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Britannia Parking v Mr S at Leicester County Court
Britannia Parking v Mr S - decided on the papers. Mr S didn't attend and didn't tell the court.
Judge was satisfied on landowner authority, signage, terms, and the non-entered VRM. The filed defence was called "hopeless" by the judge and addressed none of Britannia's points.
Worth noting, the judge queried the £70 fee of his own volition, and Britannia's advocate withdrew it without argument.
The advocate then got £150 hearing costs for unreasonable non-attendance plus procedural issues with Mr S's paperwork, and other costs on top. All within about 5 minutes.
£462 to Britannia for a £100 pcn! :o
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Salutary tale of the dangers of unreasonably not turning up for a court hearing. I wouldn’t be surprised if he now doesn’t pay the costs, then turns up here for help once the likes of DCBL start chasing. The £462 is getting close enough to the £600 threshold (which DCBL might push it up to) for High Court Enforcement.
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 Street4 -
I was in attendance as a member of the public gallery. The case was M7DP44CM BRITANNIA PARKING GROUP LIMITED T/A BRITANNIA PARKING V S[redacted] at Leicester County Court.
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Perhaps better to have titled the thread with some reference to Britannia and the case, rather than focusing on your attendance?
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That's court for you.
The same would have occurred were the roles reversed, just like they were with Gladstones not bothering last week.
This was BW Legal presumably?
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I don't know which firm but the advocate signed in as "solicitor's agent".
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Well Mr S brought that upon himself
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Indeed he seems to have. But I thought it was worth noting that even in a very bad circumstance for a defendant the court is still pressing on the additional £70 charges of its of volition.
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Why redact the defendant's name if the case was heard in public and may be referenced by claimant or defendants in future?
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My reasoning was permanence. The cause list is public but unindexed and gone in days, whereas a forum thread surfaces on a search of his name for years.
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