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Flyboy152 wrote: »

if anything to show that she is an honourable person who takes responsibility for her actions.

If only....... people now seem to have forgotten any sense of responsibility for their own actions, their main line of thought is, how can I get out of this without paying?

Sirdan

Flyboy152 wrote: »

If the OP had told us that she parked on a piece of wasteland, there was no signs saying that she shouldn't park there and the parking attendant was intimidating and/or aggressive, then I would say ignore the notice and s0d them. But she deliberately parked on private land, where she knew shouldn't and in a disabled bay to boot. I say that she should 'fess up (I believe is the term ) and pay the charge, if anything to show that she is an honourable person who takes responsibility for her actions.

Hmm "outside a nursery school which was closed" this implies that the space in question is expressly for disabled visitors to the nursery school. So the OP has not deprived any visitor to the school of a space as it is shut.... The space in question is not for the use of ANY disabled person who is not a visitor to the school so what exactly has the OP done wrong that allows aprivate company to invoice her.?

Sirdan

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If only....... people now seem to have forgotten any sense of responsibility for their own actions, their main line of thought is, how can I get out of this without paying?

No the main line of thought is generally why should I pay such a ridiculous amount without any evidence of a contract.

Sirdan

Flyboy152 wrote: »

But she wasn't issued an invoice for a thousand pounds, was she? As a business owner, I am fed up with people parking on my land when they feel like it. The police don't give a fig about it, so I am forced to provide deterrents, such as charging people for the use of my property. I went to the office on the Saturday before Christmas to see a client. Neither myself nor my client could park in any of the eight spaces I own. What do you think should have been the best course of action for me? What would you have done?

I have no idea how private landowners should best protect their land from unwanted parking.
However if you believe your problem will be solved by employing a private parking company ..then that is your choice.

The reality is most private parking companies operate on land where some parking is encouraged ,they then attempt to extort money for alleged breaches of contract.

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Sirdan wrote: »

No the main line of thought is generally why should I pay such a ridiculous amount without any evidence of a contract.

Nobody even knows how much the amount was, I doubt that it was anywhere near your quoted £1000.

So in your book it is OK to park on private land without permission or payment?

Sirdan

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Nobody even knows how much the amount was, I doubt that it was anywhere near your quoted £1000.

So in your book it is OK to park on private land without permission or payment?

Sigh ..............the £1000 was just an example ..as there is no theorectical limit in law as to what the amount can be.

"So in your book it is OK to park on private land without permission or payment?"

Nope never said that ..never will.

rjustice

Just to clarify it is a large free car park which is shared by a cinema, restaurants. health club and at the far end an area marked for the use of a nursery school which was closed that evening. The car park was full apart from the disabled bays outside the health club which she didn't use and the disabled bays outside the closed nursery. There is an overflow car park but it is some distance away and poorly lit, she does not feel safe using it at night.

Tilt

As long as it is not under council control, the disabled bays will have no legal standing. You have been issued with an invoice which is almost certainly un-inforceable as it has to be made out to the driver and not the RK. This is because any contract is between the person using the facility and the land owner or his agent(s). I'm guessing that you havn't identified who the driver was to the PPC as you have no legal obligation to do so. Therefore, there can be no case bought. Of course there is always the moral issue of parking in a disabled bay but thats really a matter to each individual's conscience.

Flyboy152

rjustice wrote: »

Just to clarify it is a large free car park which is shared by a cinema, restaurants. health club and at the far end an area marked for the use of a nursery school which was closed that evening. The car park was full apart from the disabled bays outside the health club which she didn't use and the disabled bays outside the closed nursery. There is an overflow car park but it is some distance away and poorly lit, she does not feel safe using it at night.

Sorry, but she knew that she was parking where she shouldn't have been. What if an employee of the nursery wished to return to work and couldn't park there? What if that employee was disabled? The nursery have to pay for those spaces out of the their profits, why should they allow just anyone to use their property, who haven't contributed to it?

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rjustice wrote: »

Just to clarify it is a large free car park which is shared by a cinema, restaurants. health club and at the far end an area marked for the use of a nursery school which was closed that evening. The car park was full apart from the disabled bays outside the health club which she didn't use and the disabled bays outside the closed nursery. There is an overflow car park but it is some distance away and poorly lit, she does not feel safe using it at night.

So that gives her the right to park her car on private property then?