Morrisons / Euro Car Parks

AlexisV

Tell your company:

"The charge is not a fine. Ordinary private companies have no powers in law to issue fines or penalties. Legally speaking it is nothing more than an unenforceable invoice. Costs cannot 'escalate' as the amount is a spurious sum plucked out of the air anyway. The registered keeper has no relevance in any of this - only the driver at the time can be party to any alleged contract, the sum being demanded an unenforceable contractual penalty.

It is a scam. All these companies do is send out threatening junkmail before eventually giving up. See attached for the Euro letterchain: Scam

taffy056

Also show your company this link from fleetnews

http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/2009/5/28/question-private-parking-fines-fleets-urged/30698/

One fleet manager, who did not want to be named, described the system as a “scam” after facing a £100 fine for exceeding the hour limit in a car park by 40 minutes.

taffy056

Also show them this video from the BBC Watchdog

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIcdi9niHA

Can I just say that if you are in a union to get them involved, they would be able to help you, and check your contract of employment in relation to parking tickets, it probably mention fines and speeding tickets etc, this is neither of them, and they have no legal right to take money off you to settle this, if they pay it without your authorisation issue them a letter before action and take them to the small claims, though that last action would be up to you obviously