote: »

Guys thank you. I appreciate the time you've all put in here.

I'm just going to pay it. It's an uphill battle and for the amount of time it's going to take to pursue it it's too much hassle.

My wife is also heavily pregnant and can do with the stress.

VCS 1 - 0 Innocent people going to work to pay taxes

Your call. Wish I had money to burn like that. Of course, everyone who pays these parasites does a huge disservice to all their potential future victims.

Wrapper

bazster wrote: »

Your call. Wish I had money to burn like that. Of course, everyone who pays these parasites does a huge disservice to all their potential future victims.

And I agree. But what are the other options? Make my heavily pregnant wife stand up in court?

Redx

agreed, its paying them that allows them to target other people who are ignorant of the law

I also dont think you have considered PPA over on parking cowboys yet, paying them would enable you to decide on a good defence and strategy, plus if your wife wins you can submit the invoice for payment on top of any costs too (this has been mentioned at least thrice so far in posts #9 , #29 and #56)

I suspect your wife will have given birth long before this gets anywhere near an actual court

prowla

Hmmm, coercing people to pay £00s because it's too difficult to contest is one of the parking companies strategies...

bazster

Wrapper wrote: »

And I agree. But what are the other options? Make my heavily pregnant wife stand up in court?

Submitting the forms and a defence doesn't oblige anyone to appear in court, you can pull out at any time up to the very threshold of the court room.

Also it might be weeks or months yet before any hearing, and if they did come up with a date too close to your wife's due date then she can request a postponement (more hassle and annoyance for VCS).

Wrapper

I've just spoken to a solicitor on the phone who was astounded by it all. She said they'd need to look into it further to know more about the byelaws etc.

If we weren't to dispute it, what would happen next? A court date?

Redx

it would be rubber stamped by sheffield court if there was no defence submitted, so no court date at all

if it was disputed, the paper trail would start and a court date would only happen if it wasnt settled out of court by some means of ADR

an actual appearance in court is the last resort when neither party backs down and no agreement is reached

Wrapper

I don't think they're going to be top fussed about waiting it out and fighting it. It's hardly going to be hassle to them if this is how they stay afloat.

Redx

that is what parking eye thought about their Beavis case, so it went to 3 courts and approximately 9 or more judges and is currently awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court

henrik777

Are those signs Centro Sandwell & Dudley main station car park ?