Appealing to POPLA with the 'one size fits all" template

Wells19

Coupon-mad said:

And if that happens, a few months later, DCB Legal will discontinue!  Easy peasy if you get a claim.  Easier than POPLA.

No risk. No cost. No hearing. All over!

I'm not sure what DCB Legal is, but i'm leaving all that as a 'cross that bridge if i come to it'.

So why is it recommend that people use POPLA if it just causes more problems? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to skip POPLA and make a small claim? Also just checking, wouldn't a small claim mean my parents would have to pay the charge so that they can get the money back?

Fruitcake

PoPLA is not independent. Sometimes appealing to them can be useful, but losing at PoPLA can embolden a PPC. Sometimes a judge can be convinced it is independent and, and believe PPCs are fine upstanding and honest companies.

PoPLA will ignore mitigating circumstances and certain laws like the Equality Act 2010, or the Consumer Rights Act 2015. Some PoPLA assessors have trouble counting to fourteen.
The judge in a court is truly independent and will decide on all facts, not just the ones that support the PPC.

In any case, a PoPLA appeal is not binding on the motorist, so win or lose, there is no requirement to pay.

DCB Legal (not to be confused with the powerless DCB Limited) is a company of robo-claim solicitors that treat parking cases like a conveyor belt money-making scheme.

A defendant is not required to pay to attend court, only the claimant has to pay. The defendant would only have to pay anything if the judge said so after hearing the case.

Coupon-mad

Wells19 said:

Coupon-mad said:

And if that happens, a few months later, DCB Legal will discontinue!  Easy peasy if you get a claim.  Easier than POPLA.

No risk. No cost. No hearing. All over!

I'm not sure what DCB Legal is, but i'm leaving all that as a 'cross that bridge if i come to it'.

So why is it recommend that people use POPLA if it just causes more problems? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to skip POPLA and make a small claim? Also just checking, wouldn't a small claim mean my parents would have to pay the charge so that they can get the money back?

Clearly not. They never pay anything.  

No-one is being told to make a small claim.  Why would you sue the parking firm?  Please read the second post of the NEWBIES thread as this is so easy to kill off for good, once DCB Legal get their slippery paws on it.

Wells19

Coupon-mad said:

Wells19 said:

Coupon-mad said:

And if that happens, a few months later, DCB Legal will discontinue!  Easy peasy if you get a claim.  Easier than POPLA.

No risk. No cost. No hearing. All over!

I'm not sure what DCB Legal is, but i'm leaving all that as a 'cross that bridge if i come to it'.

So why is it recommend that people use POPLA if it just causes more problems? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to skip POPLA and make a small claim? Also just checking, wouldn't a small claim mean my parents would have to pay the charge so that they can get the money back?

Clearly not. They never pay anything.  

No-one is being told to make a small claim.  Why would you sue the parking firm?  Please read the second post of the NEWBIES thread as this is so easy to kill off for good, once DCB Legal get their slippery paws on it.

Ah, obviously had a bit a confusion there, understood now. So i'm guessing the DCB Legal LBC will most likely be the next letter they'd receive? GroupNexus have now sent 3 PCNs

Le_Kirk

Wells19 said:

Ah, obviously had a bit a confusion there, understood now. So i'm guessing the DCB Legal LBC will most likely be the next letter they'd receive? Group Nexus have now sent 3 PCNs

Is that three separate PCNs for the same parking event or three PCNs for three separate parking events?

Wells19

Le_Kirk said:

Wells19 said:

Ah, obviously had a bit a confusion there, understood now. So i'm guessing the DCB Legal LBC will most likely be the next letter they'd receive? Group Nexus have now sent 3 PCNs

Is that three separate PCNs for the same parking event or three PCNs for three separate parking events?

No, 3 seperate PCNs for the same parking event. The last one reached £100, which if i'm right is the last one?

Coupon-mad

No you'll get wild (red bold text) £170 demands from third parties next. PLEASE don't tell us about those as I literally beg in the 4th post of the NEWBIES thread.  We need our time saved for stages that need action.

Wells19

Coupon-mad said:

No you'll get wild (red bold text) £170 demands from third parties next. PLEASE don't tell us about those as I literally beg in the 4th post of the NEWBIES thread.  We need our time saved for stages that need action.

Just read the linked post in the newbies thread about Debt Recovery Plus etc. Can understand the frustration!

Thanks for all your help, i really appreciate. I would be lost without you lot, as with many other visitors to the forum.

Wells19

Coupon-mad said:

No you'll get wild (red bold text) £170 demands from third parties next. PLEASE don't tell us about those as I literally beg in the 4th post of the NEWBIES thread.  We need our time saved for stages that need action.

I emailed the shopping centre yesterday after 2 weeks of them being silent, still waiting to hear from the Centre Manager. Told them i'd be going to Trading Standards and the papers, showed them the appalling 1 star reviews for the shopping centre (mostly to do with the unjust parking system), and swiftly got an email a couple of hours later telling me they will cancel the parking charge. Apparently the manager was on bereavement leave, which fair enough but it's just another example of a company that's ridiculously bad at communication. 

Anyway, got an email this morning telling me the parking charge has been cancelled. 

Thank you to yourself and others here for helping me out so much, my parents greatly appreciate it! Your service to these forums doesn't go unnoticed! 

Coupon-mad

Woohoo!  Well done.

Plan A strikes again!