CEL ticket - POPLA failed |
CEL ticket - POPLA failed |
Fri, 18 Jan 2019 - 20:45
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Member Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 12 Sep 2005 From: NW England Member No.: 3,769 |
I received a PCN from CEL a few months ago, because my car had been parked without buying a ticket, supposedly.
The circumstances are: The driver parked the car, rang the number on the signs, and passed all details as required. A few days later I received the PCN, which of course I appealed, given the circumstances. This appeal failed. I appealed to POPLA. During this appeal, the parking company supplied evidence, which actually showed that the car details and the payment card details had been recorded, but this transaction failed as the 'caller hung up', which is true of course, as they thought the transaction was finished. The POPLA appeal failed too. What further steps are available to me? |
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019 - 20:45
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019 - 21:04
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Member Group: Members Posts: 10,695 Joined: 23 Apr 2004 From: Not in the UK Member No.: 1,131 |
Sit tight until you get CEL's letter before claim. Ignore all debt collectors until then.
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019 - 22:00
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Member Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 12 Sep 2005 From: NW England Member No.: 3,769 |
So what do I do when CEL's letter before claim arrives?
Having read this and many other forums, it would seem that everything is based on Contract Law, but I have no idea if such laws cover the requirement for an ANPR and automated payment system to be 'fit for purpose'. My own non-legally based logic would suggest that a payment system operated by mobile phone should send some sort of failure message if the payment failed. |
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Fri, 18 Jan 2019 - 22:20
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Member Group: Members Posts: 4,126 Joined: 31 Jan 2018 Member No.: 96,238 |
Yes
CEL is seeking to take advantage from a failure of its own payment system That's what you reply to the Letter of Claim It will be ignored and CEL will send the account for a ride on the debt collector/solicitor merry-go-round to add charges that are quite frankly fiction CEL won't issue a claim before this time A defence that draws attention to the charges is almost certain to guarantee that CEL won't let a judge ask about its business practices It will instead discontinue the claim or fail to respond to the defence so that the court stays the claim - puts it in limbo unless CEL pays to unstay it This post has been edited by Redivi: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 - 22:27 |
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Sun, 20 Jan 2019 - 01:14
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Member Group: Members Posts: 18,751 Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Member No.: 32,130 |
So what do I do when CEL's letter before claim arrives? Having read this and many other forums, it would seem that everything is based on Contract Law, but I have no idea if such laws cover the requirement for an ANPR and automated payment system to be 'fit for purpose'. My own non-legally based logic would suggest that a payment system operated by mobile phone should send some sort of failure message if the payment failed. See the MSE NEWBIES thread post #2 about LBC and court stage. CEL normally muck it up. Plenty of defences on here and on MSE, and many are about failure of a phone app and that the driver made 'reasonable endeavours' to pay. Search both forums for Jolley v Carmel defence as your keywords and you will be able to read what happened in shedloads of similar cases, and how to write a defence. |
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