Not a hospital car park

fineclaret

So, the Claimant (Car Park Securities) failed to attend the rearranged Preliminary Hearing (telephone). Therefore, struck out. Yay.

Bit of an anticlimax after the hours of angst deep in the New Zealand backcountry trying to format a WS on a mobile phone, and fight with the Court over unreasonable scheduling! Presumably they just punt these cases and hope the Defendant folds.

Coupon-mad

fineclaret said:

So, the Claimant (Car Park Securities) failed to attend the rearranged Preliminary Hearing (telephone). Therefore, struck out. Yay.

Bit of an anticlimax after the hours of angst deep in the New Zealand backcountry trying to format a WS on a mobile phone, and fight with the Court over unreasonable scheduling! Presumably they just punt these cases and hope the Defendant folds.

Indeed they do.

The entire MO of the parking industry is acting like chancers and wasting court time, IMHO.

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST!

Well done! Congrats on your win. 

fineclaret

Not only failed to attend, had made no communication to the Court since initiating proceedings - didn't submit a case, didn't give their phone no. 7 days prior. So the judge, for the tape as much as for me, said that enough of the Court's time had been taken up already, and using his discretion, was striking off. But they already knew by Nov 27th (filing deadline) that they had blinked. I guess process has to be followed.

Interesting to speculate what would have happened if neither of us had engaged...

Coupon-mad

fineclaret said:

Not only failed to attend, had made no communication to the Court since initiating proceedings - didn't submit a case, didn't give their phone no. 7 days prior. So the judge, for the tape as much as for me, said that enough of the Court's time had been taken up already, and using his discretion, was striking off. But they already knew by Nov 27th (filing deadline) that they had blinked. I guess process has to be followed.

Interesting to speculate what would have happened if neither of us had engaged...

Did you ask for your costs due to their unreasonable conduct? Or had no wasted costs?

fineclaret

It was just yet more effort to go for costs. I'm retired, so it's notional - mostly printer ink! As mentioned, I had to do all this on a mobile phone in the NZ backcountry.

I'm going to add my voice to calls for changes in the system though. It is absurd that they can limit their downside to 35 quid, and hope for default, while I could have come home to a done deal and hundreds spent in redress. Not even the courtesy of informing the Court or me of abandonment. There should be a deposit, forfeit on a no-show.

Nellymoser

So glad to read you won 🥳 and it's great you're going to add your voice to call for changes. Here's a couple of ways you can do this when your trip is over. 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6595460/parking-petitions-x-4-on-uk-parliament-petitions-website

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6593026/letter-to-your-mp

Coupon-mad

fineclaret said:

It was just more yet effort to go for costs. I'm retired, so it's notional - mostly printer ink! As mentioned, I had to do all this on a mobile phone in the NZ backcountry.

I'm going to add my voice to calls for changes in the system though. It is absurd that they can limit their downside to 35 quid, and hope for default, while I could have come home to a done deal and hundreds spent in redress. Not even the courtesy of informing the Court or me of abandonment. There should be a deposit, forfeit on a no-show.

As well as petitions, more important action will be to reply to the Public Consultation when it comes in a few months, once the Government have got their ducks in a row.

Stick around. You'll see it here first.