Request for popla refused despite quoting legislation, what to do now?

Gin_and_Milk

Do I need to contact Gladstones and or the courts to tell them I wish to proceed to an oral hearing?

The form sent to me by the courts makes it difficult to state this, as well as the fact that Gladstones have refused mediation which is what the form is essentially all about. Surely the courts would take a dim view of this though? What is the point in offering it to me if Gladstones have already said no? I think I stand a good chance in all of this, but I don't want to !!!! it all up otherwise it won't.

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Fruitcake

Gin_and_Milk wrote: »

Do I need to contact Gladstones and or the courts to tell them I wish to proceed to an oral hearing?

The form sent to me by the courts makes it difficult to state this, as well as the fact that Gladstones have refused mediation which is what the form is essentially all about. Surely the courts would take a dim view of this though? What is the point in offering it to me if Gladstones have already said no? I think I stand a good chance in all of this, but I don't want to !!!! it all up otherwise it won't.

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You need to tell the court. You can 'phone them and ask them how to do this if you are unsure.
Hopefully one of the more experienced regulars will advise on this soonly.
I don't know if you should or even need to tell gladrags, but you definitely need to tell the court.

Also mention that you asked to appeal via PoPLA but were refused and lied to at the time. Let the judge know that the PPC told you that the POFA only allows you 28 days to make an independent appeal but you have found out that it does not, and also that the Alternative Dispute Regulations 2015 stipulate that the UK Government requires that independent appeals must be allowed for not less than one year.

To save both parties money, and the court's time, say that you are willing to use PoPLA.

catfunt

Grimble wrote: »

You need to object to the case being heard on papers, this is a Gladstone con where they put papers in at the last minute which you can not challenge. Mediation is a waste of time as they will still want £100 plus.

This. 100%. Last thing you want is this heard on the papers.

Gin_and_Milk

Right, I will phone the court in the morning to ask for their advice. I won't do anything about Gladstones yet!

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Gin_and_Milk

Due to a monumental faux pas on my part I am unable to phone the court today. Am I right in thinking they will only speak to the registered keeper anyway? If so my husband will have to contact them tomorrow.
Curiously enough all Minster Baywatch signage had been removed and it looks as though it's been handed over to Branby Wilson Parking Solutions(I think that's the name)
Does anyone know whether it's worth complaining to the SRA about Gladstone's or should I just leave it?

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Umkomaas

Curiously enough all Minster Baywatch signage had been removed and it looks as though it's been handed over to Branby Wilson Parking Solutions(I think that's the name)

Putting lipstick on a pig doesn't change its DNA!

http://www.bransbywilson.co.uk/control-and-enforcement

DoaM

Only 2 months until their domain name expires.

(No doubt they'll remember to renew).

Gin_and_Milk

So they are connected then.
Their home page makes me want to puke. What's ethical about their practices? Absolutely naff all in my opinion!

Gin_and_Milk

Just wondering if anyone can advise as to whether or not I should contact Gladstones about the oral hearing?

I'm guessing the answer is no, but as it's only a guess I don't want to mess this up. I will have to ask my OH to phone the courts tomorrow to let them know we wish to proceed to an oral hearing and that Gladstones have already said no to mediation (which the court appears to know nothing about). Not that I wanted to mediate anyway.

Coupon Mad has helped me a lot with this but i'm guessing she's busy with other things at the moment. If anyone else can advise as to what I should do I'd be really grateful.
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beamerguy

Gin_and_Milk wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone can advise as to whether or not I should contact Gladstones about the oral hearing?

I'm guessing the answer is no, but as it's only a guess I don't want to mess this up. I will have to ask my OH to phone the courts tomorrow to let them know we wish to proceed to an oral hearing and that Gladstones have already said no to mediation (which the court appears to know nothing about). Not that I wanted to mediate anyway.

Coupon Mad has helped me a lot with this but i'm guessing she's busy with other things at the moment. If anyone else can advise as to what I should do I'd be really grateful.
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@Gin and Milk

Hi, coupon-mad has just been promoted at work so has limited time for the moment.
She has emailed me this for you

"Why are Gin and Milk planning on phoning the court, when all they need to do is put two words* into Google or the forum search?! That's what the search is for.

Or they could out the same two words* into pepipoo search function! This is the same issue that happens every single time with Gladstones paperwork...it's on every thread - has been done to death.

Gan has written umpteen times on pepipoo what to say about this standard trick by Gladstones. On both forums, dozens of threads tell you what to say in response, when their actual DQ arrives from the court, as does a Google search which finds the Parking Prankster talking about the same thing.


*Gladstones straightforward"