Letter Before claim from Gladstones Solicitors

KeithP

Show us your Witness Statement when you are ready.

Coupon-mad

IKG said:

Hi everyone, I still haven't heard anything and when i followed it up by calling and emailing they said wait till you receive  a date. thanks 

 

CHANNEL YOUR ANGER ABOUT THIS PATHETIC CHARGE TO CHANGE THE WAY THE PARKING INDUSTRY WORK:

CALLING ALL NEWBIES! 

 

An urgent task – deadline approaching in a week or so:

Please now make a real difference because not enough people have yet, and time is running out. 

The Government is consulting for just a few more days, about a new statutory code of practice (CoP) and framework intended to rein in the rogue parking firms. 

Does it go far enough?  Read and comment on the draft CoP proposal and the enforcement framework consultation (two separate consultation documents).

HOW TO DO THE SUBMISSIONS:

BSI PAS 232 – COMMENTING ON THE CODE OF PRACTICE AS DRAFTED :

1.    You will need to register then log in, to comment on the CoP and enter an occupation even if you are retired or a homemaker.  

 

2.    Register, log into the BSI page, and download & read the cover letter here:

https://standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/projects/2020-00193#/section

 

3.    Read the cover letter again and note the suggested extra questions... if you agree that, say, the 'loading/unloading and dropping off, asking for directions, and disabled people parking on double yellows as they can on street' activities listed should be exempt (not parking events, what do you think?) then please go to the Annexes at the end of the PAS Code and find the one about Exempt Vehicles and state what other activity you think should be added to the exempt list. 

 

4.    Download the PAS itself and start commenting on what you wish to say something about.  Quick links to each section appear on the left of your page. 

 

You don’t have to comment on everything, e.g. you might want to skip the definitions and focus on later sections, and certainly look at the Annex tables at the end that show things like consideration & grace periods and exemptions.

 

5.    Submit comments when you are happy with them. Don’t just ‘SAVE’ and forget!

 

THAT IS HALF THE JOB DONE!

THE MHCLG CONSULTATION IS EASIER AS IT IS JUST A LIST OF QUESTIONS. 

 

6.    You can do it first if preferred or pushed for time:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=EGg0v32c3kOociSi7zmVqAVPfAOtwRxLhHRwQ610oElUMzhQSVo0WUQ4SERVSEZaUU9DTUhFQ1VMUy4u

If your answers exceed 4000 characters (approx. 500 words to a single question or 16000 words (approx. 2500 words) for all the questions below, you can email your answers to parking@communities.gov.uk as long as you state who you are.

THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS YOU WILL SEE, FOR RESPONSES TO THE FRAMEWORK:

Q1 Do you agree or disagree that members of APAs should be required to use a single appeals service appointed by the Secretary of State? 

Strongly agree/Somewhat agree/Neither agree nor disagree/Somewhat disagree/Strongly disagree 

Q1.1 Please explain your answer 

(free text)

Q2 Please provide any other feedback on the determination of appeals, including the funding model and features that an appeal service should offer e.g. telephone or in-person hearings, the ability to submit evidence online 

(free text)

Q3 Please provide any comments you have on the proposal to enforce the Code by combining the ATA’s existing audit procedures with additional safeguards. 

(free text)

Q4 Please outline any alternative means by which the Code could be monitored and enforced. You may wish to cite evidence from other regulatory frameworks which are relevant. 

(free text)

Q5 Please provide any feedback you have on the proposed governance arrangements for monitoring the new Code of Practice 

(free text)

Q6 Which parking charge system is most appropriate for private parking?

 a) the Three-tiered system

 b) Mirroring the Local Authority system

(free text)

 Q6.1 Please explain your answer. You may, for example, wish to make reference to other deterrent frameworks (for example, for railway tickets or traffic violations) 

(free text)

Q7 What level of discount is appropriate: 

40% as is currently offered in private parking and suggested in the three-tiered system, or 

50% as is offered in Local Authority parking? 

a) 40% 

b) 50% 

Q7.1 Please explain your answer, including whether the discount should be set at a different level 

(free text)

 Q8 How should the level of parking charges be set and how should the levels be revised in future? 

(free text)

Q9 Do you agree or disagree in principle with the idea of the Appeals Charter? 

Agree/Disagree 

Q9.1 Please explain your answer 

(free text)

Q10 Do you agree or not that the examples given in the Appeals Charter are fair and appropriate? Agree/Disagree 

Q10.1 Please explain your answer. 

You may wish, for example, to suggest additional cases to be covered in an Appeals Charter or query existing examples. 

(free text)

Q11 Do you agree or disagree that the parking industry should contribute towards the cost of the regulation? 

Agree/Disagree 

Q11.1 Please explain your answer.

(free text)

YOU CAN INSTEAD GIVE MORE CONCISE ANSWERS ONLINE, USING THE MHCLG PAGE LINK.

Don’t forget that answering these questions is the easier bit…

Looking at the BSI PAS (the draft code of practice itself) involves logging in and submitting comments again, and again and again and takes more time!

There is a discussion about PAS submissions and what the pages look like, here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6195417/am-i-doing-something-wrong/p1

Redx

IKG said:

@Coupon-mad not quite sure, if i missed the deadline to complete the information  requested above. sorry 

deadline passed last month, too late now

do not miss any more deadlines regarding your own case

IKG

@Coupon-mad thank you, i followed up again with the County court and they replied back i will have to wait till they are ready to move forward. Is there anything else i can do?

KeithP

IKG said:

Is there anything else i can do?

On 22nd June you asked:

IKG said:

in the mean time shall i prepare anything ? 

You received a response the same day:

nosferatu1001 said:

Writing up your WS while it is relatively fresh isnt a bad idea.
Its not hours of work. 

You acknowledged that that was a good idea: 

IKG said:

@nosferatu1001 yes need to work on WS, as fresh as it will be as it happened in 2017 

Then over three months later, on 27th September, I hinted:

KeithP said:

Show us your Witness Statement when you are ready.

Another six weeks later you saw my hint and responded:

IKG said:

KeithP said:

Show us your Witness Statement when you are ready.

i will do @KeithP 

Now today, after another month's gap, you are asking:

IKG said:

Is there anything else i can do?

I'll leave you to it.

Redx

wot he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

IKG

Good evening everyone, I am working on my WS and just want to clarify that I need to follow the attached draft ?
many thanks

Coupon-mad

Not sure why you need to clarify that you adapt the only example WS in the NEWBIES thread. 

There's no point showing us what the NEWBIES thread already says, and there is nothing to clarify.  We want to help you but please don't show us someone else's WS (Robert Cox's one, we assume) and expect us to look at it yet again.  We will look when you show us your version.

IKG

thank you @Coupon-mad

I have started writing the WS, can someone please see and comment on what else needs to be added ?
thanks

Umkomaas

Much more detail required. There is a link to a classic example of a WS in the NEWBIES FAQ sticky, second post.  Please study that and use it as a framework on which to build your version of it.