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Court claim Gladstones Solicitors update 12/04/2018

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  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 37,663 Forumite
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    More editing required of the sixth image.
    The full car registration number and the full PCN number can still clearly be seen.
  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
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    This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors.

    Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, and another company have already been named and shamed, as has Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each year). They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct

    Hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned.

    The problem has become so rampant that MPs have agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers. Watch the video of the Second Reading in the HofC recently.

    http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41

    and complain in the most robust terms to your MP. With a fair wind they will be out of business by Christmas.
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
  • clowni
    clowni Posts: 13 Forumite
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    Now it should be covered, I edited every picture to remove personal details, VRM and PCN numbers.
  • Ibcus
    Ibcus Posts: 165 Forumite
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    Your registration number is still on the first image
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 41,363 Forumite
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    Just a heads-up. If the vehicle is still registered to you and is on the road, the DVLA are saying it hasn't been taxed since August last year. You could be facing a real fine.
    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.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • clowni
    clowni Posts: 13 Forumite
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    No this vehicle is exported abroad and has a marking export: yes, please check that. I am not the owner of this vehicle since March 2017.
  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 37,663 Forumite
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    When did you find out about the CCJ?

    When is the set aside hearing?

    When can we see your Witness Statement?
  • clowni
    clowni Posts: 13 Forumite
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    I found out about CCJ dated 17/01/2018 when I came back from holiday in the end of January.
    The set aside hearing took place on 03/04/2018.
    I have no time to upload a Witness Statement because I am preparing a Defense right now, need to send it out before Tuesday 24/04/2018.
  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 37,663 Forumite
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    Oh, didn't realise the set aside hearing has already taken place.
    No need to see the WS then.

    Do carry on with your Defence.
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 131,820 Forumite
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    Show us your defence draft and we will help.
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