Gladstones --- THE PURGE

beamerguy

Computersaysno wrote: »

https://www.hilldickinson.com/insights/articles/new-pre-action-protocol-debt-claims

This is the perspective of a Real solicitor which is good.

Those legals involved in the great parking scam will now have
to comply and given their already past poor history, they
will struggle but, with the amount of extra work they must do,
they may see the many flaws of claims that before this
procedure they probably did not know about or ignored

As said in the link
"The Pre-action Protocol for debt claims comes into force on 1 October 2017 and will potentially have a severe impact on a business if it has outstanding debts due from individuals."

safarmuk

Good article, well written and clear.

I noted this line from the article:

No longer will such a creditor be able to bring greater pressure to bear on a debtor by the prospect of imminent court proceedings.

However, one can only think that this change has come about because others (not this firm) have abused the old protocols and therefore everyone including legitimate and reputable debt collection teams now have to adhere to these new rules.

The_Deep

I hope so. PPCs should, in most cases not ne going to court anyway. Fluttering tickets, wrong VRN, own space, leaving site etc., are not real debts and courts should come down hard on those who think they are.

safarmuk

I hope so. PPCs should, in most cases not ne going to court anyway. Fluttering tickets, wrong VRN, own space, leaving site etc., are not real debts and courts should come down hard on those who think they are.

I agree.

In that recent (terrible) ITV programme on PPCs they spoke to the IPC, who said their members are there to protect landowners and those with a right to park, yet the interviewer never followed up with one such obvious question which would be "why do you then insist on pursuing residents whom your members give tickets to when they identify themselves as such?"