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Wright Hassall / BPA / ISPA --- WHY ????

Further to the board resignation of the ISPA.

We can all read between the lines in the ISPA statement

Was it really Wright Hassall who refused to deal with the ISPA or was it the BPA who restricted them.

Whoever the restriction was imposed by, the result has been detrimental to all those whose cases were stayed as the ISPA could not investigate further.

For the BPA to retain a minimum of credibility, they must make a public statement as to the reasons.

The public need to know what percentage of appeals were rejected or successful

Is the BPA credible to be an ATA
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  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,401 Forumite
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    Is the BPA credible to be an ATA
    One for the DVLA ........ but don't hold your breath, they're all happy to hide behind any bit of smoke and mirror they can find, to avoid having to put their head above the parapet.
    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.

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  • beamerguy
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    Umkomaas wrote: »
    One for the DVLA ........ but don't hold your breath, they're all happy to hide behind any bit of smoke and mirror they can find, to avoid having to put their head above the parapet.

    The DVLA who are the head honcho of this nationwide scam are scared of what will happen from their paymasters ?
  • Yes the apply named Wright Hassall acting as POPLA rejected my appeal that was on hold from from early last year along with 3000 others. I made a complaint to ISPA and BPA. now the Parking scammers are out of control. The government must step in.
    :beer:
  • pappa_golf
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    chicochad wrote: »
    Yes the apply named Wright Hassall acting as POPLA rejected my appeal that was on hold from from early last year along with 3000 others. I made a complaint to ISPA and BPA. now the Parking scammers are out of control. The government must step in.


    The BPA is a membership association and not a regulator for private parking and we are unable to assist with individual parking charge notices. We can however, advise of the processes used by those parking companies that are a member of the BPA AOS Scheme (AOS).


    and whilst London counsils , and now the ombudsman service are overwatched by the ISPA to see that things do not go wrong , in the cases of the 4000 appeals that were on hold after the Bevis case , the ombudsman services were unwilling to handle half done cases , so we did a deal with a debt collector called wright hastle , because the price was so low we allowed then to start court action for the companies very quickly after they refused the appeals , We had to ban the ISPA from acting on those cases , as we needed in doing quickly and quietly




    up yours


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  • Coupon-mad
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    edited 20 September 2016 at 6:24PM
    chicochad wrote: »
    Yes the apply named Wright Hassall acting as POPLA rejected my appeal that was on hold from from early last year along with 3000 others. I made a complaint to ISPA and BPA. now the Parking scammers are out of control. The government must step in.

    Write to your MP and Theresa May, by post with copies of all the harassing letters so far and a covering letter telling it like it is, from a consumer's point of view. Copy in your MP as well (NOT BY EMAIL, make these complaints land with a thump on a desk). Say how it makes you feel, now that the PPC's friend Wright Hassall has rejected your appeal after making an effort to ask the Parking Firm for extra evidence (and telling them what to supply) yet offering you no such tips.

    Tell Mrs May and your MP that you stand to have to endure harassment for up to five more years and a possible CCJ if they sneak one through to an old address, yet the entire industry stinks and is clamping credit (worse than car clamping was).

    We are encouraging anyone threatened with court/enduring court/with a CCJ from one of these firms to write to the Prime Minister, NOW, while she has publicly shown an interest in the CCJ scam:

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5524754

    Ask her and your MP, why the public are being held to ransom for six years by an out of control 'ex-clamper and cronies industry' whose 'POPLA' (appeals) Scrutiny Committee (ISPA) has just resigned along with its Chair, seemingly because they were 'prevented/unable' to do their job and it is known that ISPA were somehow 'prevented' from overseeing Wright Hassall. As such, WH have been given carte blanche by the BPA (who are NOT a regulator but a Trade Body made up of the parking firms themselves) to decide appeal cases a year or more after events. Yet WH are a debt collector for...private parking companies - and that very firm has told you to pay up, with no reasoning and no method to complain or get them scrutinised independently.
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  • pappa_golf wrote: »
    The BPA is a membership association and not a regulator for private parking and we are unable to assist with individual parking charge notices. We can however, advise of the processes used by those parking companies that are a member of the BPA AOS Scheme (AOS).


    and whilst London counsils , and now the ombudsman service are overwatched by the ISPA to see that things do not go wrong , in the cases of the 4000 appeals that were on hold after the Bevis case , the ombudsman services were unwilling to handle half done cases , so we did a deal with a debt collector called wright hastle , because the price was so low we allowed then to start court action for the companies very quickly after they refused the appeals , We had to ban the ISPA from acting on those cases , as we needed in doing quickly and quietly




    up yours


    Mr Troy
    chicochad wrote: »
    Yes the apply named Wright Hassall acting as POPLA rejected my appeal that was on hold from from early last year along with 3000 others. I made a complaint to ISPA and BPA. now the Parking scammers are out of control. The government must step in.
    beamerguy wrote: »
    The DVLA who are the head honcho of this nationwide scam are scared of what will happen from their paymasters ?

    DVLA made a loss last year on PCN requests. Anybody can request information from DVLA as long as they pay £2.50 and show reasonable cause. The ATA code of conduct is meant to be used in place of reasonable cause.
  • beamerguy
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    DVLA made a loss last year on PCN requests. Anybody can request information from DVLA as long as they pay £2.50 and show reasonable cause. The ATA code of conduct is meant to be used in place of reasonable cause.

    Who on earth told you that ????

    Hope the DVLA did not tell you that woppa

    Suppose they did make a loss from attracting more than £10 million,
    if that part of the DVLA is insolvent it should be closed down
  • pappa_golf
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    edited 20 September 2016 at 7:19PM
    Further to the board resignation of the ISPA.


    is it? or is it just the chairperson?




    The Prankster can confirm that Nicola Mullany, chair of ISPA resigned with immediate effect on Friday 16 September 2016.

    and to quote the BPA

    Chair of ISPA resigns


    forums.moneysavingexpert.com



    The British Parking Association (BPA) has received Nicola Mullany’s resignation as Chair of The Independent Scrutiny Board for Parking Appeals (ISPA) The Chair is appointed by the BPA, the government and a representative of the consumer sector.
    Patrick Troy, BPA CEO said: “We thank Nicola for her contributions as Chair of ISPA and wish her all the best for the future.”
    ISPA will continue to scrutinise POPLA to ensure that the service it delivers continues to be independent and be seen to be independent. POPLA was established by the BPA in 2012 by agreement with Government, which led the way in delivering independent redress for the consumer.
    Since POPLA’s launch by the BPA on October 1st 2012, 119,387 appeals have been received equating to around 1% of tickets issued (approximately 45,000 appeals every year). POPLA is free to the motorist and decisions are binding on the operator. There has not been a single instance where a BPA operator has refused to accept a POPLA decision.
    The BPA continues to lobby government for the introduction of a standard setting body with a single code of practice and a single appeals service, which it introduced to a broad range of stakeholders, landowners and consumers as a solution to the issues of parking on private land earlier this year.
    Patrick Troy continued: “It became clear from the summit that people wanted consistency in parking on private land. We made a case for a single standard setting body and everyone gave it their support.”
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  • beamerguy
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    pappa_golf wrote: »
    Further to the board resignation of the ISPA.


    is it? or is it just the chairperson?

    Conflicting information, two different stories .... mind you it's what we have come to expect in this scam industry
  • pappa_golf
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    where is the full OFFICIAL story of it being disbanded?
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