Court claim vs CEL

sexon

CEL have been pursuing my missus for parking at Starbucks in Wimborne. The claim was from last year and I cant find my original post to update sorry. I got advice here from many good people as always. The allegation was that my partner had been at Starbucks for over 24hrs-impossible as she works fulltime and does school runs some mornings. We ignored the PCN until the court papers.

I came here for support after telling my missus to hold steady as she was crying and ready to cough £170. My claim to fame is that I won the first case against Devere in Bournemouth a few years ago for parking-thank you Couponmad, Bargepole and P who remains msysterious.

Back to CEL, we filed the defence and witness statements for a case hearing. We were allocated a slot and waited for an hour plus and didnt get the call from the court. This morning we got a letter from the weasels at CEL that they withdrew the case two days ago. I have worked hard on this case and took a day off so did my partner. Is there a costs template please. This is not acceptable.

But great news thank you all and hope I posted in the right section.

Browntoa

Your other thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6142181/court-case-cel-past-28-days#latest

KeithP

Thanks @Browntoa. He will probably ignore your comment just as he did those on his other thread.

sexon

Many thanks Browntoa. I did a search and couldnt find that post. I updated there as well. If i knew how to combine them, but my IT skills are limited. Thank you though 

Coupon-mad

Well done, but do continue on your own thread so everyone can see the background!  Report your win on there, for completeness.

How about changing the title and using this thread to plan a court claim v CEL.  That's the only way to try for your wasted money but you'd have to word it as per Clay v CEL (misuse of data under the DPA) not costs.

See attached judgment. 

BTW, please don't thank a nasty bullying little weasel of a man who has/had (hoax or not, who cares) no place in the fight v PPCs.

sexon

Thank you Couponmad, hope all done correctly. Prefer your approach. Kindness costs nothing! Thank you

Coupon-mad

Great!  OK, so somewhere I have the paperwork for the Clay case.  @bargepole was behind it and wrote the particulars of claim I think.

AND - please now make a real difference - A TASK FOR SEPTEMBER.

The Government is (this month only) consulting about a new statutory code of practice (CoP) and framework to rein in the rogue parking firms.  Read and comment on the draft CoP proposal and the enforcement framework consultation, and get everyone you know to do the same.

You will need to register to comment on the CoP and enter an occupation even if you are retired or a homemaker, but otherwise it is easy to navigate, and comment upon each section/subsection individually. You can save comments to edit later and or submit comments once you are happy with them.

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

You do not need to register to comment on the enforcement framework which can be found here. It has a link on page 5 to make comments.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/913272/Code_Enforcement_Framework_consultation.pdf

At the very least, we say the parking charge level should be £50/£25 or higher level £70/£35, as per Council PCNs in E&W.  

And we say the added fake 'debt recovery' costs are just double counting the cost of letters, and MUST GO because that is unfair and illegal.

Please be heard.  You can bet the hundreds of PPCs will be commenting.

No apologies for repeating this vital 'call for action' to consumers, on every thread this month!

sexon

Fab, if Bargepole can assist to sort CEL for good. I should have spent the day with patients yesterday rather than being messed around. Much appreciated thank you )