Britannia Parking - BW Legal - County Court Claim

Mappy3333

So this has now moved to court allocation stage. We are still waiting for a date, but the latest is that BW Legal have sent a letter with a pack of ‘evidence’ that they intend to use and stating that they have seen defences like ours before and that our defence is essentially based upon cut and paste and is not based on law. They’ve offered a reduced fee for 14 days.

Am I right in assuming this is just another part of the ploy to get us to pay before court?

KeithP

Yes, you are right in thinking that.

Coupon-mad

You'll see other people laughing at the same letter here, on all Britannia threads!

Umkomaas

Keep at it, a few shorts steps towards possible discontinuation.

The_Deep

They would be insane to continue with this imo, you paid the fee, your defence looks a winner, they are overclaiming, and relying on Beavis will do them no favours.

beamerguy

Mappy3333 wrote: »

So this has now moved to court allocation stage. We are still waiting for a date, but the latest is that BW Legal have sent a letter with a pack of ‘evidence’ that they intend to use and stating that they have seen defences like ours before and that our defence is essentially based upon cut and paste and is not based on law. They’ve offered a reduced fee for 14 days.

Am I right in assuming this is just another part of the ploy to get us to pay before court?

You have to laugh about the stupidity of BWLegal. Kids could do better.

Most, if not all letters from BWLegal are copy and paste because they don't know what else to say in the great parking scam

A sad hapless company who in your case is offering a discount because they don't think they can win

Could they be on the verge to discontinue or are they on the way to be zapped in court again ??

Mappy3333

Thanks for the responses. Good to hear that this is still part of the standard ploy by BW Legal. We will wait to see what happens next!!

Mappy3333

So we have now received our Court Date, 10th September. We have to submit our witness statement and evidence by the end of July. I intend to include within the evidence pack the following:
- Pictures of the signage (including the fact that the signs are inconsistent, on one sign it states a full VRN is required and on another there is no mention of this requirement)
- 2 videos I took of the parking meter showing that when the meter is on 'sleep' mode the opening screen and instruction differs depending on what key you press. If you press any of the aplhanumeric buttons to 'wake' it, it opens with a please insert coins instruction whereas if you press any of the other keys such as the green enter button it instructs you to enter your VRN. Surely that is misleading!
- My ticket with the amount paid and time valid.

Is there anything else that I should include?

beamerguy

Mappy3333 wrote: »

So we have now received our Court Date, 10th September. We have to submit our witness statement and evidence by the end of July. I intend to include within the evidence pack the following:
- Pictures of the signage (including the fact that the signs are inconsistent, on one sign it states a full VRN is required and on another there is no mention of this requirement)
- 2 videos I took of the parking meter showing that when the meter is on 'sleep' mode the opening screen and instruction differs depending on what key you press. If you press any of the aplhanumeric buttons to 'wake' it, it opens with a please insert coins instruction whereas if you press any of the other keys such as the green enter button it instructs you to enter your VRN. Surely that is misleading!
- My ticket with the amount paid and time valid.

Is there anything else that I should include?

YES, they will have included a fake £60 charge. Abuse Of Process
NOW READ THIS
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/75929156#Comment_75929156

You bring to the attention of the court this abuse quoting case numbers and court.

On the same thread, read what coupon mad says.
AND ...... as BWLegal or one of their staff signed a declaration of truth, this is important to bring to the attention of the judge, see what Jonnersh says in the same thread

Mappy3333

Thanks Beamer, I will take a look at that post and include the relevant parts.