WON - Case Dismissed by DDJ! One Parking Solution Vantage Point Brighton - £95 Costs Awarded!

95Rollers

Le_Kirk said:

What does your notice of allocation say abut the hearing; F2F or video call?  You are right to contact the court to find out the procedures and test the link.

It doesn't specify. It was sent in Oct last year and said it would be heard remotely, but I've received nothing yet confirming. I rang the court info line and they gave lpgger my call as "urgent" and flagged up for the court to contact me ASAP. They've confirmed receipt of my WS/ other docs.

I never even got an acknowledgement from DCBL (or the parking company) after sending my Supp WS. They were usually quite smug and condescending and I'm surprised they've missed an obvious last minute opportunity to attempt gaslight or rubbish my further claims - which is something they previously seemed to relish.🤔 

I've heard absolutely nothing - I'll most likely turn up in person with my laptop/ paperwork bundle if I hear nothing the evening before. It is still listed as going ahead. Although I would of thought someone would have got in touch or I'd at least heard some sort of confirmation as it's later this week. 

95Rollers

WON - Case Dismissed! FULL Report in due course!



Thanks ever so much to everyone who contributed on here - especially @ParkingMad who reached out to me and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!

Hold tight for the FULL court report!

patient_dream

Well done, you deserved the win.

So DCBL passed the buck to ELMS ??   In reality, who did you spank in court ?

IT WAS .......... OPS ..... DCBL .... ELMS ?   ....... BRAVO

95Rollers

patient_dream said:

Well done, you deserved the win.

So DCBL passed the buck to ELMS ??   In reality, who did you spank in court ?

IT WAS .......... OPS ..... DCBL .... ELMS ?   ....... BRAVO

Thanks @pat@patient_dream - It was ELMS

patient_dream

95Rollers said:

patient_dream said:

Well done, you deserved the win.

So DCBL passed the buck to ELMS ??   In reality, who did you spank in court ?

IT WAS .......... OPS ..... DCBL .... ELMS ?   ....... BRAVO

Thanks @pat@patient_dream - It was ELMS I believe - the reps first name was Tom and his surname is the name of a car-deirved truck (what the Australian's would call a "ute") as we cannot put people's names on here and to be fair he was a nice enough chap, but was clutching at straws repeating a lot of stuff over and over. 

My experience with these legals reminds me of a kids toy with a wind up key in their back and when the motor stops .... so do they ?

bargepole

I believe the case number was H6KF427M.

The 'KF' in the number indicates that this was originally filed by DCB Legal on behalf of OPS.

95Rollers

That is correct. DCBL were the firm who filed the claim and did the WS and Supp WS.  But a quick LinkedIn search said that the guy works or had worked for Elms - maybe he's freelance?  Anyhow they've wasted a lot of money trying their arm at this:

£52 court fees
£95 payable to me 
£???  whatever the rep cost them
£???  whatever DCBL charged them for their 3 crappy copy & pasted template statements
£??? x amount of hours at UK minimum wage for their staff to process my SARs, admin and all that "work that takes them away from their usual nature of business" etc
£££  stationary/ mailing/ paper/ printer ink etc.
£££ on utilities like electric

I'm happy that justice and common- sense prevailed after a 3 year headache which I can finally let go of.  But I'll still be on here to assist others. They picked the wrong person to pick on

Coupon-mad

Brilliant news!

The industry as a whole are still smarting from picking fights with the wrong people - join the club!

I've been discussing your case with @ParkingMad behind the scenes as we are both in the BMPA off-forum fightback association and she likes a good OPS case as much as the next woman (me).  I know she reached out and advised you well.

Honest people of Sussex opinion - matching that of local Councillors and journalists, and of course the good people of Llangrannog in Wales - might say that OPS need to get the heck out of car parks and go back to their old day jobs.

Snakes_Belly

Well done. I thought that you would win. You have spent the time to get your head around the issues.  

It's quite expensive for these parking companies to take a motorist to court. I think that Elms charge around £125.00 plus Vat per hour. That was the cost of the rep at my hearing £250.00 plus Vat for 2 hours but that has been several years ago. They have to pay whatever time has been allocated to the case even if the hearing only lasts 10 minutes.

Le_Kirk

95Rollers said:

I'm happy that justice and common- sense prevailed after a 3 year headache which I can finally let go of.  But I'll still be on here to assist others. They picked the wrong person to pick on

That's good because you now have experience that some of the regulars don't have (you've been to a hearing and WON) and can help others from a personal point of view.