Defending a claim for train station free car park

yellowdots

Thank you very much Coupon-mad, getting the app now and will finish tomorrow. I'll make sure to do plenty of reading prior to the Court phone call.

Thanks also Fruitcake, I did know about the properties thing for photos but couldn't figure out how to show that in a way I could use, so very useful.

Appreciate both of you taking the time to answer, especially so late!

Le_Kirk

Fruitcake said:

If the photos were taken with a digital device they will have metadata embedded in the image files. This can be dug out by looking at the images on a PC and inspecting the Properties. If you are unable to timestamp them using the methods mentioned by Coupon-mad, then you will need to take screen grabs as you open the Properties file for each image and then reveal the time and date. It's a bit of a faff to do it that way, but the data will be there.

If it was a digital camera, I hope you made sure the date and time in the camera were set correctly.  If it was a camera on a phone, it should be automatic and therefore OK.

Fruitcake

Le_Kirk said:

Fruitcake said:

If the photos were taken with a digital device they will have metadata embedded in the image files. This can be dug out by looking at the images on a PC and inspecting the Properties. If you are unable to timestamp them using the methods mentioned by Coupon-mad, then you will need to take screen grabs as you open the Properties file for each image and then reveal the time and date. It's a bit of a faff to do it that way, but the data will be there.

If it was a digital camera, I hope you made sure the date and time in the camera were set correctly.  If it was a camera on a phone, it should be automatic and therefore OK.

Good point. My digital camera is GPS enabled and records time a time and date and location, but my dashcam had to be set manually. 
I hope no parking scammers are reading this as we wouldn't want them to doctor their photographic evidence ... 

Le_Kirk

Fruitcake said:

Le_Kirk said:

Fruitcake said:

If the photos were taken with a digital device they will have metadata embedded in the image files. This can be dug out by looking at the images on a PC and inspecting the Properties. If you are unable to timestamp them using the methods mentioned by Coupon-mad, then you will need to take screen grabs as you open the Properties file for each image and then reveal the time and date. It's a bit of a faff to do it that way, but the data will be there.

If it was a digital camera, I hope you made sure the date and time in the camera were set correctly.  If it was a camera on a phone, it should be automatic and therefore OK.

Good point. My digital camera is GPS enabled and records time a time and date and location, but my dashcam had to be set manually. 
I hope no parking scammers are reading this as we wouldn't want them to doctor their photographic evidence ... 

Surely not.................!!!!

D_P_Dance

Unthinkable

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3229165/Is-PROOF-private-parking-firms-scamming-motorists-Drivers-say-timings-photos-doctored-legally-parked-cars-issued-fines.html

yellowdots

Still to do the dates on photos, so busy with work too.  Photos were taken on my iphone.

With regard to the small video clip I took, would I just attach that to the email I send with my witness statement court bundle, but still list it on the contents page and refer to it something like "please see exhibit X which is a video clip of .... and has been attached to the email sent etc"?

Umkomaas

Any video will need to be presented on a 'durable medium' (dvd, memory stick etc) and you will need to have a device on which to play it at any hearing (or agree with the court to use a device they might have). How this works if it's a telephone/video hearing you will need to seek advice from the court. 

yellowdots

Ahh yet another question, sorry.  Am I allowed to refer to one of the photographs which the parking firm have included in their witness statement which I received a few days ago?  I am thinking maybe that wouldn't be allowed in case I have an advantage?

KeithP

yellowdots said:

Ahh yet another question, sorry.  Am I allowed to refer to one of the photographs which the parking firm have included in their witness statement which I received a few days ago?  I am thinking maybe that wouldn't be allowed in case I have an advantage?

Yes of course you can refer to their evidence, and their Witness Statement.
Find all the holes in it that you can.

yellowdots

Thank you Keith, thats really good then.  One very last question (I cannot believe I am still working on this), should I delete the references to seeking costs if it will look unfavourable for me?  I really don't care about costs, just want it all over and done with.