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Bw legal letter for parking contravention

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  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    The BWLegal letter is the normal junk they send out.  Debt recovery of £60 is and has always been just a figment of imagination using a very feeble reason that the code of practice allows this.
    The code of practice has nothing to do with a motorist and is not a law or legal

    It is also a very feeble attempt to go behind the Beavis / Supreme court case which very clearly stated that the parking charge includes the cost of operating the scheme.  This is called double recovery which in turn is abuse of process.

    BWLegal cannot show that their client has any legal authority to add £60 and so any claim issued will be unreliable and if it goes that far, you can ask for the claim to be struck out and you can claim your costs against them

    Try and get this cancelled by the landowner
  • nosferatu1001
    nosferatu1001 Posts: 12,961 Forumite
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    Have you answered the above question yet? Do so.
    PLAN A is called PLAN A for a reason. It is the first step
    OK, so I don't think this is a letter of claim as it says if you don't contact us or pay then a "Pre-Action Protocol letter before claim" might be sent. So I just ignore BWL for now and proceed to appeal to the landowners for SAR and the retailer for cancellation?
    Be precise! You know it is not a letter before claim, because they tell you it is not!
    Also pleasew think about things - why would you send a SAR to the landowner? They dont hold any data on you. None
  • scoobydoo8
    scoobydoo8 Posts: 28 Forumite
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    I've now written a letter to the CEO of retailer. From my research, it appears that the landowner is a pension scheme, not sure how or where to write to them so might leave that for now?

    I'm not going to request for SAR from BWL for now as I haven't received my letter of claim yet. So now I just wait and hope the retailer will cancel. If the retailer refuses or doesn't get back to me, I will appeal the PCN to Premier Park. (If I can, as it says on their appeal page that, I had 28 days to appeal from the date of the PCN but which I never received so it's way past 28 days)

    Are my steps correct?

    Have you answered the above question yet? Do so.
    PLAN A is called PLAN A for a reason. It is the first step
    OK, so I don't think this is a letter of claim as it says if you don't contact us or pay then a "Pre-Action Protocol letter before claim" might be sent. So I just ignore BWL for now and proceed to appeal to the landowners for SAR and the retailer for cancellation?
    Be precise! You know it is not a letter before claim, because they tell you it is not!
    Also pleasew think about things - why would you send a SAR to the landowner? They dont hold any data on you. None
    Are you a teacher? I feel like a naughty school kid lol

  • scoobydoo8
    scoobydoo8 Posts: 28 Forumite
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    Ralph-y said:
    "From my research, it appears that the landowner is a pension scheme, not sure how or where to write to them so might leave that for now? "

    they are the people most likely to cancel this .....
    what is the company name ? what is the retail park name ?

    Ralph B)

    This is all I could find and it's from 2019. Springfield Retail Park, Owned by Scottish Power Pension Scheme,CBRE Global Investors.
    Springfield Retail Park, Nottingham | Completely Retail
  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 41,296 Forumite
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    Ralph-y said:
    "From my research, it appears that the landowner is a pension scheme, not sure how or where to write to them so might leave that for now? "

    they are the people most likely to cancel this .....
    what is the company name ? what is the retail park name ?

    Ralph B)

    This is all I could find and it's from 2019. Springfield Retail Park, Owned by Scottish Power Pension Scheme,CBRE Global Investors.
    Springfield Retail Park, Nottingham | Completely Retail
    From that website, it looks like you need to email either, or both, David Coombe or Tom Wyatt of Harvey Spack Field.
    You'll need to signup to Completely Retail to get their email addresses, but that is nothing to worry about.
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,441 Forumite
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    The address on the V5c is not completely correct.
    What exactly does that mean?  It's more than likely the root cause of why you didn't receive the initial paperwork. This will also be the case if you were to get a speeding fine or council parking penalty - with much more serious consequences than a poxy debt collector letter. 
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • nosferatu1001
    nosferatu1001 Posts: 12,961 Forumite
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    Not naughty, but you need to get a handle on this. Having everything as "i think" means you are not doing so. 
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