Britannia + BW Legal court papers

IloveBritannia

IloveBritannia wrote: »

That's a valid point, I've just noticed it myself. I wanted to mention the 'keepers liability' in order to refute it in the paragraph below

I've now removed the repeated reference.

IloveBritannia

Here's the edited defence again, apologies to KeithP as I have (without thinking) edited the original post making his comment difficult to understand...

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DEFENCE
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1. The Defendant denies that the Claimant is entitled to relief in the sum claimed, or at all.

2. The Defendant is the Registered Keeper of the vehicle which registration is the subject of the PCN however it is denied that he was the driver at the time of the alleged contravention.

3. The Defendant puts the Claimant to full proof of the location of the alleged contravention. The Claim relies on two pictures of the car showing no identifiable landmarks which could have been taken anywhere.

4. There can be no assumed ‘keeper liability' as Britannia Parking Ltd have failed the POFA requirements for 'adequate notice' of the unexpected parking charge and no 'relevant contract' known or accepted, unlike in the Parking Eye v Beavis case where the Defendant confirmed he knew about the terms.

5. Due to the sparseness of the Particulars of Claim it is unclear as to what legal basis the claim is brought, whether for breach of contract, contractual liability, or trespass. However, it is denied that the Defendant, or any driver of the vehicle, entered into any contractual agreement with the Claimant, whether express, implied, or by conduct.

6. Having inspected the site of the alleged contravention the Defendant notes that Claimant's entrance signage was positioned in such way that it couldn't be read by drivers without their needing to look away from the road ahead. It is, therefore, denied that the Claimant's signage is capable of creating a legally binding contract.

7. In addition the Claimant is in breach of paragraph 18.11 of British Parking Association Code of Practice which states that ‘where there is any change in the terms and conditions that materially affects the motorist then you should make these clear on your signage. Where such changes impose liability where none previously existed then you should consider a grace period to allow regular visitors to the site to adjust and familiarise themselves with the changes’.

8. The car park in question had had no stay restrictions whatsoever for the previous 20 years, yet not only was the signage made not prominent enough, there was no grace period offered either. That has resulted in an unusually high number of customers receiving PCNs at that location during the initial months of the new parking regime being in operation.

9. The Claimant is also in breach of paragraph 20.14 of British Parking Association Code of Practice which specifies that ‘when serving a Notice to Keeper, you must also include information telling the keeper the ’reasonable cause’ you had for asking the DVLA for their details’. No such information was included in the NTK received by the Defendant.

10. The Claimant is also in breach of paragraph 22.8 of BPA CoP which states that ‘You must acknowledge or reply to the appeal within 14 days of receiving it’. The Claimant received the Defendant’s appeal against the PCN on 17/12/2017 only to respond on 11/01/2018 which was 25 days later.

11. The Claimant is put to strict proof that it has sufficient proprietary interest in the land, or that it has the necessary authorisation from the landowner to issue parking charge notices, and to pursue payment by means of litigation.

12. The alleged overstay was 17 minutes. This would have been entirely within the grace periods appertained in the paragraph 13 of BDA CoP which implies allowing the driver a reasonable 'grace period' in which to decide if they are going to stay or go (which would have included reading T&Cs displayed in the signage) and also a grace period at the end of the parking period which should be a minimum of 10 minutes.

13. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Schedule 4, at Section 4(5) states that the maximum sum that may be recovered from the keeper is the charge stated on the Notice to Keeper, in this case £100. The claim includes an additional £60, for which no calculation is given and which appears to be an attempt at double recovery and also £50 legal representative costs neither of which are not permitted under CPR 27.14

14. In summary, it is the Defendant's position that the claim discloses no cause of action, is without merit, and has no real prospect of success. Accordingly, the Court is invited to strike out the claim of its own initiative, using its case management powers pursuant to CPR 3.4.

IloveBritannia

IloveBritannia wrote: »

what is the full name and the company number given on NTK and other junk mail from bri???????????????

NTK states 'Britannia Parking is a registered Trading Name of Britannia Parking Group Limited and any of its wholly owned subsidiaries
Registered in England No 08182990

IloveBritannia

IloveBritannia wrote: »

NTK states 'Britannia Parking is a registered Trading Name of Britannia Parking Group Limited and any of its wholly owned subsidiaries
Registered in England No 08182990

They state their address on their junk mail as 16 Poole Rd, Bournemouth yet the CF says the Claimant is Britannia Parking Limited, 300 7th floor, County Gates House, Poole Rd, Poole

Perhaps they have moved their address in the meantime...

twhitehousescat

Registered office address changed from Britannia House 16 Poole Hill Bournemouth Dorset BH2 5PS to 300 7th Floor, County Gates House Poole Road Poole Dorset BH12 1AZ on 27 March 2018

check pdf , 1st line , the company that sent you the letter was actually dormant https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03175808/filing-history

IloveBritannia

twhitehousescat wrote: »

check pdf , 1st line , the company that sent you the letter was actually dormant https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03175808/filing-history

twhitehousecat, please forgive my ignorance, but can you explain what can this information change from my perspective?

IloveBritannia

IloveBritannia wrote: »

twhitehousecat, please forgive my ignorance, but can you explain what can this information change from my perspective?

Is their claim fraudulent then?

Castle

IloveBritannia wrote: »

Castle,

I've followed the link and the web page shows its status as active, am I missing something here?

See under "nature of business" and also click on the "Filing History" tab.

IloveBritannia

Thank you Castle, but I'm still none the wiser if a dormant company can sue people or not...:(

Castle

IloveBritannia wrote: »

Is their claim fraudulent then?

It's more likely to be stupidity rather than fraud; whoever filed the claim with MCOL, (*), has probably just assumed that "Britannia Parking" meant "Britannia Parking Ltd" instead of "Britannia Parking Group Ltd" which is probably the correct Claimant.

(*) I did notice in your post no 3 ,that they are claiming £50.00 legal representative's costs.