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PCN from private company which work paid. Can work ask me to pay it?
So i have a company car which i overstayed in a car park which takes photos on enetry and exit. So we know it was an overstay. 45 quid charge which has been paid by my employer. They emailed and wrote to me to ask if they can deduct it from my wages. I werent up for that cos if it were my car i doubt id be paying anyway.…
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Does ANPR recognition break law?
I read with interest this article on the BBC: bbc dot co dot uk/news/technology-23433138 "The use of ANPR [automatic number plate recognition] cameras and other forms of surveillance must be proportionate to the problem it is trying to address." If its disproportionate for the police to use ANPR, then PPCs looking to use…
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ParkingEye charge -advice needed please
I think im getting the idea of how I should deal with this "issue" but could do with some firm advice. We have just received a notice from ParkingEye requesting £70 (reduced to £40) if we pay early for a contravention at a "free shoppers car park" we have been using for years. Its always been free and there are signs on…
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Graham White/Sobell full court transcript
This recent court case is now available on CAG under the title 'Successful defence to private parking charge'......With thanks to ims21 (site team) for posting this for me...........Enjoy
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Photographed for a Parking Ticket.
While driving to purchase some bedside tables today, I was listening to a debate on 5Live where Lincoln City have been left with no Traffic Wardens due to the amount of aggro they receive from the public. The presenter was saying to just allow 5 minutes grace. I was wondering what was the point of 5 minutes? However,…
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Parking Charge
This morning I received a parking charge at the Stevenage Leisure Centre. I was early for an appointment and thought I'd pop into town for half an hour. When I got back there was a parking charge for "leaving the site" taped to my windscreen. I feel like this is unfair as I was only in town for half an hour and I used the…
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SMART PArking PCN in Harlow
Hi, today I parked in the Wtaer Gardens Car Park in Harlow. They have a new system in place of ticketless car parking, with signs everywhere saying no need for a ticket, remember your bay number and pay at a machine. In each parking place is a sensor which senses your car being there. At the machines it states, enter your…
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Britannia Parking at Poole Quayside - Urgent
I parked at Poole Quayside back in the early part of July, between the hours of around 8.00pm and 10.15pm as I was taking a customer out for dinner in Poole. Just under two weeks later I received a PCN stating that I failed to purchase a valid ticket, with a supporting image of my vehicle entering and leaving the car park.…
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Humberside Airport PCN
Hi everybody and thanks for looking at my question, basically I am in the same situation as below: " Hi Guys my wife recieved a parking charge notice on the 17/06/2013. I work offshore and my wife dropped me off as normal at the airport (less than a minute) we stopped in the normal place which is a bus stop. I returned…
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Parking Eye
Hi I've received a fine for parking in a retail outlet and overstayed by half an hour - I had a puncture which prolonged my stay. Parking eye will not let me off this fine as I do not have proof of a purchase at the retail store. What should I do - the parking was free in the first instance and I'm not happy paying £60 for…
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Hemel Sportspace parking fine
Just received a parking fine for using the Hemel Hempstead Sportspace car park when going swimming with my daughter. i was unaware of the new scheme it's not very well notified, I've a small boisterious 6 year old who I was concentrating on and not any notices and the staff don't seem to take it upon themselves to remind…
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Parking ticket through the post!?
Hi, I have received a parking ticket through the post. I was parked on a street where you need a permit, or you need to display a visitors parking permit/stub. Basically I have a book of these tickets and I did pull one out, scrape away the bits on it which show when I arrived there (date, time), put it on the dash and…
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Virgin Active and MET
For some months now my regular gym has had MET signs telling me that if I want to stay more than 4hours then I need to enter my registration number (every time) into a system they have installed at reception otherwise they'll be trying to impose the usual pile of bogus charges on me. Which option would you take? 1) jump…
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Parking Charge Notice - UKCPS ltd
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Parking eye - fine
Hi I'm asking for help on behalf of my dad he recently got a parking charge notice through the post off parking eye as he apparently didn't pay for a ticket but the fact is he did pay for a ticket but made and honest mistake when purchasing the ticket and messed up entering his reg number in the machine. He's never used…
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Norfolk Parking Enforcement — Parking Charge Notice... What Do I Do?!
Hi MSErs! :wave: Unfortunately I just got one of those infamous 'Parking Charge Notices' slapped on my car. After parking in an area on private property for an hour, I returned to find a PCN taped on my window. The fine is £100, with a £40 discount if paid within 14 days (+£4 processing fee). Standard stuff, but still…
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The lottery of going to Court
I know it was not relevant with this case, but it does highlight the lottery of being taken to Court. You could land up with a right muppet, where as wording a PoPLA appeal proven to win can cut a claim dead. http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=75803 Out of interest, what's to stop a PPC ignoring a PoPLA verdict,…
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Help with Parking Eye Appeal please
I regularly visit the Stourbridge branch of Aldi on a Friday evening. I park on Aldi, go in and buy my son a drink and a snack, take him to a sports club and then come back to complete my weekly shop. 2 hours is usually more than enough. However on the 5th July my son who has Autism decided to have a meltdown in the shop…
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Need help with fine from PCN Parking Services
I got a parking ticket on 6th June while working as an agency nurse at an NHS hospital. I didn't have a parking permit as I wasn't employed by the hospital but was in staff parking and had payed staff parking rates. I was told after this by a car park employee that i should have put a note on my dashboard stating the…
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VCS Ltd v HMRC (appeal won)
So, VCS is no longer a valid defense as the verdict was successfully appealed. On the other hand, adds to the burden of proof of there being a contract in the first place. http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/186.html
