Britannia Parking - Have ignored all previous communications. Have proof I paid.

beamerguy

James_Colton wrote: »

As per advise I have drafted an e-mail to both BW & Brit Parking:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write to both BW Legal & Britannia Parking with reference to account number xxxxxx where I am alleged to have parked at the DEX MSCP car park in Newcastle upon Tyne and failed to validate my stay on the 25th of September 2017.

I believe this claim to be incorrect and do not appreciate the harassment by Britannia Parking, Debt Recovery Plus, Zenith and now BW Legal which has caused me a lot of unnecessary stress. The attached image clearly shows I have a payment on my debit card statement made to Britannia parking on the date of the alleged offence. This payment was made using the pay by phone mobile app which uses a location number given to each car park to make payments easy and accurate. I have attached a screen capture of this transaction, it clearly shows the amount of £4.80 was debited from my account on 26/09/17 for a payment made on 25/09/17.

I feel a judge would see this as sufficient evidence if this case were to go court as the bank statement clearly shows I have made the payment required. If the judge were to rule in my favour I would seek a payment to cover both my travel costs as well as expense and loss of earnings. These would dwarf the £160 in question. Taking everything into account I request that this case be dropped against me and I am no longer harassed by either BW Legal or Britannia Parking.

I request you decision whether or not to drop this case in writing.

Regards,

Does this look okay? Is there more detail to be added or have should I take certain parts out?

A couple of points, BWLegal cannot claim £160, the £60
is a fake debt collectors add-on. BWLegal must think people
are stupid when it's actually BWLegal who are stupid

Cost are limited in county court which mostly are up
to £90 so don't go threatening this. COSTS WILL SUFFICE

IGNORE everything except an LBA whereby BWLegal
must comply with the law and offer proof of their claim,
all costs (not fake add-ons) and give you 30 days to
respond.

If you get one of these come back here

I assume you have read up about BWLegal and their
claims that fall flat in court and they get whooped.

In essence, all their claims are much the same so you
can learn from this

BWLegal - the list of failures growing
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5672664/bwlegal-the-list-of-failures-growing&highlight=bwlegal+the+list

fisherjim

These are your odds of these jokers taking you to court:


http://www.parkingappeals.info/companydata/Britannia_Parking_Group.html

Ralph-y

You should all so try and get your MP onside ...


please take the time to watch / read the below ....






https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-02-02/debates/CC84AF5E-AC6E-4E14-81B1-066E6A892807/Parking(CodeOfPractice)Bill

and slightly longer, the committee stage

https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d5550515-cce9-4185-83ec-754dadb7524a

''Rip-offs from car park Cowboys must stop''; unfair treatment; signage deliberately confusing to ensure a PCN is issued; ''years of abuse by rogue parking companies''; bloodsuckers; ''the current system of regulation is hopeless, like putting Dracula in charge of the blood-bank''; extortionate fines; rogue operators; ''sense of injustice''; unfair charges and notices; wilfully misleading; signage is a deliberate act to deceive or mislead; ''confusing signs are often deliberate, to trap innocent drivers''; unreasonable; a curse; harassing; operating in a disgusting way; appeals service is no guarantee of a fair hearing; loathed; outrageous scam; dodgy practice; outrageous abuse; unscrupulous practices; ''the British Parking Association is as much use as a multi-storey car park in the Gobi desert''; and finally, by way of unanimous conclusion: ''we need to crack down on these rogue companies. They are an absolute disgrace to this country. Ordinary motorists and ordinary residents should not have to put up with this''.

These are the exact words used, so you should quote them to your MP in a complaint and ask him/her to contact Sir Greg Knight MP if he wants further information about this scam.

and some quotes from the committe stage

"The other area is hospital parking, and I want to single out one company for some pretty shady practices. That is ParkingEye"
" is very clear to me that there is collusion between parking companies and solicitors’ firms—so-called roboclaims companies. "
"They are often set up adjacently and involve the same directors and personnel. Incidentally, the same personnel get involved in the so-called appeals bodies."
"Essentially, it is a money-making enterprise that takes advantage of motorists up and down the country. They operate in a very business-like fashion, which is why I call them roboclaims companies."
"The companies are jamming up parts of our legal system."
“I now pretty much know exactly how the parking companies and in particular the IPC have been running this scam for the past 5 years. Basically both of the appeals processes are a complete and utter sham, (and part of that sham is Gladstones Solicitors itself)”
"The appeals process at Excel/VCS is run by a team of minimum wage office workers with no legal knowledge or experience whatsoever,"
" It is claimed by the head of the appeals service (retired Judge Bryn Holloway) that this is a completely independent fair process, it is not”
"The letter mentions two individuals—Will Hurley and Bryn Holloway—and concludes this is a typical example of the clear collusion between the IPC, their members and the IAS"
"what we can do about roboclaims companies and solicitors firms that profit, often in shady ways"
" the very large amounts of money that can be involved in such scams—a company called Smart Parking was involved in one such scam on my patch"
"tightening up the rules regarding the unfair use of automatic number plate recognition" "BW Legal, regularly issues 10,000 county court judgments a month, and is known to have issued 28,000 in one month"
"They are jamming up our court system, and are often totally unjustified."
" because the lifeblood of trying to extort money from people is having access to their details."

All from Parking (Code of Practice) Bill (First sitting) Hansard




Ralph:cool:

Coupon-mad

How about a few more paragraphs and a stronger end?

Dear Sir/Madam,

I write to both BW Legal & Britannia Parking with reference to account number xxxxxx where I am alleged to have parked at the DEX MSCP car park in Newcastle upon Tyne and failed to validate my stay on the 25th of September 2017.

I believe this claim to be incorrect and do not appreciate the harassment by Britannia Parking, Debt Recovery Plus, Zenith and now BW Legal which has caused me a lot of unnecessary stress.

The attached image clearly shows I have a payment on my debit card statement made to Britannia parking on the date of the alleged offence. This payment was made using the pay by phone mobile app which uses a location number given to each car park to make payments easy and accurate.

I have attached a screen capture of this transaction, it clearly shows the amount of £4.80 was debited from my account on 26/09/17 for a payment made on 25/09/17.

Taking everything into account I require that this unfair charge is cancelled by your client and I expect an apology from Britannia Parking, as well as an assurance that they have made a correction under the GDPR 'Right to rectification' to put right the incorrect data held.

Failure to correctly update their records - and then delete my data which cannot lawfully be held without reasonable cause - will result in a formal complaint being made to the DVLA and to the Information Commissioner, about your client, for breach of the DPA.

Your client has one calendar month to respond to a request for rectification, and of course being a firm of solicitors whose first duty in litigation is to the court, I trust you will handle this within the required timescale and ensure that no court claim is issued.

Yours faithfully,

For your info:

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/right-to-rectification/

KeithP

OP, when I said change your username, I did say 'to something more anonymous'.

For some unknown reason you have changed it to something that will be easily recognisable by the parking company that are pursuing you.

Using you initials, as evidenced in post #12 above, and the town/city where the parking event took place, can be seen in your opening post, pretty much identifies you.*

That was a silly idea.




*I'll delete this post when I have seen that you have read it.

Coupon-mad

And beamer guy needs to edit the username in his quoted text.

jcnewcastle

Hi All,

I have an outstanding case with Britannia Parking dating back to Sept of last year. They claim that I did not validate my stay. When I originally received the PCN I ignored it (I know, I know) as I thought this was the best option.

Of course as you will all know this then escalated to the Debt Recovery and BW Legal to name a few. I have today received a court claim from from Northampton Court on behalf of BW Legal who are representing BP. The total outstanding balance they say I owe is now £242.78 as there is now court fees etc included.

As previously mentioned I have a bank statement which shows the payment for my parking leaving my account using the pay by phone app.

What are my options here. Should I just pay up and put this to bed or do I have a case. I know I shouldn't have ignored originally but this is the situation I am in. I am looking to move house next year so don't want a footprint on my credit file.

All help/advice appreciated.

Thanks

beamerguy

jcnewcastle wrote: »

Hi All,

I have an outstanding case with Britannia Parking dating back to Sept of last year. They claim that I did not validate my stay. When I originally received the PCN I ignored it (I know, I know) as I thought this was the best option.

Of course as you will all know this then escalated to the Debt Recovery and BW Legal to name a few. I have today received a court claim from from Northampton Court on behalf of BW Legal who are representing BP. The total outstanding balance they say I owe is now £242.78 as there is now court fees etc included.

As previously mentioned I have a bank statement which shows the payment for my parking leaving my account using the pay by phone app.

What are my options here. Should I just pay up and put this to bed or do I have a case. I know I shouldn't have ignored originally but this is the situation I am in. I am looking to move house next year so don't want a footprint on my credit file.

All help/advice appreciated.

Thanks

Of course you have a case, you paid and can prove it.

What did they do with the money you paid ..... put in their back pocket so to speak.

The claim is false as they have added fake money.

Assume this was DRP so read this
THE £60 SCAM OPERATED BY DRP ?
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5859454/debt-collectors-drp-zzps-what-they-dont-want-you-to-know&highlight=debt+collectors+drp

The answer to this scam should glare you in the face

KeithP

Is that now three threads on the same incident?

Can you please ask a Board Guide to merge your threads?

Thanks.

Coupon-mad

I have today received a court claim from from Northampton Court

Why do people with court claims ask if they should pay? NO.

You know to check the NEWBIES thread and what to do, and that's using MCOL, do the AOS, then draft a defence.