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No I haven't

This lot are a bunch of charlatans. I got a ticket from them which stated that I was parked 'on regent street' in a disabled bay without displaying a blue badge. I wrote to them highlighting the fact that there are no disabled bays on Regent street and it is a public road monitored and enforced by the local authority. They rejected the appeal on the grounds that the 'ticket was correctly issued' I am now waiting for court papers so they can explain to the court why they are issuing tickets where they have no legal right. I don't think they will bother.

Would it be fair to get a parking ticket issued by a CCTV camera for parking quite legally? I am a disabled driver who parked legally in a disabled bay and clearly displayed a blue badge but the local council still issued a ticket on the basis that the CCTV operator had seen me park but not display a blue badge. I appealed and it turned out that the CCTV camera was at the REAR of my car and so would never see anything displayed. The council also gave me a ticket for parking in a 'loading only' zone where waiting was limited to 20 minutes. The ticket issued clearly stated that the vehicle was observed from 10.01am to 10.03am.. so parking for 2 minutes whilst getting goods loaded constituted a 'contravention' The appeal stated clearly that the Council had been over zealous and that both instances were incorrectly issued and not valid. There are more illegally issued PCNs overturned at appeal because the Council only see the motorist as a cash cow to make up budget deficits.

I suffered a TIA (minor stroke) whilst in Berlin.. paramedics were called and confirmed what had happened to me but I refused to go to hospital. On my return home I was in such a state that I was unable to decipher fact from fiction and was overdosing on tablets which caused hallucinations etc. I was due to attend an ATOS medical but did not do so due to the condition I was in and was duly marked as 'fit for work' as I was too ill to attend. The reason for not attending, ie the TIA, was deemed not a valid reason for not attending, even though I visited my GP after and the effects were still present and I was admitted to hospital. I appealed and was turned down as the judge refused to accept my medical condition at the time, the interaction of drugs I was on etc and now seems to refuse to give me a written explanation of the decision and without this I cannot take it to the second chamber. The entire system has been designed to ignore illness and disability which it supposedly there to assist. What a joke.

I have always found that writing to the exec team at the following address always seems to work: Executive.Complaints@npower.com Also you can try : helpline@npower.com It is mainly used for the in house collections team but they always seem to respond and forward it on to the correct department.

Contact the council and send copies of the repossession order which show that you were not resident for the period they are claiming for. They can only hold you liable for debts incurred up to and including the day of eviction/repossession. Hope this helps.

Thanks Sailor, I am already lodging complaints with trading standards. Mark Ovenden, Managing director of Ford UK had one of his minions reply to me stating that it 'does not matter what the specs in the paperwork state, the spec you receive is dependant on the production date' What utter tosh!! Misleading advertising and breach of contract me thinks. The dealer has tried to get it all sorted for me but it is Ford UK who are digging their heals in and saying that it is not and never has been standard equipment. Warning to all people looking at buying a Ford, you may not get what you pay for and no one at Ford cares once they have your money

You also should check the Road Traffic Order (RTO) as Leeds CC have a habit of enforcing where they have no authority. If where you parked is NOT written in the RTO for the area then they cannot enforce. I had a 2 year battle with Leeds CC about incorrect RTOs and they finally admitted that although the area was marked on the map the wording did not refer to it and so could not enforce. You may also want to look at the signage, including road markings as they are often not legally enforceable. Where did you park and what was the offence?

Question: When is a piece of standard equipment in a Ford motor car not a piece of standard equipment? Answer: When Ford UK decide it is not despite ALL publications and websites (including independent ones) saying that it is. I recently purchased a Ford Galaxay and ALL the brochures, web sites and independent assessment sites for the car clearly stated that Galaxy came with a tonneau cover as standard. fine you might thnk but when it finally gets delivered there is something missing. The STANDARD tonneau cover. When queried you are told that although it states it is standard equipment it is in actual fact an OPTIONAL EXTRA!!! Ford UK seem not to understand the difference between these two phrases. Even if you take this to director level, Mark Ovenden contact him via email on movende1@ford.com, you are still told that the web site and brochures are out of date and has not been standard equipment since early 2010. Despite sending them copies of the website in 2011, 2012 and picking up the 'new 2012 brochures' ALL which state it is standard, Ford UK still insist that it is not. Ford's new slogan - More as Standard.. should really read....... 'More as standard as long as you pay through the nose for the standard equipment which we will class as optional extras even though we clearly state it is standard. Complain and we will ignore you and tell you that you are wrong and did not understand, and we will treat you like the **** of the earth as we have your money now so we dont care..' Not much of a slogan for increasing its customer base I know but at least it would be accurate.

Hi Rebel1 - Thanks for that ... I am aware I can appeal and it is now at the stage where it is going to the ombudsman rather than an adjudicator. I did find out that the original case was closed early as the adjudicator 'had to clear her workload due to going on maternity leave'. My experience shows that the FOS should invest any money they have in teaching their adjudicators to read. Oh well I will wait and see what they say and post the replies here.