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Friday 11 November 2016

Picture of the week. Gladstones issue letter before claim for £17 million

Hapless solicitors Gladstones Solicitors have told Mr Knowles he owes G24 Ltd £17,092,015.


The Prankster understands Mr Knowles will contest the claim.

Happy Parking

The Parking Prankster


17 comments:

  1. I thought you would like that one when I saw it on one of the parking charge Facebook groups. I think it helps prove the lack of human intervention once these things get rolling... From ANPR cameras that can't provide accuracy through to miss-types replacing amounts with something that bears a resemblance to a date... ... 17.09.2015 perhaps?

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  2. It's definitely the date of incident. But it's still hysterical that they as "professionals" have made such an error

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  3. To put the date instead of the amount on their own letter?
    TWICE?
    Did these people go to school, or just play truant? Please let it go to court!

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  4. I wonder what the court fees on this would be.
    Also, doesn't this make it a little awkward when they claim money for completing these forms, which haven't been compiled by a human?

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  5. What are the court fees for a claim of over £17M?

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    1. Wouldn't be dealt with at county court level that's for sure.

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  6. Probably an error in a mail merge.

    Idiots. wouldn't surprise me to see a few pop up (bulk sendouts)

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  8. A pretty clear case of harrassment I think- demanding an amount which bears no possible relation to any amount in dispute.

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    1. Hardly. No court is going to take a harassment claim for something like this seriously. It's an obvious admin error, and if followed by a claim would almost certainly be struck out on the court's own initiative.

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    2. Indeed, it's a very minor error and could be dealt with easily by a token punitive fine from the court, perhaps a mere 10% of the mis-claimed amount. Who could argue with that?

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  9. Counter claim for todays date

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    1. But that would only be for £11m, around £6m out of pocket!!

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    2. Yeah, wait until a week next Thursday.

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  10. They are still using the old address for Gladstones; so more likely, this is DRP messing up by using the wrong paper.!

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  11. Another one reported on MSE by poster called mad-as-hell on 14th November - this time for £15m. Same originating PPC, and Debt Recovery Plus.

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