PCN for Stopping at Zebra Crossing

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adamhd said:

The first thing the judge asked was do you [VCS representative] intend to pursue the full £160 or just the original £100. As soon as they said the full £160 she basically rolled her eyes at which point I knew I was onto a winner. Frustrated that I couldn't recover more costs as I've seen others on this forum doing so. Apparently I'm not even allowed to claim for postage and stationary cost? 

Amazing how stupid VCS are, fancy claiming for a fake add-on
Was the rep from Elms Legal or VCS ?

£85 is good for you, VCS did not get the £160 or even £100. It cost them a lot

Just feel sorry for the stupidity of VCS

Coupon-mad

adamhd said:

The first thing the judge asked was do you [VCS representative] intend to pursue the full £160 or just the original £100. As soon as they said the full £160 she basically rolled her eyes at which point I knew I was onto a winner. Frustrated that I couldn't recover more costs as I've seen others on this forum doing so. Apparently I'm not even allowed to claim for postage and stationary cost? 

Don't beat yourself up about it!  I've never got costs from a Judge when in court, either.

Hope you are able to do the Consultation before it ends in 3 weeks, and email your MP to take up the mantle for you, by asking questions of the MHCLG about what has gone very badly wrong since they were on track to deliver the Knight Act in March, then ducked a Judicial Review application (that hasn't gone away yet I'm sure).  

Government Consultation re private parking charge levels, August 2021: PLEASE BOOKMARK THIS THREAD — MoneySavingExpert Forum

We are calling for everyone to do a full and robust response by email to the MHCLG, attaching evidence of what happened to you and what you think is wrong about £100 charges and fake debt recovery ‘fees’ that no PPC actually incurs or pays. 

We also need people to contact their MP to ask questions about why the MHCLG appear to have performed a U-turn on their March promise to cap parking charges, and why instead they propose to fund the race to court at £70 a time from victims

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/78517562/#Comment_78517562

To anyone reading this: PLEASE DO THIS IF YOU WANT CONSUMER VOICES TO OUTWEIGH THE PARKING INDUSTRY’S GREED. WHICH SEES THEM TRY TO CLAIM MORE THAN THE LAW ALLOWS, FROM A REGISTERED KEEPER,

I just looked at the POFA Explanatory Notes (part of the legislation):

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/notes/division/5/1/3/3

221.Paragraph 4 provides that the creditor has a right to recover unpaid parking charges from the keeper of the relevant vehicle if the conditions set out in paragraphs 5, 6, 11 and 12 are satisfied. The creditor is not obliged to pursue unpaid parking charges through this scheme and may seek to do so through other means but they may not use the scheme provided for here to secure double recovery of unpaid parking charges (paragraph 4(6)), nor will they have the right to pursue the keeper, as opposed to the driver, of the vehicle where they have sufficient details of the driver’s identity. The right to reclaim unpaid parking charges from the vehicle keeper does not apply in cases where the vehicle has been stolen before it was parked, (paragraphs 4(2) to (3)), or in certain circumstances where the vehicle in question was a hire vehicle (paragraph 4(7)). The creditor may not make a claim against the keeper of a vehicle for more than the amount of the unpaid parking related charges as they stood when the notice to the driver was issued (paragraph 4(5)).

Fruitcake

Well done on your win. If you don't mind, would you mind posting the case details.
Case/Claim number
Location of court
Your title and (surname) initial.

This will help others, (including myself as I am helping a relative with a VCS airport case).

Half_way

ive always wondered if it would be worth going for the airport/landowner with a new/separate claim for costs+time?

D_P_Dance

They have wasted your time, now waste theirs.  Read this

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/legal-system/small-claims/making-a-small-claim/