Parking fine ignored now ccj

Quentin

Redx wrote: »

its .....getting the claimant to tell the court that its been paid IN FULL and to remove the CCJ from the register that you need to get done ,....

Annoyingly, according to the Claimant's letter to the OP, they don't inform the Court of payment and it will be down to the OP to do this (as advised in #15)

Jord54007

yes I can’t risk my credit rating at such a critical time in my life getting my first mortgage I will pay off as soon as I can.

It is my main concern and obviously I have missed the boat to defend this as stated by redx.

Thanks

Redx

mmm , looks like you will have to do all the heavy lifting as the PPC couldnt care less


just remember your credit rating is already trashed so its down to you to pay promptly , get proof and prove it to the court to get the CCJ struck off and the credit rating restored, which may take several weeks before its back to normal (as Quentin says)

Jord54007

yes I’m going to carefully go through all details and make sure I’m recording everything I’m doing so I can get this black mark off my record and I will highlight to my MP and SRA and even the parking company themselves how bad this practice is for a paying customer. I understand if it was over time or not payed ect. But unclear fine print in a unlit car park about bay numbers that are below knee night and the size of a playing card shouldn’t be aloud. If Iv missed it I’m sure a thousand others have too!

Thanks

Umkomaas

But unclear fine print in a unlit car park about bay numbers that are below knee night and the size of a playing card shouldn’t be aloud.

That in your defence could well have won this for you at court. The compounding error was in not defending it.

waamo

Given what you have said I think your chances of getting a set aside are slightly less than none.

The important thing now is to pay promptly with a method that enables you to evidence you have paid.

A cheque is ideal and take a photograph of it before you send it. Get proof of posting too.

Ralph-y

cases like this are really sad ...



you need to follow all the good advice you have been given .....


I will give you some reading / videos to watch ... below ....


I hope you try and get one back on the scammers ... try the daily mail .. they will often run parking scam charges articles ...



might not get your money back ... but such articles can cause the grief ....

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






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