Excel/BW Legal - Defendant is not RK

The_Deep

I would drop him a note asking him for a ruling. Tell him you may go after the PPC for unreasonable behaviour and/or a DPA breach.

[Deleted User]

Well done to @Matthew87. This is a classic (albeit a cop out). After all, you don't need to consider the trickier points of law if they become irrelevant.

If the the district judge had an idea he'd find against the PPC (and he would've done from the previous hearing and the your papers he'd read), he could spare the parties the embarrassment of a RoA point, avoid any arguments for adjournment etc by just kicking it out promptly.

For what it's worth, do bear in mind that a quick search on LinkedIn will often reveal a lot about individuals who cannot easily be found on the websites of professional bodies, such as the Law Society.

Loadsofchildren123

Fantastic news, well done

Matthew87

Johnersh wrote: »

For what it's worth, do bear in mind that a quick search on LinkedIn will often reveal a lot about individuals who cannot easily be found on the websites of professional bodies, such as the Law Society.

You're surely not suggesting that she'd describe herself on LinkedIn as an "unregistered barrister needing pupillage" are you?? Oooooppssss Haha

[Deleted User]

A tad too much schadenfreude there: Pupillages are, in fairness, bloody hard to secure. I'd not do anyone down for wanting to gain experience in their chosen field. No doubt her LinkedIn profile is representative of a crowded and highly competitive market for legal professional training posts. But an advocate is not helped by poor instructions nor indeed poor/no supervision.

That said, I do have rights of audience and it troubles me that unsupervised staff are regularly 'sent into bat' to undertake what is a regulated activity.

In such circumstances claimants' have themselves only to blame. Clearly defendants can (and should be expected to) take any reasonable point in the defence of the claim - and refer to any publicly available material to assist them in that regard.

beamerguy

I am convinced that the courts have tagged EXCEL/VCS/BWLEGAL as timewasters

Simon Renshaw-Smith did himself no favours when he threw his toys out of his pram ranting on about a judge.

What is amazing in Matthew's case is that they used pictures from June when the incident happened in December.
This clearly shows the complete incompetence of BWLegal in allowing it to get that far.

Renshaw-Smith really needs to wake his ideas up about BWLegal
BUT ..... who else can he turn to, what normal legal firm would go to bed with scammers .... maybe SCSLaw, Gladstones, Miah ?
All of which will be subject to a whooping in court

[Deleted User]

The challenge is that legal services are expensive. Once you agree to work for low fees, there is an issue with profit margin.

The only way to keep costs down is to commoditise, high levels of automation (templates), higher levels of unqualified staff, higher volumes of cases. Sadly this often also means lower amounts of time on files, lower levels of supervision and lower quality.

That's the explanation. It's also why it's perfectly possible to defend these cases. Spend the time on your case/documents and it can be done....

beamerguy

Johnersh wrote: »

The challenge is that legal services are expensive. Once you agree to work for low fees, there is an issue with profit margin.

The only way to keep costs down is to commoditise, high levels of automation (templates), higher levels of unqualified staff, higher volumes of cases. Sadly this often also means lower amounts of time on files, lower levels of supervision and lower quality.

That's the explanation. It's also why it's perfectly possible to defend these cases. Spend the time on your case/documents and it can be done....

You describe BWLegal (and the others) perfectly

"Only fools and horses" then

Coupon-mad

Very well done, Matthew87; we knew you would do it!

traceynob

Great news, Matthew87, you put so much work in that it's almost disappointing that the judge didn't consider all your other appeal points too. And good to hear about another bad day for Excel, that is the fourth case I have heard of in the past few weeks for the same car park and they have lost them all on the signage. Would love to know what their win-lose ratio is now that more and more people are gaining confidence from cases like yours and fighting back.