LBCC tactics Premier Park

Quentin

The rebuttal letter is you getting them to justify their claim, rather than you defending it.


(Rebuttal letters are covered in #2 of the FAQ, together with some examples to adapt)


Don't get high hopes it will stop the claim progressing!

The_Deep

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 House of Commons recently

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

and complain in the most robust terms to your MP. With a fair wind they will be out of business by Christmas.

Loadsofchildren123

your rebuttal to the LBC quotes the old Practice Direction so you are using an old precedent. Since October 2017 the new Protocol for Debt Claims applies - the obligations are essentially the same but you must replace the reference to paras 6a/c of the PD with the correct reference to the relevant para in the Protocol.

Coupon-mad

Yes, as advised already, and SARs are explained above too (and in other threads):

enclose a SAR (separate sheet, addressed to their Data Protection Officer) with your reply to the LBC

determinedtofight_2

Thanks for the advice. What refs do I need to replace para 6a an b with? Are they 13 14 and 15?

determinedtofight_2

Thanks for the advice. I'm prepared to make them fight to the end to get their grubby hands on any more of my money. Any idea of what costs I might face if I lose?

Coupon-mad

How come everyone asks that and doesn't just search the forum?

£150 - £175 all told (including the PCN). Less than they are demanding now I expect, even if you lost, and NO RISK of a CCJ as long as you follow our advice throughout and don't miss any court deadlines (read each letter thoroughly).

What refs do I need to replace para 6a an b with? Are they 13 14 and 15?

I don't understand that question.

nosferatu1001

Cost of PCN (on NtK) Plus around £100 in court fees

determinedtofight_2

Sorry for asking questions that I should know I could search for - I'll try to remember next time but this whole thing is just stressing me out.


I'm trying to find an answer to the information in an earlier post here as to which paras of the PD I should be quoting.I t tells me I'm quoting old stuff but doesn'ttell me which ones I should be using.Reading the PD I think it's paras 13-15 but I'd prefer some guidance


The time limit to reply to LBC is fast appraching

"your rebuttal to the LBC quotes the old Practice Direction so you are using an old precedent. Since October 2017 the new Protocol for Debt Claims applies - the obligations are essentially the same but you must replace the reference to paras 6a/c of the PD with the correct reference to the relevant para in the Protocol"

Le_Kirk

If it were me, I would find the old Protocol (which you surely have if you've quoted from it) and then the new Protocol, lay them side by side (physically or on screen) and compare and contrast.