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Thank you for your help. Crazy isn't it ... there are some people who would drive anyway whilst all this was getting sorted and if stopped and charged could still drive until the court hearing and then a magistrate would listen then and maybe they might keep their license with a fine and points. just saying. I will be flagged now and number plate readers would get me stopped today if a police car happened across me. I love the "system"
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Thanx Bazza5. The form was late. Can't-do one of them online and after I told them my situation they told me to go to the post office. One that actually issues them which is actually in the middle of a shopping centre for me! I am guilty as charged. You couldn't make it up!!
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Any legal guys here need help In January I needed to be fitted with a pacemaker. My surgeon told me that I must inform the DVLA but to also tell them that I had fully recovered due to the procedure and me bionic heart. Soon after I told them by phone and they said I would get a questionnaire to fill in. The facts ----- Due to the questionnaire not being returned in time my driving license has been revoked. Following a telephone call today I was informed that My license will not be reinstated even though they have the said questionnaire in their possession. I have informed them that it will cause severe hardship and distress to me as a registered disabled person who needs a vehicle at all times. Even asking them what I should do they said to go to the post office and apply for a driving license. I told them that I couldn't because I am on my own and can't get there because of my disability. Not their problem basically! They did not get the questionnaire in time but can't tell me what law/guidelines they have in place and what grounds there are to have the license reinstated even temporarily until the whole thing is investigated. It is actually a paper exercise for their records because when I rang them the medical condition did not exist. You can legally drive with a pacemaker all you have to do is inform the DVLA. I also asked them how they can impose a punishment as harsh as revoking a license of a disabled person who is deemed fit to drive and why they can't come to a compromise now that they have the questionnaire. They told me that the time limit is 14 days from the date they send me the letter and I told them that I got the letter today dated 16/03/2018 informing me that it had been revoked?? I asked them how they could impose a time limit on something that they cannot prove I got never mind got late like the letter i got today? Does anyone know how I can fight this? Can they impose what is deemed a punishment on a time limit that is instigated on a letter that they cannot prove was received by me on time? Common sense would dictate that it be reinstated on a temporary basis now that the information has been received and is, in fact, a paper exercise. I cannot find anything in writing on the net stating when the time limit is imposed? Should it not be sent recorded if there is a punishment attached? Like they have the form but won't do anything because it was late and the letter i got today informing that my license was revoked was dated 16th March hence why I rang them??? PLZ Help
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Goucho replied to Goucho's topic in Benefits and HMRC
Thanx Bazooka Boo ... I am not in a good place at the moment and am very stressed. -
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Goucho replied to Goucho's topic in Benefits and HMRC
Your wording may be misunderstood by some as saying that I am already being compensated and should not pursue this further. I will give the benefit of the written word not being read as intended in this case. Just to clear the matter up .. . I am not seeking compensation for injuries and hardship regarding the cause or effect of my initial injury or disablement. I am seeking seeking compensation for withheld monies that I was entitled to plus how I have been treated in this case leading to monetary and health hardship - nothing else is relevant in this case. Please read the initial post peeps before making irrelevant comments. -
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Well guys got a call today from DWP telling me that there are no outstanding benefits owed to me. When i asked them where they got the power from to set aside a judgement by a judge in Tribunal the answer i got was "what Tribunal" .......................... I am struggling ! just answered another call and all funds will be paid into my account on Wednesday. Off to research seeking interest and damages once I get me dosh. For those who may feel that I shouldn't do this as they are public funds I will say this. I was entitled to this money - It was withheld unlawfully - I was treated awfully - I am disabled and in this position whilst wearing the Queen's crown on my shoulder. For these reasons and all the information in this thread I feel that I am entitled to some sort of compensation and that the DWP and similar Government departments should not get away with treating people so badly. -
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Well latest call to them today told me that they tried to contact me (ye really hard) then left it. Looking on my file i was today informed that there are no outstanding benefit to be paid!!!!!!! I asked for all this in writing but first i had to agree to them calling me then when i get the call the guy repeats what i was told earlier and it now seems that i am back at square one. I have asked for them to put it all in writing to me so that i can look at what i need to do next. What a farce from beginning to end! No matter what happens I am going to seek damages as this has take n a huge toll on my health. Will update ................ -
Great stuff thanx for this
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Goucho replied to Goucho's topic in Benefits and HMRC
After a few phone calls etc finally got some sort of an answer yesterday ..... it will take 6-8 weeks as it had just been entered onto my account yesterday lol. So will wait for the funds and then onto claiming interest and compensation Watch this space! -
OK managed to get to a compromise. My son has been given a new work coach and all meetings/appointments will have a supervisor present at all times plus any instructions given to my son will also be recorded and a copy given to him in writing. Sooooo all is good. With them being aware of previous issues and me getting them overturned plus how i was treated in the past i am sure there will be no repeat
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Insurance company accepting 50/50 liability against my will!!
Goucho replied to Goucho's topic in Motor Insurance
Well well well this will interest some of you guys .... i gave up on the whole thing and put it down to experience. 2 days ago i got a letter from my insurers for me to contact them. Seemingly the other side refused to even accept 50/50 LMFAO!!! So i had the choice to drop the matter or proceed to court ... i chose the latter of course. PLUS i am going to write to the Chief Constable about the matter. The amount of stress (I suffer from PTSD etc etc) this has caused me is unbelievable! Watch this space as it will take a while for it to all come together. -
Yep thanx m8y .. I will try to sort it amicably. I will try getting their permission to attend the meetings with my son. Then i will start recording before i enter. If they attempt to search me then i will refuse and then it will go to the MP. I will update as i still cannot find anything concrete to say i have the right to record or they have the right to stop me etc etc.
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Without going thru all the reasons it is very clear that there is a need for audio evidence in my son's case. He received 4 warning letters on the same day, he rang DWP to sort them out and he also explained to his work coach. Knowing that they were all incorrect i attended to explain to the staff that they were incorrect but they still insisted they were correct. I rang DWP on my son's behalf and explained to them but they were also ignorant of the law. Shortly afterwards he was issued with 4 sanctions totalling 176 days of his total allowance. On one occasion i was discriminated against due to my disability which if i had recorded the meeting the member of staff would have been dismissed. At present i have had 3 of the sanctions overturned and the fourth is going to Tribunal. During all this my son had been told one thing and then following the instructions given he was then sanctioned on more than one occasion. All this happened without any evidence and following an SAR they had no telephone or video recordings at all even though they had security cameras in the office. This is where i step in .... to protect my son and myself from further abuse. I have given this plus even more examples of ignorance of the law by DWP staff but still they refuse to allow an audio recording of any future meetings etc. The only way that anything can be set in black and white is audio recording to prevent them from lying. If you guys deem these reasons not enough then so be it. My son's age is not relevant - my parenting and support skills are not relevant - my son's mental health is not relevant. All i am asking you guys is to help me out here not make assumptions as to any other factors. I have tried to get a general answer in this post but keep getting asked all sorts and it seems this one may go the same way no matter how much information i give. Please help me if you can. Am i allowed by law to record meetings with the DWP in a private room? If so can you link me to the web page plz. Thanx in advance.
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Hi there, does anyone know if the DWP can refuse to allow you to audio record meetings with a work coach at a Job Centre Plus? I have contacted my local Job Centre Plus office to ask for permission to audio record all future appointments but they have refused . Is there anything i can do about this?
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I am sorry but you are on the wrong track here. My point is about the misuse of both sanctions and power nothing else. By seeking to protect my son following the experiences stated above does not mean what you say Why do you think a person needs to be disabled to need protection? You seem to be missing the point - My post is about the misuse of both sanctions and power nothing else. I am fully aware of the rationale of sanctions and sadly far too experienced when these are abused. To avoid this going off in a tangent just google how many "appealed" sanctions are overturned. Sadly a great deal of people take the "Mandatory" reconsideration as a final say.
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Like all occupations you have the good ones and the bad ones. A member of the public getting the better or showing up a colleague can sometimes drive a colleague to exact revenge on their behalf. This is rare but it does happen and I don't want this to happen to my son. My experience of staff at this office and also staff on the telephone is that they are at least ignorant of their own rules and regulation and at worst lying to the public. I am only one person, how many others are there out there, that are told factually inaccurate information and believe it to be true. I worry that if my son moves out of the home and no matter how much effort he puts into finding a job gets sanctioned incorrectly and left with no money at all for 6 months until he can fight to overturn their mistakes? I only want to protect him as at least one member of staff is ignorant of the law and also discriminates against disabled persons. Of course i have no proof of the latter as only me and my son witnessed it. I wonder if she was sanctioned pay for her mistake??
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OK No worries.
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Are you joking?
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Heading off to ESA Tribunal Tomorrow :( PLZZ Help
Goucho replied to Goucho's topic in Benefits and HMRC
Geez that is a p155 take man! -
Insurance company accepting 50/50 liability against my will!!
Goucho replied to Goucho's topic in Motor Insurance
It was meant that when 4 witnesses are not enough for an insurance company without video evidence then this should be made clear at the start. Through no fault of my own i end up with a 50/50 on my driving record because my insurers insist on dash cam evidence but never disclose this to me the customer. Why should i have to go to the expense of a dash cam when in an age before dash cams sworn statements was deemed enough evidence. It is more about the frustration of the whole thing. An MP was imprisoned on the say of his wife that he asked her to take a speeding fine yet both my word and my wife's word and two other witnesses made statements to the police but that wasn't good enough and this guy can say he was driving to protect his uninsured wife and gets away with it because the two witnesses live next door to me and the only possible witnesses could only be a neighbour as it happened on a small cul de sac. Then my insurance say i was 50% at fault when i was stopped and sounding my horn continuously?!?!? Like if they insist on web cam evidence why not tell me? Plus when did the law change that witnesses are not enough especially if they live next door? The guy committed a criminal offence! If i went up to him and hit him with a hammer and only his wife and 2 next door neighbours saw it and there was no video or other evidence would i get off with it? Nope. If like in this case my wife said it was her what would happen lol So in short i feel kind of annoyed by the whole thing. Why should all of us as normal run of the mill drivers now have to buy a web cam because they exist? Like no law changed did it? Yes it is doubtless proof but why should we now have to spend all that money because an insurance company wants to cut costs by not investigating a prang. What happens if i was killed in the incident --- my wife would not get compensation because there was no dash cam footage???? -
Insurance company accepting 50/50 liability against my will!!
Goucho replied to Goucho's topic in Motor Insurance
Everything dropped and 50/50 liability entered on my insurance. Wouldn't mind but female driver is still taking driving lessons and the guy has nearly hit me twice by cutting across me at a T-junction (waiting to turn left and he cuts across me as he turns right onto my bit of road from the main part of the T-junction) What a farce this is, i bet if he said i shouted racial abuse at him that they would believe him and i would get done !!! I am sure he didn't reckon that both me and my neighbours are racists and made it all up! -
Well guys here i am again ... just search my posts. OK here we go ...... My son was on Universal credits and was hit with 4 sanctions 1 after the other for 28 days each with the final one being for 92 days due to the previous 3! He was under a "sick note" for 3 of them and the fourth was for not doing enough entries on hit work diary thing. I went to a routine meeting with my son and was met with what i would class as hostility. I am mobility impaired and on good days i can walk with a stick but i am in constant pain. So the first thing my son asked was if there was a chair for me me and his work coach said "your father can stand" Anyway after a lot of messing to get a chair and then to move from in front of her I got to work on why she sanctioned him for being unfit. A long conversation entailed with her constantly repeating that all was correct i left telling her that she was ignorant of the law and needed further training. If you had been there to see the way i was treated and also my son i am sure you would have not kept control. I helped my son get the sanctions lifted and then luckily he got a job as this one at the DWP was after him for sure!!! The problem now is that he was fired due to not being able to keep up with his duties. I am now very concerned that the DWP will do what they can to make his life unbearable. Is it possible to get permission to accompany my son and to speak on his behalf as he finds things difficult to understand at times and a lot of things just go over his head. Also is it possible to video record all appointments as they either lie or AS THEY SAY "IGNORANCE IS NOT AND EXCUSE" so they are lying to him or are ignorant to the law as i have proven on numerous occasions so i know they are after us!!! What can i do to protect my son and also myself from being targeted??
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Heading off to ESA Tribunal Tomorrow :( PLZZ Help
Goucho replied to Goucho's topic in Benefits and HMRC
Well guys after much stalling etc etc i finally got my decision. It was allowed!!! Now i have to wait for the DWP to pay me what they owe me. Any ideas on how long this takes? Knowing them they will probably appeal to the higher tribunal but the judge stated that if they did he would "Defend his decision vigorously". I think that speaks volumes on what he thinks of the way the DWP treated me. Right now for the juicy bit - i intend to seek interest and compensation as this has caused so much ill health, debt, anxiety etc etc etc. I have been treated very badly concerning this and i was always entitled to the money! Have any of you guys got advice on how to go about this and any idea on what i should ask for or is this decided by a judge if they award me compensation?? -
Thanx guys The first 2 periods he got a notice of possible sanction and we rang them to say he had a doctors sick note and was sending them in as required so they said that would be OK but then they sanctioned him anyway as you see in my OP. The third one was for a period that he was fit but he got no notice of a possible sanction for this period? He had made 3 separate entries into his online diary (which they access to see what he is doing to look for work) covering 3 of the 5 days of the sanction. Would this be deemed enough and/or warrants a punishment of £8.20 for 91 days?
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