Parking Eye Lose in Court

[padja]

Parking Eye have lost in court

 

A MOTORIST took on a giant parking firm that fined him for over-staying his ticket by 15 minutes – and won.

Simon Adams was furious when he was slapped with a £60 fine after parking outside a branch of discount store Family Bargains.

After he refused to pay, the fine and costs rose to £215, and firm ParkingEye took him to Derby County Court.

But a judge ruled Simon and wife Natalie were “convincing witnesses”, and threw the case out.

 

Read more at http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Motorist-8216-ecstatic-8217-Derby-court-victory/story-21658621-detail/story.html#SVwU6yijuyPHp5Z2.99

 

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Motorist-8216-ecstatic-8217-Derby-court-victory/story-21658621-detail/story.html

[BankFodder]

At the court, where the couple represented themselves and ParkingEye was represented by a solicitor who refused to give his name to the Derby Telegraph, District Judge Elizabeth Williscroft said she believed they had written the letters and ruled they did not need to pay a penny.

Oh dear. I see that the solicitor was too ashamed to acknowledge the type of client he had - or maybe there was some other reason.

 

 

 

She said: “I thought that the defendants were convincing witnesses.”

Oh dear oh dear

 

 

 

She said ParkingEye said it did not receive correspondence but ruled, on the balance of probability, that it did.

Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear.

 

Maybe it is Parking Eye being dishonest again - but not intentionally so - as identified all those years ago by the Court of Appeal in another Parking Eye case

 

 

Read more at http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Motorist-8216-ecstatic-8217-Derby-court-victory/story-21658621-detail/story.html#SVwU6yijuyPHp5Z2.99

[armadillo71]

This was posted yesterday,

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?429213-Parking-Eye-Having-Postal-Problems

[ericsbrother]

OPbvoiusly the judge knew that they had terrible problems with their post but since the letters were deemed to have arrived PE were screwed anyway for not following the protocols. Should have let them go to POPLA and they would have probably got the appeal wording wrong and PE could have chalked up a victory there.