I ask this simple question for good reason, of those key figures within the realms of the park home industry who remain utterly oblivious to the massive damage they are doing to their own future livelihoods. Numerous classic examples of this can be found in our latest newsletter complied entirely by Ron Joyce, and featuring recent court cases and decisions.

Coincidentally, I write at a time when the legal profession have been severely criticised, relating to the outrageous treatment they served upon the parents of Milly Dowler. Simultaneously, the actions of certain journalists within the newspaper industry, can also be likened, in a sense, to those we face almost daily within the park home industry. As one commentator put it; “ There are sections of the [newspaper[ profession which cross the line of common decency, and at times cross into illegality.”

It makes me physically sick when I attempt to put myself in the shoes of those who clearly wake up every morning after a good night’s sleep, and gleefully go to work knowing that they are going to do their worst against defenceless, innocent elderly and vulnerable people that, to all intents and purposes, could cause them to lose their home and, in most cases, much of their life savings, and probably contribute to their early demise through sheer stress, solely to line the deep pockets of these ruthless and often lying individuals, via our so called justice system.

After all, how easy it can be to convince a court, with little or no previous knowledge of park home issues, that legal representatives for the industry in general, and park owners in particular, can offer to “assist the court”, by doing nothing other than ‘feathering’ their particular clients’ ‘nest’. I’ve witnessed that, because of the fabrication, there is often no actual legal merit in the case before the court, which any legal professional surely has a duty to check, is why truly innocent victims are being treated as criminals in their own home.

Current examples being a rise of instances where false claims are lodged that older homes “must” be moved in order to renew certain services, when in fact, such infrastructure was originally laid so as NOT to cause the need for a home to be moved.

In any event, can anyone in the legal profession cite a case where, say, a 15^th century home had to be moved, brick by brick, then replaced, just to renew a mains water supply? The answer is obvious, so why do the courts fall for it? We each know the answer to that, but nobody in power wants to rock the boat. Ugh!

Now, let me quote from an article entitled; “How courts let the victim down”, from the Daily Express, with words from Donal MacCintyre, an investigative jounalist, commenting on the “shocking” treatment from the legal profession to wards the parents of murdered Milly Dowler: “My wife and I lived through the same adversarial questioning which, to my mind, crossed the line from the legitimate to cruel, aggressive and debasing attacks. We felt let down by a justice system that fails to serve and protect victims.” Readers may recall Mr. MacCintyre was set upon by 10men, only one of whom was finally charged. He concluded by saying he was “also beaten up by a barrister verbally whilst giving testimony”.

Does nobody of significance in the park home industry have sufficient brain cells between them to realise that, when they gloat and smirk after ‘winning’ a case against a defenceless homeowner, they’ve actually won NOTHING? How many lucrative sales are then subsequently lost because of the certain bad publicity, often before and after a case? How many potential buyers have since changed their minds after realising they too could well become a future victim? Just like Ratners Jewellers, and the News of the World newspaper, they could discover their industry has gone right down the drain overnight. Today, it remains in the gutter, until someone has the guts to pull it back up where it once belonged. The biggest boost it can have is by utilising just two, yes TWO letters from the alphabet; NO! Say NO to the use of your solicitors and barristers, as they seem not to be able to refuse taking on such deplorable demands by their ruthless clients. Do it in the name of decency and respect.

Let’s not forget that PHRAA was set up in memory of those who died, hastened by the sheer stress, whilst fighting this combined industry and legal profession on matters that, 8 times out of ten could have been settled over a cup of tea or glass of beer. The Milly Dowler case was one of murder. Death by any means, is the loss of life, no matter how old. How much longer must our own list of deaths of those fighting for their right to remain in their homes in the Autumn of their lives, rise before this industry and its associates wipes the blood from its hands?

I ask the question in this manner, because a month ago, having involved certain members of the church in seeing just how secters of the park home industry behave, wrote to both the BH&HPA and NCC; (Park owners Trade organisations) the former also received an article I perceived appropriate to publish in their secretive BH&HPA Journal, for their members’ eyes only. Each communication was sent by recorded delivery, and since confirmed as delivered. To date, not a word from either camp. No surprise, eh? Cowards or what? Not even the Sermon on the Mount caused a stir. The only thing this lot pray for is ill gotten gains, isn’t it.

But, equally to blame are those individuals in government who continue to ‘brown nose’ this multi billion £ industry to the hilt which, for example, robbed you ladies of a right to vote, if you dared to live with a partner! (*****See Footnote below) They also condoned killing off the reasonable notice period to repair, where necessary, your home, by a sergeant majors demand of “Forthwith”!

I tried to escape this country in 1957 for £10 to Australia, as I could already see the writing on the wall, but this industry’s unbelievable aims and behaviour was not included. Wasn’t that because nobody then new the meaning of the words greed, ruthless, evil….. Sadly I failed my medical because of two disabilities at birth. Here we are, still fighting a war that was over for the rest of the UK in 1945, and nobody is listening…..yet. Timer is running out, fast.

Compiled for PHRAA by Colin Packman. President. July 2011.

Foot note……********* From above.