Man taken to court for overstaying at Gloucester car park suffers 'sleepless nights'

outwestuk

Here's another case where VCS are aggresivly pursuing an 81 year old and show the kind of people they are. I am fighting a similar case and shall be again contacting my MP with regards to this. Terrible people

https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/man-taken-court-overstaying-gloucester-5690522

Umkomaas

Mr Davies has disputed the Parking Charge Notice, saying it is invalid under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

If he's going to argue it on only that basis, I'm afraid he's going to lose in court. 

patient_dream

VCS don't understand how to handle bad publicity.

This would have reached the eyes of those VCS don't want to be exposed to. MP's and Judges come to mind.  Good sense should have told them to cancel the charge and that would be the end of the matter.
All they achieve is telling everyone why their should be a clamp down on the parking industry

Half_way

I'm guessing that the driver has been identified, making PoFA irrelevant (as far as I know)
 Unless he has been getting the correct help, I smell a win for Simon on this with crowing publicity to match. 

outwestuk

patient_dream said:

VCS don't understand how to handle bad publicity.

This would have reached the eyes of those VCS don't want to be exposed to. MP's and Judges come to mind.  Good sense should have told them to cancel the charge and that would be the end of the matter.
All they achieve is telling everyone why their should be a clamp down on the parking industry

I received a response form my MP within an hour saying they would follow up on it again for me.

Snakes_Belly

"He says he has sent numerous letters that have not been replied to, and when he tried to call VCS on the telephone, they were always engaged."

How many times do Excel and VCS tell judges that "if only the defendant had engaged with us we could have sorted something out".  Judges do seem to think that dealing with these companies is like dealing with John Lewis or Marks and Spencer.

I notice in the comments that someone has recommended that he comes to this forum. 

The overstay was during lockdown when people where having to queue to go into the supermarket and then queue to pay (socially distanced etc.)

Coupon-mad

At 81 years old, he may well meet the definition of disability under the Equality Act 2010 if he has any long term condition that slows him down.  

No doubt he has defended it without knowing any of that, and being an admitted driver the CAB were STUPID to send him off on the tangent of the irrelevant POFA in his case!

Shame people don’t know they are legally entitled to more time if they are disabled and that arbitrary time limits are illegal if they cause discrimination.

Please share the new MHCLG final Consultation with your MP and any other victims you are in touch with and can someone post a link to the consultation in the newspaper comments please?