bw legal Scotland ccj threat

daisyh75

Parking Awareness Service passed my details onto BW who have sent a letter stating they will issue a claim against me in the county court without further notice.

Does this stand given it would be a Sheriff Court in Scotland? Can they do that without further notice?

Shall I ignore the letter?

Umkomaas

Write to BWL and invite them to proceed. See what they come back with.

Provided you live in Scotland, the parking event took place in Scotland, the vehicle is not hired or leased, and there has been no admission as to who the driver was, you're pretty much bombproof - so now is the time to get on the front foot with this and hit back hard.

Fruitcake

Assuming the vehicle is registered to a keeper in Scotland, do as advised above.

The_Deep

It is the will of Parliament that these scammers be put out of business. Hopefully that will take place in the near future. The Bill has passed through the HOC without hitch, and goes to the Lords soon. In the meantime involve your MP, the poor dears are buckling under the weight of complaints about these scammers. Read this one which I wrote earlier

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of alleged contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors. Is has been suggested by an MP that some of these companies may have connections to organised crime.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, (especially Smart}, and others have already been named and shamed in the House of Commons as have Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each week), hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned. They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct

The problem has become so widespread that MPs have agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers.

Sir Greg Knight's Private Members Bill to curb the excesses, and perhaps close down, some of these companies passed its Third Reading in late November, and, with a fair wind, will become Law next year.

All three readings are available to watch on the internet, (some 6-7 hours), and published in Hansard. MPs have an extremely low opinion of the industry. Many are complaining that they are becoming overwhelmed by complaints from members of the public. Add to their burden, complain in the most robust terms about the scammers.

daisyh75

Thanks. I'll call them tomorrow and write to my MP

Umkomaas

daisyh75 wrote: »

Thanks. I'll call them tomorrow and write to my MP

Who are you going to call?

twhitehousescat

Umkomaas wrote: »

Who are you going to call?

Mc Ghostbusters!

daisyh75

No one. I'm going to write to them

DoaM

daisyh75 wrote: »

Parking Awareness Service passed my details onto BW who have sent a letter stating they will issue a claim against me in the county court without further notice.

Did they really write that in a letter sent to a Scottish address? :rotfl:

The_Deep

daisyh75 wrote: »

Thanks. I'll call them tomorrow and write to my MP

Never ever telephone a PPC or a debt collector, everything in writing with a free Certificate of Posting from the PO. Also, complain to your MP.

It is the will of Parliament that these scammers be put out of business. Hopefully that will take place in the near future. The Bill has passed through the HOC without hitch, and goes to the Lords soon. In the meantime involve your MP, the poor dears are buckling under the weight of complaints about these scammers. Read this one which I wrote earlier

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of alleged contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors. Is has been suggested by an MP that some of these companies may have connections to organised crime.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, (especially Smart}, and others have already been named and shamed in the House of Commons as have Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each week), hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned. They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct

The problem has become so widespread that MPs have agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers.

Sir Greg Knight's Private Members Bill to curb the excesses, and perhaps close down, some of these companies passed its Third Reading in late November, and, with a fair wind, will become Law next year.

All three readings are available to watch on the internet, (some 6-7 hours), and published in Hansard. MPs have an extremely low opinion of the industry. Many are complaining that they are becoming overwhelmed by complaints from members of the public. Add to their burden, complain in the most robust terms about the scammers.

daisyh75

They sure did 🙄