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Call Sign November 2011
At the Adjudication service with 46 appeals...
BARRIE SAVES DAC
£5590 IN ONE DAY!
cost. He now deals with all our PCNs barring
Adjudicator whether an appeal is going well -
the indefensible ones such as stopping on
as indeed 43 of the 46 did, all reaching suc-
zigzags or on a public footpath. Along the
cessful outcomes and saving this Society a
way, he has turned Driver Service's Manager
whopping £5,590 for the day!
Nuala Glavin into a parking expert as well.
Of the three lost PCNs, one was always
Over the past few years, many Dial-a-
going to be a no-win because it was for park-
Cab drivers have been through the PCN
ing on the public footway in Brick Lane,
Several years ago, Call Sign was contacted by
independent Adjudication process at the
whereas the other two were not proceeded
Barrie Segal, quite probably the best known
Angel the Parking and Traffic Appeals
with by Barrie because he could see that both
Penalty Charge Notice expert in the country.
Service known as PATAS. Some have won
were what he referred to as 50 50s and
However, the call was nothing to do with
and others lost, but on one recent
whereas they may possibly have succeeded,
PCNs; it was to express gratitude for the years
Saturday Barrie Segal marched up to the
had they not done so would have set prece-
of usage his late mother had seen with her
Angel with no less than 46 DaC PCN
dents in favour of the boroughs that could
Westminster TaxiCard.
appeals stuffed into his bulging briefcase.
have gone against us at future Adjudication
At the time indeed like now Westminster
He had to bear in mind that the service
appeals.
was having problems subsidising the card and
finishes at 2pm on Saturdays.
"Yes, it was a fairly successful day," a mod-
Mr Segal told this magazine that if we ever
Whilst the PCNs were from several different
est Barrie told Call Sign afterwards, leaving
needed his assistance, he would be delighted
boroughs, the majority were from Westminster
that £5,590 safely tucked up in DaC's bank
to help. We thanked him for his offer and
with each failure ready to cost DaC £130 as
balance, whereas just a paltry £390 went back
asked whether he would be prepared to write
the "pay half" offer has gone once you go to
to the boroughs!
an article for Call Sign on what to do if you
arbitration.
If you need some assistance with a non-
receive a PCN? That led to several further arti-
Barrie was greeted like a lost friend when
DaC PCN, then go to Barrie's website. He
cles before Dial-a-Cab who were spending
the Arbitrator called out a cheery "good morn-
is the founder of www.appealnow.com
a fortune on paying for driver's PCNs given
ing Mr Segal" as the parking tickets came out
where you can get assistance in formulat-
whilst on account trips decided to see
one at a time. Barrie knows the procedure
ing your appeal to give you a much better
whether Barrie could help cut our annual PCN
backwards and probably knows as well as the
chance of success...
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