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Letter Before Claim - CST Law & Smart Parking Limited

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  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,767 Forumite
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    Wonder who suggested that section?!
    Will Hurley? 🤔 😆
    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
  • Coupon-mad
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    No...but I couldn't possibly say...!
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • Umkomaas
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    edited 31 August 2022 at 8:18PM
    No...but I couldn't possibly say...!
    I  was jesting! 😊
    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
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,625 Forumite
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    Of course! But I wanted to add the word 'no' just in case of browsing newbies getting the wrong end of the stick!
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • patient_dream
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    Frankly with the state of this country right now which will go on for years and there is no quick fix, 
    I wonder if there is a minister stupid enough to support the parking scam  and the JR ?

    Sir Greg Kinght's bill was fair for the public, the JR is not

    If as said above, it's all about money, then who is the ferryman who will profit on this ?

    Whichever minister approves the parking scam and fake add-ons needs to be investigated and that we will make sure of

    Remember the Supreme Court ruled that £85 was fair as it included the operation of the scheme. Since then the parking charge has increased to £100 ?
    Where did this come from ?   

    Who told all the parking companies they could charge £100 which they all did ?

    The courts did not, government did not, it was the BPA and was copied by the IPC

    Then there is the approved BPA fake add-on scam.  Why were they sucked into the scam invented by the odd bod who runs ZZPS

    In my reply to the consulation the BPA will be highlighted as not fit for purpose as an ATA ... THEY ARE A COMPLETE JOKE


  • JayH97
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    Le_Kirk said:
    There is no register of owners, in fact the registration document from the DVLA goes as far as to say that possession of the V5C and with your name on it is NOT proof of ownership!
    Just by way of update after going back to the BPA and explaining the breach of CoP and also the V5 not being proof of ownership, they have come back to let me know that they have gone back to Smart Parking to get a "resolution", whatever that means.

    Thanks to all who told me to prompt and chase again as otherwise I'd have been easily palmed off. Let's see what happens if anything!
  • patient_dream
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    edited 8 September 2022 at 8:27PM
    JayH97 said:
    Le_Kirk said:
    There is no register of owners, in fact the registration document from the DVLA goes as far as to say that possession of the V5C and with your name on it is NOT proof of ownership!
    Just by way of update after going back to the BPA and explaining the breach of CoP and also the V5 not being proof of ownership, they have come back to let me know that they have gone back to Smart Parking to get a "resolution", whatever that means.

    Thanks to all who told me to prompt and chase again as otherwise I'd have been easily palmed off. Let's see what happens if anything!
    An interesting scenario.

    We will see if the BPA has grown up to be the organ grinder or remain as the monkey

    If it turns out that Smart and all the other scammers are the actual organ grinder ...... it means there is no point for the BPA to remain an ATA

    What would you do, or any other person, if you ran a membership club and had ROGUE traders as members ??

    The BPA supports money scammers .... unless they can prove otherwise
  • JayH97
    JayH97 Posts: 29 Forumite
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    JayH97 said:
    Le_Kirk said:
    There is no register of owners, in fact the registration document from the DVLA goes as far as to say that possession of the V5C and with your name on it is NOT proof of ownership!
    Just by way of update after going back to the BPA and explaining the breach of CoP and also the V5 not being proof of ownership, they have come back to let me know that they have gone back to Smart Parking to get a "resolution", whatever that means.

    Thanks to all who told me to prompt and chase again as otherwise I'd have been easily palmed off. Let's see what happens if anything!
    An interesting scenario.

    We will see if the BPA has grown up to be the organ grinder or remain as the monkey

    If it turns out that Smart and all the other scammers are the actual organ grinder ...... it means there is no point for the BPA to remain an ATA

    What would you do, or any other person, if you ran a membership club and had ROGUE traders as members ??

    The BPA supports money scammers .... unless they can prove otherwise
    I have my doubts and think it'll likely come back unresolved and I'll continue getting letters. The first port of call for the membership club would be to follow the rules surely, but doesn't look like that will happen LOL.

    Another odd occurance, would be grateful if someone could assist. I've just received an email from CST Law who "act" on behalf of Smart Parking and sent me the fake LBC, saying that they require me to provide my full name and address to confirm I am the data subject to "assist in resolving an important matter on behalf of Smart Parking Ltd".

    As I have not yet heard back from the BPA shall I just ignore, or potentially confirm my details to see if it's in relation to my BPA complaint?


  • KeithP
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    edited 9 September 2022 at 4:34PM
    JayH97 said:
    JayH97 said:
    Le_Kirk said:
    There is no register of owners, in fact the registration document from the DVLA goes as far as to say that possession of the V5C and with your name on it is NOT proof of ownership!
    Just by way of update after going back to the BPA and explaining the breach of CoP and also the V5 not being proof of ownership, they have come back to let me know that they have gone back to Smart Parking to get a "resolution", whatever that means.

    Thanks to all who told me to prompt and chase again as otherwise I'd have been easily palmed off. Let's see what happens if anything!
    An interesting scenario.

    We will see if the BPA has grown up to be the organ grinder or remain as the monkey

    If it turns out that Smart and all the other scammers are the actual organ grinder ...... it means there is no point for the BPA to remain an ATA

    What would you do, or any other person, if you ran a membership club and had ROGUE traders as members ??

    The BPA supports money scammers .... unless they can prove otherwise

    Another odd occurance, would be grateful if someone could assist. I've just received an email from CST Law who "act" on behalf of Smart Parking and sent me the fake LBC, saying that they require me to provide my full name and address to confirm I am the data subject to "assist in resolving an important matter on behalf of Smart Parking Ltd".

    As I have not yet heard back from the BPA shall I just ignore, or potentially confirm my details to see if it's in relation to my BPA complaint?

    They are seeking your assistance??

    I would ignore that request. Leave them to seek assistance elsewhere.
  • JayH97
    JayH97 Posts: 29 Forumite
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    KeithP said:
    JayH97 said:
    JayH97 said:
    Le_Kirk said:
    There is no register of owners, in fact the registration document from the DVLA goes as far as to say that possession of the V5C and with your name on it is NOT proof of ownership!
    Just by way of update after going back to the BPA and explaining the breach of CoP and also the V5 not being proof of ownership, they have come back to let me know that they have gone back to Smart Parking to get a "resolution", whatever that means.

    Thanks to all who told me to prompt and chase again as otherwise I'd have been easily palmed off. Let's see what happens if anything!
    An interesting scenario.

    We will see if the BPA has grown up to be the organ grinder or remain as the monkey

    If it turns out that Smart and all the other scammers are the actual organ grinder ...... it means there is no point for the BPA to remain an ATA

    What would you do, or any other person, if you ran a membership club and had ROGUE traders as members ??

    The BPA supports money scammers .... unless they can prove otherwise

    Another odd occurance, would be grateful if someone could assist. I've just received an email from CST Law who "act" on behalf of Smart Parking and sent me the fake LBC, saying that they require me to provide my full name and address to confirm I am the data subject to "assist in resolving an important matter on behalf of Smart Parking Ltd".

    As I have not yet heard back from the BPA shall I just ignore, or potentially confirm my details to see if it's in relation to my BPA complaint?

    They are seeking your assistance??

    I would ignore that request. Leave them to seek assistance elsewhere.
    Apparently so... LOL!

    Agreed, I'll respond to the BPA following my email complaints but the only action I'll take past that is if a REAL LBC arrives, instead of the empty threat they sent last time!
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