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BW Legal have made a claim against my partner. The hearing is in April. She has yet to file a statement.
She parked in a private permit holder only (no ticket machine) car park next to where she works for a period of what could not have been more than 15 minutes maybe less.
She has written to them and explained to them the following:
She was parked there because she has a disability. Her disability is that she has previously suffered with bowl cancer and as a consequence only has 40% of her bowl left. What this means is that when she needs to go the time between her body telling her she needs to go and evacuation can be just a few seconds if any time at all. For this reason we both have blacked out window at the back of our vehicles so that if things go bad whilst driving she can find somewhere to pull in and clean herself up in the back of the car without the shame of coming into contact with random public.
The claim is for many years ago and she cant be sure if this was a back of the car or dash to the toilet just inside her work building situation.
Add to this her diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder linked to her cancer and fecal incontinence. This diagnosis came from the trauma of messing up her cancer surgery so badly she contracted another infection that nearly killed her and 3 months later she left hospital with a new set of mental health diagnoses.
This is the reason i have to write this for her. Having to retell her story to anyone that isn't one of 5 close family members triggers PTSD flashbacks. The incontinence is linked to the PTSD and explaining this to people also triggers flash back.
These conditions are confirmed in a doctors letter.
Whilst i have done plenty of research and believe there may be a 'forbidding signs argument' i do not know anything about disability law or harassment.
Despite requesting that BW Legal stop harassing my partner and explaining to them that their repeated communications have actually resulted in such anxiety that my partner has had to return to the doctor to increase her meds, they have not withdrawn the application. Instead they have actually challenged my partner's disability and questioned whether she is really as disabled as she says she is (though not in those words).
If this were one ticket she would just pay it to avoid the stress. However she is worried that there may be many more in the pipeline and that BW Legal are using this to test the water and pave the way for more as this is a regular issue. Whenever she has explained to local councils why she had to park on a single yellow line they have instantly cancelled her ticket. She is now terrified of the potential humiliation of being cross examined and is becoming increasingly unwell. So much so that she is considering taking out a loan and getting into 5 years of financial hardship just to make it all stop and avoid having to go to court.
Any advice would be greatly welcomed. Thank you in advance.
BW Legal have made a claim against my partner. The hearing is in April. She has yet to file a statement.
She parked in a private permit holder only (no ticket machine) car park next to where she works for a period of what could not have been more than 15 minutes maybe less.
She has written to them and explained to them the following:
She was parked there because she has a disability. Her disability is that she has previously suffered with bowl cancer and as a consequence only has 40% of her bowl left. What this means is that when she needs to go the time between her body telling her she needs to go and evacuation can be just a few seconds if any time at all. For this reason we both have blacked out window at the back of our vehicles so that if things go bad whilst driving she can find somewhere to pull in and clean herself up in the back of the car without the shame of coming into contact with random public.
The claim is for many years ago and she cant be sure if this was a back of the car or dash to the toilet just inside her work building situation.
Add to this her diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder linked to her cancer and fecal incontinence. This diagnosis came from the trauma of messing up her cancer surgery so badly she contracted another infection that nearly killed her and 3 months later she left hospital with a new set of mental health diagnoses.
This is the reason i have to write this for her. Having to retell her story to anyone that isn't one of 5 close family members triggers PTSD flashbacks. The incontinence is linked to the PTSD and explaining this to people also triggers flash back.
These conditions are confirmed in a doctors letter.
Whilst i have done plenty of research and believe there may be a 'forbidding signs argument' i do not know anything about disability law or harassment.
Despite requesting that BW Legal stop harassing my partner and explaining to them that their repeated communications have actually resulted in such anxiety that my partner has had to return to the doctor to increase her meds, they have not withdrawn the application. Instead they have actually challenged my partner's disability and questioned whether she is really as disabled as she says she is (though not in those words).
If this were one ticket she would just pay it to avoid the stress. However she is worried that there may be many more in the pipeline and that BW Legal are using this to test the water and pave the way for more as this is a regular issue. Whenever she has explained to local councils why she had to park on a single yellow line they have instantly cancelled her ticket. She is now terrified of the potential humiliation of being cross examined and is becoming increasingly unwell. So much so that she is considering taking out a loan and getting into 5 years of financial hardship just to make it all stop and avoid having to go to court.
Any advice would be greatly welcomed. Thank you in advance.
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