Penalty Charge Notice issued at Sennen Cove Beach car park for not displaying a valid ticket

69jase

Thanks Deep. I'll follow this up now.

Yes I sent a letter of complaint to both the land owner and my local MP. I got no response from either though!

didgeridoooo

Great result Jase. I see the courts do sometimes actually care about CPR!! Hope they do the same in mine! Inspiring reading this and as Deep said, now play their game and chase down payment for the time you were FORCED to put into this. Swines.

Umkomaas

The Judge certainly painted them into a corner with all those questions, small wonder they ran away.

That list of questions should be a standard issue to all private parking Claimants seeking to sue through the courts. Spot on.

69jase

Cheers Didger. Yes it was reassuring to read the court's judgement around CPR. I hope yours goes similarly well.

As I stated early on in my thread, once I'd got the reassurance and confidence from this forum, I was going all the way. This was a matter of principle! This is not over for me.

didgeridoooo

Umkomaas wrote: »

The Judge certainly painted them into a corner with all those questions, small wonder they ran away.
That list of questions should be a standard issue to all private parking Claimants seeking to sue through the courts. Spot on.

I think this gives great direction for me in writing my next defence to Armtrac as I have several coming my way. The Judge did a great job of listing the points for me - perhaps even worth adding to Newbie thread?

Jase - Good for you, I would (and will!) be the same. If your MP didn't respond, write again, or better still, find his/her surgery times and go sit in front of them. I once did this many moons ago, I got Nick Clegg (back when he was just a lowly MP in Sheffield, actually no he was dep PM i think). It was about a large fraud in which many of the victims were his constituents. I suspected he wouldn't give a damn, he had ignored letter after letter, but I went anyway to see if a face to face might emphasise the importance to him. He gave all the signals, gave loads of promises, acted like he cared, then did sweet FA and renaged on every promise he made (to do x,y and z). I dont regret it, i made him sit and put an act just for me and took up some of his time (paid for by tax payers of course, but still!). You have to have zero expectations on an individual basis, but keep in mind that the more of us who do this, the bigger the drone in their ears becomes and eventually they feel obliged to listen, in my view anyway. One day, someone might just come across a politician that isn't cut from the same self-serving scum cloth that Armtract types are, and they go kick some PPC-Ar5e!!! .

69jase

I am just putting an invoice together for my time wasted on defending this claim. Should I also hear from the court that the claimant no longer wants to pursue the claim?

Also, is their an acceptable amount to invoice them for; I have spent a significant amount of time doing the necessary research, completing the necessary documentation, etc.

Finally, are there any examples of cover letters to include with the invoice?

Many thanks.

Coupon-mad

Have a look at the link to Blue Toffee's thread where that poster claimed costs after a discontinuance, I think. It's rare to get it granted and an 'invoice' won't work unless you are prepared to file an actual claim and see it through!

69jase

Thank you C-M, I'll take a look.

I have come this far and right from the start I said I would take it as far as I needed too. Its a matter of principle!

Cheers

69jase

Having received a correspondence from BW Legal last October, which enclosed by way of service their client’s Notice of Discontinuance, I did not expect to be posting on this thread so soon. However, to my surprise, I received the following email from BW Legal yesterday.

My first thought was to send it on to Action Fraud, as they trying to get monies paid to them that is not owed?

Dear , Our Client: KBT Cornwall Ltd t/a Armtrac Security Services Balance Due: £ Original Creditor: KBT Cornwall Ltd trading as Armtrac Security Services Original Account Number: We understand this is a difficult time for everyone, so we wanted to let you know that we are available to assist you throughout this time via numerous methods, from our contact centre, webchat and our customer portal. We want to ensure that if you are/have been directly or indirectly impacted by COVID-19, that you still get to the best advice and reassurance about how to manage your account. Please call us on 0113 487 0430 or speak to us via Webchat so we can assist you at this time, we just need to understand your circumstances in order that we can help. Please note due to high volumes of calls, our call queues are running longer than normal, please hold the line while we connect you.  Great News - 30% Discount Offer  We have discussed with our client how they might also help with any possible financial burden that you may have and we are able to now offer you a pre-approved discount. This can be paid in one lump sum, or you can pay this over a pre agreed instalment plan. This offer is open until 30 May 2020. What is even better for you is that you don’t need to call us to accept this offer if this is affordable to you. Just log in, or register to use our Customer Portal www.bwlegal.co.uk and select “Customer Login”. The pre-approved settlement and plan is ready for you to accept. You need to quote our reference, along with your address details, along with a couple of other security questions in order to register.  You will find our customer portal very easy to navigate, where you can choose payment methods and payment dates. You can also use the payment calculator, view your account, statement, and talk to us via chat if you need assistance.  Strictly without prejudice, the discount available is 30% from your current balance. If you do take advantage of the offer, the revised amount to pay will be £167.76 if paid by 30 May 2020. If you cannot afford to pay the discounted amount in full before 30 May 2020, don’t worry. If affordable for you, you can still take advantage of the offer by repayment plan. We have a pre-approved monthly instalment amount of £20.00. The plan has been recommended to take into account estimated disposable income. We have also made it easy for you to accept the offer without having to call us, if this is affordable to you then simply log onto our customer portal by 30 May 2020 and accept to pay the offer by instalments. You will be able to choose the first payment date and payment method.  If you can’t afford these instalments because you do not think they are affordable to you at this time, then please call us on 0113 487 0430 so that we can assist you and discuss what is affordable. You can also propose an offer via the portal that our customer care team will review, they may need to ask you some additional income questions via email, letter or call.  Important information about credit reporting  When you opt to set up a discounted repayment plan, if our client already reports your account to a credit reference agency then they will continue to report your balance and payment each month. On receipt of your final payment our client will then mark your agreement as closed with the status “settlement”.

Yours sincerely, BW Legal

nosferatu1001

Wow. Another case of them processing data unlawfully
Send them and their client a LETTER BEFORE ACTION for their breach of the DPA2018 (GDPR) and harassment. Given they handled the discon. theyve got no excuses. None.