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Hi 

I need some help Ive been receiving letters from park watch since november 2019 in regards to "stopping in a no stopping area" which I have ignored but have now got a letter before action from BWLegal. 

I have not appealed or replied back to any of the letters but I have to reply back to this before 1st october 2021.


Any advice is much appreciated.
Regards

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  • D_P_Dance
    D_P_Dance Posts: 11,591 Forumite
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    Have you read the newbies?  Have you complained to your MP?  
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
  • Yes ive read the newbies thread.

    This was first letter I recieved.


    As you can see from the photo it was torrential rain and the sign were not visible clearly.


    Regards

  • Here is the letter of claim from BWLegal.


  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    edited 15 September 2021 at 12:59PM
    Follow the instructions in post 2 of the newbies FAQ sticky thread near the top of the forum in announcements

    Treat it as an LBC , email a SAR to the DPO at Parkwatch , attaching redacted copies of 2 recent utility bills as proof of I D under the GDPR law to obtain all your data

    Email a 30 days hold to b w legal

    The expect a Court claim pack from the CCBC in Northampton , probably next month

    Meanwhile , follow plan A , try to get the landowner inside and get it cancelled , nothing beats plan A
  • D_P_Dance
    D_P_Dance Posts: 11,591 Forumite
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    They have added what appears to be an extra unlawful amount for debt collection. Judges have dismissed an entire claim because this. Read this and complain to your MP.

    Excel v Wilkinson


    At the Bradford County Court, District Judge Claire Jackson (now HHJ Jackson, a Specialist Civil Circuit Judge) decided to hear a 'test case' a few months ago, where £60 had been added to a parking charge despite Judges up and down the country repeatedly disallowing that sum and warning parking firms not to waste court time with such spurious claims.   That case was Excel v Wilkinson: G4QZ465V, heard in July 2020 and leave to appeal was refused and that route was not pursued.  The Judge concluded that such claims are proceedings with 'an improper collateral purpose'.   This Judge - and others who have since copied her words and struck dozens of cases out in late 2020 and into 2021 - went into significant detail and concluded that parking operators (such as this Claimant) are seeking to circumvent CPR 27.14 as well as breaching the Consumer Rights Act 2015.   DJ Hickinbottom has recently struck more cases out in that court area, stating: ''I find that striking out this claim is the only appropriate manner in which the disapproval of the court can be shown''.
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/16qovzulab1szem/G4QZ465V Excel v Wilkinson.pdf?dl=0
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
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