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Bank Park Management, part of the IPC scam fail the Equality Act

beamerguy
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Bank Park Management, part of the IPC scam fail the Equality Act

The lady concerned will now appeal to the IAS ????

Betcha the IPC/IAS scam doe not have a clue about the
Equality Act ????

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6090615/Mother-slams-parking-company-shes-hit-fine-pulling-change-breast-feed-baby.html

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  • Redx
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    I notice that they used the word "penalty" and not "parking"


    let us hope that a new unique mandatory term and acronym will be used when the new Parking Bill gets royal assent so that these terms no longer get bandied about willy nilly


    so perhaps PPN for example
  • Guys_Dad
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    I don't support the mitigating circumstances here. A screaming baby with a filled nappy is NOT an emergency. Having had 3 sons myself and having both these things happen when they were babies, an extra 4 minutes to buy a ticket is not life threatening.

    Obviously I will be out of line with some people on here. Sorry.
  • onlyfoolsandparking
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    Guys_Dad wrote: »
    I don't support the mitigating circumstances here. A screaming baby with a filled nappy is NOT an emergency. Having had 3 sons myself and having both these things happen when they were babies, an extra 4 minutes to buy a ticket is not life threatening.

    Obviously I will be out of line with some people on here. Sorry.


    Well yes probably not an emergency as you say but maybe quite stressful and stress plays a big role in making decisions, making 100% sure she "must purchase a ticket" wouldn't have been high up on her priorities.


    This is where the "Common sense" and "fairness" approach would be useful but we cant expect this approach off the blood sucker PPC,s!! can we?
  • Umkomaas
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    edited 23 August 2018 at 9:49PM
    I'm not sure the EA will cover this. The car park seems to have been used as a convenient spot to clean up and feed the baby. There for almost half an hour, but made no effort to pay the P&D ticket. The EA doesn't absolve her from that.

    As TD might say 'bilking while milking'. :D
    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.

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  • kryten3000
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    Is it safe to drive with the distraction of a screaming baby?
    Always remember to abide by Space Corps Directive 39436175880932/B:
    'All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space.'

    Genuine Independent 247 Advice: 247advice.uk
  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    kryten3000 wrote: »
    Is it safe to drive with the distraction of a screaming baby?

    Maybe not. But how does that affect paying for parking to deal with the problem?
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