PCM LTD issued PCM even though parked in own space, Any advice greatly appreciated. |
PCM LTD issued PCM even though parked in own space, Any advice greatly appreciated. |
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 - 07:16
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Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Member No.: 97,695 |
Hello all, a newbie here. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
I know this has probably been covered before but after a bit of reading I am little confused on what my course of action should be whether to ignore or communicate again with them. I received a PCM last week. The background is that our management housing agency engaged PCM Ltd to manage our parking garage. This was because there was a lot of parking issues with non residents parking in spaces not allocated to them. Access to the parking garage is via key fob but the gate doesn't always close due to some residents messing with it. We didn't receive a letter from the managing agent only a letter from PCM saying that they had been engaged by the managing agent and permits were given. I've lived here for 5 years and there was no parking permit system until last November. To be honest I didn't question it as last year my brain was not fully with it, had a really prem baby so I was always coming and going to the hospital. Anyways sorry I'm dithering I had my permit on my dashboard and when I closed the door it fell off. I didn't notice as I was distracted by my bubba crying. So when I came back to the car I saw the PCM and panicked so immediately like a fool I know appealed and revealed I was the driver. Naively thinking it was an honest mistake as I have rights to my space e.g. it's in my lease and it clearly states my parking space number and no where does it say about a parking permit. So obviously my appeal was denied and they have said I could appeal to IAS. Now I know now I should have done my homework and not engaged with them because they would have needed to send me a notice to driver (I think?) I've been looking on MSE and parking prankster and a lot of what people have said is to ignore now after reading here there is advice I should engage with IAS? On the signs it says the managing agent has no sway on PCM being cancelled. I'm not sure what to do and with a small bubba my anxiety levels have reached through the roof. Any advice or help would be so gratefully appreciated. Best wishes, Peapoduk This post has been edited by Peapoduk: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 - 07:26 |
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Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 06:25
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Member Group: Members Posts: 11,094 Joined: 24 Aug 2007 From: Home alone Member No.: 13,324 |
QUOTE How do I stop them ticketing my car if the housing management company have already told them to bog off from my space. Could I bring a case against PCM for trespass? Yes, you seek an injunction at their cost plus your own damages. Warn them first but follow through. This site was suggested over on MSE https://www.clerksroom.com/ They supply what are called "baby barristers". Fully qualified but early in their careers. They do carry a full set of teeth though. This post has been edited by emanresu: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 06:27 |
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Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 07:34
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Member Group: Members Posts: 28,687 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Member No.: 15,642 |
Indeed, you also include the housing management company in the injunction, as they are the principal
You warn them, making it a LBA. You also claim for trespass against your car AND trespass against your space AND tortious interference with your lease. Statt at £500 for that. |
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Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 07:54
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Member Group: Members Posts: 901 Joined: 1 Apr 2017 Member No.: 91,235 |
Below is an untried counterclaim written for someone else but including the dates and arithmetic based on what you have told me in the past.
It is untried because the hearing date in the other case has not yet been set. It does no doubt need some fleshing out because, being a counterclaim, it was preceded by a statement of defence containing more details. If you follow emanresu's suggestion, I have no doubt that a baby barrister would make a much better job of it. The counterclaim read as follows... 1. I make this, my counterclaim, against the Claimant. 2. There are two grounds for making my counterclaim: the Claimant’s repeated trespass on my parking space; and the Claimant’s tortious interference with my lease. 3. The Claimant has been using my parking space for its business purposes since 23 November 2017. 4. To the date of writing, i.e. 17 July 2018, therefore, the Claimant has made use of my parking space for the purposes of its business for a total of 237 days. 5. It follows that the Claimant has trespassed on my parking space for that number of days. 6. In the nearest car park available to the general public, the cost of use of a parking space for the same 237 days would have amounted to £1,087.80. 7. My understanding is that, under Common Law, insofar as trespass is concerned, the Court is required to assume a hypothetical negotiation between a willing and reasonable person in the position of the trespasser, i.e. the Claimant, and a willing and reasonable person in my own position as the occupier of the land. 8. I further understand that the appropriate measure of damages for trespass is the price which such persons would have negotiated as the reasonable price payable for the relevant right of user, or the sum of money which might reasonably have been demanded as a quid pro quo for permitting the trespass. 9. As the Claimant deems £100 to be a reasonable charge for the use of my parking space for one day, the Court could regard £23,700 as a reasonable amount on which to base my counterclaim for the use of the my allocated parking space for 237 days for the Claimant’s business purposes. 10. Frankly, however, I believe £100 for one day’s use of a parking space to be an exorbitant amount, not a reasonable amount. 11. Instead, I regard the very much lower amount of £1,087.80, the cost of use of a parking space for 237 days elsewhere locally, as being much more reasonable figure on which to base my counterclaim. 12. My counterclaim is, therefore, for the sum of £1,087.80. 13. Although that amount is based on a counterclaim for trespass alone and I believe that it would be reasonable for the Court to award me a further amount for tortious interference with my lease, I am willing to accept the sum of £1,087.80 in settlement of the whole of my counterclaim. 14. In addition to agreeing to my counterclaim, I would ask the Court to order the Claimant to cease and desist from its activities in relation to my parking space. This post has been edited by Eljayjay: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 07:56 |
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Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 11:12
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Member Group: Members Posts: 17,088 Joined: 8 Mar 2013 Member No.: 60,457 |
You may be interested in this case, which cost UKPC nearly £1400 for repeatedly placing parking charges on a car
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Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 11:16
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Member Group: Members Posts: 1,640 Joined: 30 May 2013 Member No.: 62,328 |
QUOTE My first ticket was cancelled and I was assured that PCM would not operate on my parking space. Get a copy of the instruction from Paradigm to PCM Ltd QUOTE How do I stop them ticketing my car if the housing management company have already told them to bog off from my space You probably cannot. It would be for their Principal to ensure that they carry out their duties with due diligence. QUOTE Could I bring a case against PCM for trespass? I think that the claim would be against Paradigm, and it would be for Paradigm to invoke the indemnity in their contract with PCM Ltd and add them as a Part 20 defendant. QUOTE Just don't want to have to keep contacting the housing association all the time. If you have a copy of the instruction from Paradigm then you can wait until they obtain details from DVLA and use the instruction as an appeal. and then complain to the ICO that PCM Ltd do not have reasonable grounds to obtain and use your information. -------------------- The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2018 - 22:50
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,356 Joined: 30 Jun 2008 From: Landan Member No.: 20,731 |
7. My understanding is that, under Common Law, insofar as trespass is concerned, the Court is required to assume a hypothetical negotiation between a willing and reasonable person in the position of the trespasser, i.e. the Claimant, and a willing and reasonable person in my own position as the occupier of the land. I like the counterclaim as a whole, but in 7 I would say something like, "...the Court normally assumes a hypothetical negotiation..." --Churchmouse |
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Sun, 22 Jul 2018 - 16:06
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Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Member No.: 97,695 |
Thank you everyone, I got into contact with the housing association and they spoke to PCM to cancel the ticket.
Will look at putting a counterclaim together and using all the advice from you all. Thanks Eljayjay for the counterclaim draft. Best wishes Peapoduk |
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Sun, 22 Jul 2018 - 17:55
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Member Group: Members Posts: 901 Joined: 1 Apr 2017 Member No.: 91,235 |
Excellent news!
I do, however, suspect that, unless you take action against the parking company and/or its principal, it will only be a matter of time before it happens again. |
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Mon, 23 Jul 2018 - 07:50
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Member Group: Members Posts: 9,985 Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Member No.: 21,992 |
Sorry, haven't got time to read the entire thread, have you placed the PPC and the Management Co. on notice with a withdrawal of implied access to the parking space?
-------------------- Sometimes I use big words I don't understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.
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Mon, 23 Jul 2018 - 12:24
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Member Group: Members Posts: 28,687 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Member No.: 15,642 |
If there is no claim, there can be no counterclaim
WHat you do is put the management co and its agents on notice not to trespass further, and hold them liable if it ever hapens again. |
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Thu, 9 Aug 2018 - 19:08
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Member Group: Members Posts: 28,931 Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Member No.: 4,323 |
Injunction still on the cards (as per the linked UKPC case)
I wonder whois actually putting the tckets on the car ? Does a PPC bod come around and do it or is it the MA (or a fellow resident ? ) who does it ? (this is often done like this on commission/a bounty). if its the MA that does it there may torts in the offing This post has been edited by bama: Thu, 9 Aug 2018 - 19:08 -------------------- Which facts in any situation or problem are “essential” and what makes them “essential”? If the “essential” facts are said to depend on the principles involved, then the whole business, all too obviously, goes right around in a circle. In the light of one principle or set of principles, one bunch of facts will be the “essential” ones; in the light of another principle or set of principles, a different bunch of facts will be “essential.” In order to settle on the right facts you first have to pick your principles, although the whole point of finding the facts was to indicate which principles apply.
Note that I am not legally qualified and any and all statements made are "Reserved". Liability for application lies with the reader. |
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Tue, 8 Jan 2019 - 19:09
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Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Member No.: 97,695 |
Happy New Year all!
It's me again! Thank you to everyone who helped previously and were so right about bloody PCM. I should have bit the bullet and did as you guys suggested about getting an injunction and sending a LBA letter and claim in. In the space of a week I received two tickets, I contacted the MA and they have said they will get them cancelled. I can't be bothered to keep the chasing the MA so want to make a more permanent and hard hitting way of stopping these blood suckers. So just to clarify I would need to send a LBA and claim and then ask for an injunction which I would include as costs in my LBA? I would also need to name the MA as well. The MA are useless we have a new housing officer who asked for a ballot to keep PCM in. I of course voted no but apparently everyone else voted yes (have no idea despite what j kept telling my neighbours). The cheeky Housing officer said that the MA had the right to manage the parking bays however they want which i think is complete bull. Anyways I said to her no I don't think you do and I exempt my space from this stupid system and j have written proof that says the MA exempts my space from being policed. She soon backed down. So with this written confirmation can this be used as evidence if we do go to court? Or do I need to see the communication between the MA and PCM saying not to go in my space? Thanks in advance for all advice Best wishes, Peapoduk |
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Tue, 8 Jan 2019 - 19:49
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Member Group: Members Posts: 6,898 Joined: 15 Dec 2007 From: South of John O'Groats, north of Cape Town. Member No.: 16,066 |
In my opinion, any correspondence between the MA and PCM is normally privileged. Your injunction, I believe, should be aimed at the MA. It is up to them to control their agent.
-------------------- Cabbyman 11 PPCs 0
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Wed, 9 Jan 2019 - 08:52
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Member Group: Members Posts: 28,687 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Member No.: 15,642 |
Your LBA says unless you pay X I will take you to court. X is the damages youve suffered. Its also a Cease and DEsist to warn them not to continue their harassment
You state the consequence of failing to pay within X date and confirm they have instructed their agent to cease will result in you going to court, where you will obtain an injunction against them as well as claiming your damages. The LBA is to the MA. I woudlnt bother with PCM. Its up to the MA to make them a part 20 co-defendant, usually under an indeminty clause I hope the MA included in their contract, unless theyre more stupid than you could believe. |
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Fri, 11 Jan 2019 - 02:13
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Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Member No.: 97,695 |
Your LBA says unless you pay X I will take you to court. X is the damages youve suffered. Its also a Cease and DEsist to warn them not to continue their harassment You state the consequence of failing to pay within X date and confirm they have instructed their agent to cease will result in you going to court, where you will obtain an injunction against them as well as claiming your damages. The LBA is to the MA. I woudlnt bother with PCM. Its up to the MA to make them a part 20 co-defendant, usually under an indeminty clause I hope the MA included in their contract, unless theyre more stupid than you could believe. Thanks so much, will go away and do some research and draft a LBA and will post back soon. In the meantime I have received an email trail confirming my tickets have been cancelled and further assurance it won't happen again but won't hold my breath. In this email trail I can see the Ma's instruction to PCM to not touch my space and their agreement to bugger off. So if it does go to court I can use this as evidence. Best wishes, Peapoduk |
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Fri, 11 Jan 2019 - 09:00
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Member Group: Members Posts: 28,687 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Member No.: 15,642 |
Well now theyve agreed to all you were likely to get - cancellatoin and an agreement to FRO - I would hold off
Maybe reply to the MA, confirming their agreement to cancel any outstanding and their instructions to not touch your space again, and warn them that, should their agent issue ticets again, you will without warning file a claim for 1) trespass to land 2) trespass to goods (the vehicle if a ticket was on windscreen) 3) tortious intereference with your lease 4) accessing details from DVLA without reaosnable cause (if they get your data from there) 5) harassment for a sum of no less than £750. Your authority for this is Vidal-Hall v Google and Ferguson v British Gas. You will also seek an injunction against the MA and any agents they employ You trust you will not need to take these steps. |
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Fri, 11 Jan 2019 - 11:13
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Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 26 Apr 2018 Member No.: 97,695 |
Well now theyve agreed to all you were likely to get - cancellatoin and an agreement to FRO - I would hold off Maybe reply to the MA, confirming their agreement to cancel any outstanding and their instructions to not touch your space again, and warn them that, should their agent issue ticets again, you will without warning file a claim for 1) trespass to land 2) trespass to goods (the vehicle if a ticket was on windscreen) 3) tortious intereference with your lease 4) accessing details from DVLA without reaosnable cause (if they get your data from there) 5) harassment for a sum of no less than £750. Your authority for this is Vidal-Hall v Google and Ferguson v British Gas. You will also seek an injunction against the MA and any agents they employ You trust you will not need to take these steps. Ok great will draft a reply to the MA. Sorry to be thick but what does FRO stand for? Best wishes, Peapoduk |
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Fri, 11 Jan 2019 - 11:15
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Member Group: Members Posts: 28,687 Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Member No.: 15,642 |
"eff" right off
I said maybe - see what others think Youre under no time pressure here, so dont just react react react. Give others time to chime in. |
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