Court Report: Leeds - UKPC v M (Appeal Hearing)

Castle

bargepole said:

Snakes_Belly said:

Coupon-mad said:

Regulars should click on that blue link and have a look at the barrister's specialisms...

I wonder what his hourly rate is?  

With 5 years' experience, it is likely to be in the region of £250 + VAT per hour.

UKPC will have paid him probably 3 hours to draft a skeleton, then travel costs from Canterbury to Leeds, and probably around £1,500 for attendance at the hearing. So they will have wasted around £3k to get a kicking, and a Judgment which will kill off their other claims once the transcript is available.

And the VAT is unrecoverable.

bargepole

Umkomaas said:

and a Judgment which will kill off their other claims once the transcript is available.

@bargepole - while I know it's not a game-changer, how much impact do you think this judgment will have on other residential parking cases, especially with UKCPM and PCMUK in mind?

County Court rulings are never binding on other Judges, but can be regarded as persuasive.

A ruling such as this from an appeal before a Circuit Judge will carry more weight than a lower level District Judge ruling, and should be a valuable tool in similar cases, where the parking space is not demised as part of the lease, but the lease grants exclusive or unfettered use thereof.

However, the usual caveats about the lottery of small claims, and DJ Bingo, still apply. Once you walk through the courtroom door, all bets are off.

Umkomaas

@bargepole - thanks for the response and explanation. The judgment helps push the boulder slightly further up the hill. 😊

CVKTA

@Lamilad can you possibly put me in touch with the defendant as I have for some biz are reason received their cheque from UKPC along with mine from also beating them on the same day! I’d like to get it to the rightful owner.
many thanks

DoaM

Assuming the cheque is actually for the person @Lamilad represented ........ either way, whomsoever that person is should look at filing a GDPR claim against UKPC - you getting their cheque may be a significant breach?

CVKTA

Absolutely. Reading the report above they were awarded costs of £220 and this cheque is for £219 so I assume it is.
I'm keen to get it to the rightful person and am off on holiday for a week on Sunday so would like to get it posted out to them tomorrow!

Lamilad

@CVKTA Ms M will contact SCS to arrange for a new cheque to be sent out. Please destroy the one you have, and thank you for bringing this to my attention. 

Coupon-mad

You could not make it up, could you?!

Can't wait for this transcript.  

Redx

Their incompetence knows no bounds

Tea boy/girl paralegal in training has not had the GDPR DPA CBT training yet !!

It's a simple job to mail one cheque at a time to the correct recipient , yet they are probably charging ukpc for legal services !!

CVKTA

Lamilad said:

@CVKTA Ms M will contact SCS to arrange for a new cheque to be sent out. Please destroy the one you have, and thank you for bringing this to my attention. 

No problem at all. I will destroy and dispose.