7 year old parking ticket

Umkomaas

rokx said:

Will do, thanks   Got it all drafted and ready to go now unless I hear otherwise.

If you care to post your draft here, there may be additional/alternative angles that regulars might suggest to make your complaint even more potent. 

rokx

Draft to BW is:
RE: Ref No: XXXXX
Hi,

More than six years have passed since the date of the alleged event referenced above.  Litigation cannot now be commenced, pursuant to Section 5 of the Limitation Act 1980.

Please desist from contacting me in relation to the above.  Any further correspondence will be considered harassment.

I will be making a complaint to the SRA.

Kind regards,
XXXXXX

beamerguy

Agreed with everything said above.

This industry including the legals are so desperate now they will try all tricks.
In the case of BWLegal given some of the letters and claims we use, it is obvious someone on their staff does not have a clue themselves.
A complain to the SRA is vital  because as said, just how many people fall for this trickery who do not know about the time period and just pay up

nosferatu1001

to the SRA..because you are misrepresenting your ability to file a claim when you know, as officers of the court, that you are completely barred from doing so. This could mislead an uninformed consumer into making a payment under threat of court action that cannot occur. 

KeithP

rokx said:

Draft to BW is:
RE: Ref No: XXXXX
Hi,

More than six years have passed since the date of the alleged event referenced above.  Litigation cannot now be commenced, pursuant to Section 5 of the Limitation Act 1980.

Please desist from contacting me in relation to the above.  Any further correspondence will be considered harassment.

I will be making a complaint to the SRA.

Kind regards,
XXXXXX

Hi???       Kind regards???

This is a formal business letter.
It should start Dear Sirs, and end Yours faithfully.

D_P_Dance

Complain also to your MP.

Coupon-mad

KeithP said:

rokx said:

Draft to BW is:
RE: Ref No: XXXXX
Hi,

More than six years have passed since the date of the alleged event referenced above.  Litigation cannot now be commenced, pursuant to Section 5 of the Limitation Act 1980.

Please desist from contacting me in relation to the above.  Any further correspondence will be considered harassment.

I will be making a complaint to the SRA.

Kind regards,
XXXXXX

Hi???       Kind regards???

This is a formal business letter.
It should start Dear Sirs, and end Yours faithfully.

I was about to post the exact same.  Tearing my hair out when I read that!

I would ask ''do schools not teach people how to start and end a formal email?'' but I used to work in a school and generally, no they don't.  Arrrrghhh!

rokx

Thanks, I'll correct to formalise.  

Snakes_Belly

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6225115/bwlegal-limitation-act-1980-query#latest

Looks like ParkingMadd has now seen off their similar claim to yours. Yours should go the same way. Sad though that some motorists that receive these old claims will just pay up.

Snakes_Belly

Any decent legal firm would not touch these claims. They must be aware that these claims are statute barred. I realise that they can still chase the debt but for a legal firm to become involved and threaten court action seems very lacking in integrity. They should be advising their client that the claim is statute barred and will not stand up in court.

What a grubby set up.