Court Fines - parking ticket

Dwnmtc

Hi

Apparently back in July 2003 i acquired a parking ticket - which i did not know about at all - the Court Fines Department wrote to me at the end of last year 2008 some 5.5 years later and informed me that this debt is now £232 and needs to be paid immediately as in 2003 i pleading guilty by POST and issued a cheque to them which bounce. I have informed both the Law Courts and The Fines Department that i was unaware of this fine at the time and i neither admitted this by post nor sent a cheque that subsequently bounced to them. I have asked for them to provide me with evidence of all of this and i have been told by the Law Courts that they do not keep records for this long and all they have is that there is an unpaid fine due by me on their records and are unable to assist me anymore.
Is it correct that they have no hard evidence to supply me with on what they claim is an outstanding matter - and if so can they chase me on just there say so ?
Where do i stand on this and should i go to the Citizens Advice regarding this ???
Thanks Dawn

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

Its up to you to prove you've paid it, not the other way around.

underlay_guru

Neil Herron is a bit famous in the North East - not only because he drives around Sunderland with the numberplate 'FINED', but continuously successfully challenges parking fines and enforcement laws, taking advantage of various loopholes.

He has a free information web site, however requires you to subscribe

sarahg1969

Not so much loopholes, as challenging local authorities where they fail to get their house in order. The local authorities have a set of rules that they must abide by, just like drivers do. And if they fail to do so because they are incompetent, then they must fail in their claims against a driver. Local authorities are so arrogant that they think the rules don't apply to them, and they go about their business in a gung-ho manner, assuming that they have the right to penalise people for breaking rules, when the rules haven't even been implemented correctly.

Crabman

Hi Dwnmtc,

Welcome to MSE, I've moved your thread to the Parking Board

Hi, Martin’s asked me to post this in these circumstances: I’ve asked Board Guides to move threads if they’ll receive a better response elsewhere (please see this rule) so this thread has been moved to another board, where it should get more replies. If you have any questions about this policy please email [EMAIL="abuse@moneysavingexpert.com"]abuse@moneysavingexpert.com[/EMAIL].

Neil_B

Dwnmtc wrote: »

Hi

Apparently back in July 2003 i acquired a parking ticket - which i did not know about at all - the Court Fines Department wrote to me at the end of last year 2008 some 5.5 years later and informed me that this debt is now £232 and needs to be paid immediately as in 2003 i pleading guilty by POST and issued a cheque to them which bounce. I have informed both the Law Courts and The Fines Department that i was unaware of this fine at the time and i neither admitted this by post nor sent a cheque that subsequently bounced to them. I have asked for them to provide me with evidence of all of this and i have been told by the Law Courts that they do not keep records for this long and all they have is that there is an unpaid fine due by me on their records and are unable to assist me anymore.
Is it correct that they have no hard evidence to supply me with on what they claim is an outstanding matter - and if so can they chase me on just there say so ?
Where do i stand on this and should i go to the Citizens Advice regarding this ???
Thanks Dawn

plenty of detail and yet no detail???

No idea who is asking you for money or why? "Law Courts" ??? "Fines Dept" ??? Who exactly?

can we see what paperwork you have.

Neil_B

Edited in response to guru - ok?

As i read it - yes subscription to access many areas of info and possibly for further help.

underlay_guru

I was unaware the site required subscription, I shall remove the link.