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cps plus limited motorway parking fine
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trickytrev33
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I travel on the motorways for work and share driving with a friend,times are hard and i have tried saving paying the £8 parking fee and as a nice present i have recievbed 2 parking charge letters this morning demanding £80 reduced to £50 if payed before 13 may.£100 in total,has anybody had dealings with this company and will they take me to court?
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Loads of people on here have had dealings with these people, have a read around the forums and do a goooooogle search.trickytrev33 wrote: »... has anybody had dealings with this company and will they take me to court?
You'll soon realise this isn't a fine, and they are extremely unlikely to try it on in court. Ignore all their letters, and don't pay them a penny.
I have been providing assistance, including Lay Representation at Court hearings (current score: won 57, lost 14), to defendants in parking cases for over 5 years. I have an LLB (Hons) degree, and have a Graduate Diploma in Civil Litigation from CILEx. However, any advice given on these forums by me is NOT formal legal advice, and I accept no liability for its accuracy.0 -
Thankyou bargepole ill store their letters away and keep everyone upto date with what happens,am expecting more fines as these 2 were from the middle of the month so im expecting at least 5 more,also do the cameras in the car park trek the timings because i never had a ticket?
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My wife recently got a ticket from this company. This was after being told she could park at the Travel lodge were it was. How is any one to know if this so called company didnt just send a gut around with a notebook and pen writing down everyones reg?. They then say you were illegally parked so a ticket can be served?.
I have told the wife to ignore everything from them but to keep all letters. Fingers crossed.0 -
I quite believe they do, as most people are honest and lots just pay any """fines""" its a good way of making money. I expect 50% would pay, 30% would appeal, lose and pay and the rest come here and just ignore.. How is any one to know if this so called company didnt just send a guy around with a notebook and pen writing down everyones reg?. They then say you were illegally parked so a ticket can be served?.
.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0 -
How about following the regulations?0
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There are no "regulations" applicable to private parking. That's why their so-called "fines" are a complete con.How about following the regulations?
I have been providing assistance, including Lay Representation at Court hearings (current score: won 57, lost 14), to defendants in parking cases for over 5 years. I have an LLB (Hons) degree, and have a Graduate Diploma in Civil Litigation from CILEx. However, any advice given on these forums by me is NOT formal legal advice, and I accept no liability for its accuracy.0 -
There are no "regulations" applicable to private parking. That's why their so-called "fines" are a complete con.
And to back that up here is a recent ruling by a Judge about another parking company:-
The Judge ruled that Excel could only pursue the alleged debt under the law of trespass, and since they didn't own the land that the vehicle was parked on, they didn't have any basis for a claim.
What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?0 -
Which is almost always the case - not always but a huge percentage.0
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So if you owned a drive, you wouldnt mind anyone parking on it?0
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That old chestnut again. I do own a drive, and I would mind anyone parking on it. But my driveway is not laid out as a public parking area, and if someone parked there uninvited, I certainly wouldn't try to con them by using fake parking "tickets", misleading letters, and threats of court action which I knew I couldn't carry out.So if you owned a drive, you wouldnt mind anyone parking on it?
I have been providing assistance, including Lay Representation at Court hearings (current score: won 57, lost 14), to defendants in parking cases for over 5 years. I have an LLB (Hons) degree, and have a Graduate Diploma in Civil Litigation from CILEx. However, any advice given on these forums by me is NOT formal legal advice, and I accept no liability for its accuracy.0
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