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Justice Committee – Inquiry into the County Court

If anyone has recent experience of a county court case, this might be good way of giving feedback to Parliament.  The Parliamentary Justice Committee’s call for evidence is open until 14th December.

https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7972/work-of-the-county-court/

One of their areas of interest is ‘The causes of action giving rise to claims in the County Court’.  It would be useful if the committee was made aware of the amount of court time wasted on parking cases.

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  • Coupon-mad
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    Wow this is an important one. Thanks!

    Us regulars should be doing this Call for Evidence re the quarter of small claims that currently clutter up the family/civil courts with unjustified roboclaims.
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  • If anyone has recent experience of a county court case, this might be good way of giving feedback to Parliament.  The Parliamentary Justice Committee’s call for evidence is open until 14th December.

    https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7972/work-of-the-county-court/

    One of their areas of interest is ‘The causes of action giving rise to claims in the County Court’.  It would be useful if the committee was made aware of the amount of court time wasted on parking cases.

    Thank you, a positive chance to expose  those who clog up the court system

    1: ROBO CLAIMERS. Sanctions should be applied
    2: NAME AND SHAME THE SO CALLED LEGAL TIMEWASTERS
  • Coupon-mad
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    edited 27 October 2023 at 4:25PM
    I think - as is the case in some other Countries* - either bulk litigator legal firms should be disallowed to file/act in claims under a few hundred pounds...

    OR

    ...claiming legal fees should be banned in cases under a grand, to disincentivise bulk litigation. Same effect.

    After all, parking claims in 2023 must number around half a million. They ARE the problem.


    *we should dig out evidence of this and how it works in other countries including Scotland.
    A Call for Evidence is not about ranting opinion.  Only evidence.


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  • I think - as is the case in some other Countries* - either bulk litigator legal firms should be disallowed to file/act in claims under a few hundred pounds...

    OR

    ...claiming legal fees should be banned in cases under a grand, to disincentivise bulk litigation. Same effect.

    After all, parking claims in 2023 must number around half a million. They ARE the problem.


    *we should dig out evidence of this and how it works in other countries including Scotland.
    A Call for Evidence is not about ranting opinion.  Only evidence.


    You are right, these crazzies must be culled.

    Reading between the lines about this call for evidence, it's for the County Courts, even though Crown courts have a mega backlog.

    The county court system will have a full list of discontinuations, no doubt far more than we see here and a full list of failures by these legals who choose to waste the courts time
    This applies to all those legals in the parking scam who live IN fantasy land

    My favourite would be that any claim under £300 which must exclude court fees and legal costs and fakes is banned
    That is 3 parking tickets at the current rate of £100 or 6 if the charge is reduced to £50

    The only companies who will RANT, is the parking industry as with the JR

    The new code of practice and the independent appeals service should reduce the dodgy legal rubbish anyway

    I am certain it is judges and the County Courts who have instigated  this "call for evidence" simply because of the mega timewasting from these very dodgy legals and in particular .. DCBL 

  • Coupon-mad
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    edited 27 May 2024 at 5:42PM
    Yes I got that email too.

    Feels like we'll have to repeat things we've already said, in the Autumn. Sums up what I've been doing since 2020, going back over old ground on the Steering Group, each time there was a cabinet reshuffle.

    On the positive side (thanks to @bargepole for spotting it) this managed to be quickly pushed through, so none of the 2019 Act is left not 'in force':
    The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 (Commencement) Regulations 2024 (legislation.gov.uk)

    Previously, all the important parts of the 2019 Act were left hanging so the above statutory instrument was required:
    https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/8/section/12

    It had said:
    "2) The remaining provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations appoint."

    So now it's all in force from 20th May 2024.

    The timing can't be a coincidence, so it is clear that the Code won't disappear.  Yet more delay but we will get there...whoever is the relevant Secretary of State will be required to carry on with the final IA and laying the Code before Parliament.

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  • The_Slithy_Tove
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    A couple of new threads have popped up in relation to the news items today (27/06) about the PPCs' joint new Code of Practice. My question here in regard to this thread is when the Act finally comes into force, will it trump what the PPCs have just done and impose some more sensible rules?
  • Coupon-mad
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    Yes.       
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