Private Parking Tickets discussion

esmerobbo

nellzbob wrote: »

Please help i have got a parking ticket from parkingeye.I did stay longer than the permited 1 and a half hours however it was an aldi carpark and i had been shopping in aldi so i appealed sending them my receipt etc.I now have to give them £70 as the reduced parking charge of £40 has expired the ticket was issued in Edinburgh. I am looking for advice, reading this thread it seems i should ignore it however is it the same law in scotland? I have tried to contact them but all i get is automatic responses and no way to talk to some one. What should i do next?

Totally ignore them. They have no power in any country. Parkingspy are amongst the easiest to ignore. You have already had a taste of how they work by your appeal being rejected although you were shopping at Aldi.
Just sit tight and ignore the chain of letters you will receive.

nellzbob

Thankyou for putting my mind at rest

trisontana

I know the general advice is to ignore PPCs, their "debt collectors" and their "solicitors" but this, I think, is an exception. Just take a look at these suggested letters (and certificate) to be sent to Roxborough/Graham White. I particularly like the "Employee of the Month Certificate" :-

"For enduring willingness to abandon all moral principles in the pursuit
of innocent people for non-existent debts, on behalf of a company
which has been the subject of multiple complaints to the
Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Your parents must be so proud of you."

Herbie21

As many people on here know, I have a commercial business providing bailiff advice to the public and normally therefore post responses to queries on the debt section of MSE.

I am posting here concerning a very worrying matter that was brought to my attention this morning when I was contacted by a vehicle keeper who had received a notice from Civil Enforcement Ltd on her car earlier this year when shopping at Curry's (in a retail park). Like many posters on here she received letters from Civil Enforcement Ltd and eventually; from Newlyn Plc.

However, astonishingly, this morning she received a personal visit at her home from a BAILIFF from NEWLYN Plc who left a hand delivered notice through her door which states on it the following:

FINAL NOTICE

BAILIFF REMOVAL

Total Outstanding £238.13

Due to: Civil Enforcement Ltd

I have today attended your property with the intention of levying and removing your goods.

I will be attending again in the next few days, at the time of my visit I may remove without further notice, goods including motor vehicles even in your absence.

TO AVOID THIS ACTION YOU MUST CONTACT MY ENFORCEMENT TEAM IMMEDIATELY ON 01604 633001 (Bailiff in Charge).

If anyone receives such a notice could they please bear in mind the following:

To legally enforce any supposed "debt", Civil Enforcement Ltd would need to issue a summons to the owner of the vehicle. If the summons was ignored then by default, a County Court Judgment would be registered against the vehicle owner. At this stage....and ONLY at this stage... Civil Enforcement Ltd can apply to the County Court for a Warrant of Execution to be issued. Civil Enforcement Ltd would have to pay a £100 court fee to request such a warrant.

Once a warrant was issued, it must by law only be enforced by a County Court Bailiff. There is no provision within law, for it to be enforced by private sector bailiff company such as Newlyn Plc!!

Due to the seriousness of this letter, I have written today to the Ministry of Justice, The British Parking Association, DVLA and the Office of Fair Trading.

If anybody receives such a letter as this, they may wish to also write a formal letter of complaint to the Office of Fair Trading and in doing so, they may wish to refer to the Office of Fair Trading Debt Collection Guidance which can be accessed by using the link below:


To Confirm, no summons has been issued and neither has a Judgment been awarded!!

http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/business_leaflets/consumer_credit/oft664.pdf

peter_the_piper

Wow thats scarey this would cause virtually everyone to pay up, which of course its meant to. Thanks Herbie for the heads up. I assume you would let us know the outcome.

esmerobbo

Has a judgement been awarded?

trisontana

This was a tactic used by our old friend PCN UK Ltd a few months ago, and a lot of good it did them.

Herbie21

esmerobbo wrote: »

Has a judgement been awarded?

No a summons has NOT been issued and neither has Judgment been awarded. I should have made that clear. I will amend the post.

Thank you.

trisontana

Even the name "Civil Enforcement Ltd" seems especially chosen to fool people into thinking this company has some sort of legitimacy.

Hadeon

Surely to goodness Newlyn are blatantly breaking the law here and as certified bailiffs are in the brown stuff.