Scotland: Court orders woman to pay £24,500 in private parking charges (VCS)

bargepole

Half_way wrote: »

Its certainly with appealing, however she will need help as it looks like she dug her own hole

On what grounds could she appeal?

You can only appeal based on the facts and arguments put forward in the original case, and try to make a case that the Sheriff was wrong in law.

Her arguments were utter rubbish, and would be confirmed as such in any appeal hearing, with even more costs against her.

Umkomaas

Transcript from the case was linked by bargepole's almost a month ago:

https://theipc.info/uploads/3BhP8idTwMPR1klCnakid8qZugLQTjuYmakceNNOuLE/Vehicle%20Control%20Services%20Ltd%20v%20Carly%20M%20%20ackie%20-%20JUDGEMENT%2013.01.17.pdf

in this forum thread (post #16):

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5612773

Chip shop news?

Gavin83

Good. Fully deserved outcome IMO.

Wonder if she'll carry on parking there.

The_Deep

Bang to rights imo. I hope that a large part of the money went back to the residents and not the PPC.

Herzlos

I skimmed it but I don't see any mention of how the sum came about, beyond 8% interest.
Any ideas? It's about 160 days parking @ £150 a pop (£100 invoice + £50 debt collection).

The_Deep wrote: »

Bang to rights imo. I hope that a large part of the money went back to the residents and not the PPC.

I'm willing to be precisely none of it went to the residents.

liviboy

Umkomaas wrote: »

Transcript from the case was linked by bargepole's almost a month ago:

https://theipc.info/uploads/3BhP8idTwMPR1klCnakid8qZugLQTjuYmakceNNOuLE/Vehicle%20Control%20Services%20Ltd%20v%20Carly%20M%20%20ackie%20-%20JUDGEMENT%2013.01.17.pdf

in this forum thread (post #16):

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5612773

Chip shop news?

Apologies. I hadn't seen Post 16 of the other thread and when my BBC News App sent me the "breaking" alert I did a quick search but nothing came up.

Wonder why the BBC has taken so long to report a case??

Ant555

Herzlos wrote: »

I'm willing to be precisely none of it went to the residents.

Correct, the award was made to Factors4U/Vehicle Control Services Ltd.

The Judge praised the professionalism of both sides in presenting their case but said the defendant was effectively undertaking a 'protest petition'

Interestingly here is what the judge said about the new build housing development -it seems that developers are now doing us all a favour and helping save the planet by building fewer parking spaces!!!

"the planning permission had quite deliberately stipulated conditions that would mean
that there would inevitably be insufficient parking spaces for every dwelling and certainly
not for guests and tradesmen as well. This is a “green” policy of the local authority to cut
vehicle emissions and the like"

Fergie76

liviboy wrote: »

Apologies. I hadn't seen Post 16 of the other thread and when my BBC News App sent me the "breaking" alert I did a quick search but nothing came up.

Wonder why the BBC has taken so long to report a case??

It only hit the Courier today, which is the local paper, so I assume the BBC are just taking it from there.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/dundee/399030/dundee-woman-hit-24500-city-quay-parking-fine-bill-sheriff-rules-charges-valid-articleisfree/

HardSpend

Poor woman. There is a lot of advice regarding private parking charges on here and similar forums with the message being you should just ignore them. She seems to have engaged with them to say yes she was parking there but they have no right to charge her.

The_Deep wrote: »

I hope that a large part of the money went back to the residents and not the PPC.

:rotfl::D

Kite2010

Party in VCS land once they actually get paid?