Help, got until 24th November to submit Defence for VCS

Leviathan747

Coupon-mad said:

That often heralds a Notice of Discontinuance a week or two later...!

Still not arrived!  Wonder if we'll be having a Covid-19, postponed court date instead?! 

Fruitcake

Keep checking with the court to see if the case is still on. Turn up unless you get something in writing from your court to the contrary. Don't rely on anything from the scammers, only from the court.

Don't forget to send your costs schedule in time and have a copy to hand if the case is still going to be heard.

You may still have time to make a counterclaim for DPA/GDPR breach. Alternatively you can make your own claim in the next six years. The scammers obtained your details from the DVLA without justification so that is both a data breach and a KADOE contract breach. Discontinuance or court win, you should complain to the DVLA and ICO about this.

D_P_Dance

Turn up unless you get something in writing from your court to the contrary. Don't 

MUII that the doors are locked 

beamerguy

Leviathan747 said:

Coupon-mad said:

That often heralds a Notice of Discontinuance a week or two later...!

Still not arrived!  Wonder if we'll be having a Covid-19, postponed court date instead?! 

Given the lockdown and what BrownTrout said yesterday, if they don't discontinue , the claim will probably be suspended by the court anyway.  Keep on checking with the court

Le_Kirk

Leviathan747 said:

nosferatu1001 said:

So your deasdline is...
Remember, thats the eadline for them to *have* the documents, not for you to *send* the documents. 

15th of April deadline for Court and VCS to have received documents.  Will be handing Defence, WS, Evidence & costs to court directly, right? Should I post hard copy to VCS, or can I email MCOL a WS?
Also, I will be acting as lay rep for my partner - where should this be introduced please?

You normally (i.e. in normal times) hand your WS, evidence and summary cost assessment in a tabbed and indexed ring binder.  Given the lock-down, can you find a good reason for going out, i.e. is it ESSENTIAL?  You post to the claimant (or e-mail if they permit it) by normal post with a free certificate of posting (again, given the lock-down, how does one get to a post office?)  You do not send anything via MCOL.

Leviathan747

Thanks guys.  Just got this from Planning Enforcement:

"Dear XX,

I write with reference to your recent enquiry regarding the signage, cctv at the Berkley Precinct car park.
The matter has been investigated and it has been determined that advertisement consent is required for the signs erected within the car park. I have informed the Management Company to submit an application to regularise this.

However, please note that if no application is submitted then the Planning Service will not be taking any further action regarding this matter.  The reason for this is that these signs in the context of the character of the areas (private car park within a local shopping area) do not have an adverse impact on the street and do not cause any significant harm and therefore not expedient to take any further enforcement action regarding this matter.

Please note that enforcement action is discretionary and government guidance is such that enforcement action should not be taken where little or no significant harm is being caused. We should not be taking action just because a breach has occurred.  In this case we have carried out an assessment and found that it is not expedient to take further action for the reasons given.

With regards to the ANPR (CTTV) cameras these are classed as being de-minimus meaning that they are not significant enough to consider as development and therefore do not require planning permission.

I hope this clarifies the planning situation.

Kind regards

Khalid Mahmood"

Fruitcake

Another wimpy council who refuse to take action about a scammer.
However, advertising consent cannot be approved retrospectively.

If you do get your day in court then do say that advertising consent did not exist at the material time, cannot be applied retrospectively, not having it IS a criminal offence even if the council decide not to take action, therefore the claim was illegally issued, or words to that effect.



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Leviathan747

Fruitcake said:

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Leviathan747

So received the 61 page VCS package in the post today.....3 weeks early!!  Wonder if it's related to that Planning Enforcement email we got 2 days ago??  Anyhoo, don't have a scanner, so will have to type the thing out in sections.  Any advice on whether to start with typing out the WS or the Service Agreement (Car Park Management) with Lambert Smith Hampton? Cheers.

Le_Kirk

I would suggest you get on with your WS.  I bet there are loads of VCS WSs on the forum already.