What Should I Do??

Buster23

I was issued a ticket from CP Plus at Gartnavel Hosptial in Glasgow in January. I came on this website to find out exactly what to do, so I just ignored the ticket, I then received a letter demanding payment, I replyed to this letter with a templete letter from this website stated that my Mum wasn't the driver, (she has a mobility car and a blue badge was on display) and that she wasn't going to disclose the name of the driver.
I received a letter this morning from their solicitors stateing that driver details should be provided by her as the registered keeper. and it goes on to say about a previous court case.
At the end of the letter they want a payment to be recieved within 7 days or failure to do so may result in further action being taken against you.
My mum it terrified that anything will happen to her, should I just pay this fine?

halibut2209

Ignore, ignore, ignore!

Check out the thread at the top of the page and see if any of the letters there look familiar!

"may result" = "won't result"

And if it's the court case I think it is, it is widely believed to be a "set-up"

Carry on pressing that ignore button

trisontana

What you do is now ignore these clowns as you do not owe them a penny. You have done well by not telling them the name of the driver. Don't forget that they are just private citizens with no special powers and you are under no obligation to tell them anything.

As for that court case. That's well known and is not a true representation of the vast majority of private parking cases. In that particular case the defendant, on the one hand denied being the driver, and then went onto a website boasting he was the driver. The judge did not look kindly on that.

Finally this is not a "fine", it's an unenforceable invoice.

C.C.L.

It happened to me, I wasn't the driver either.Got a letter from their solicitors (Trethowans) took the advice on here and ignored. That was 11 months ago and I've heard nothing since. So please ignore them believe me they do go away eventually.

Buster23

Thanks for all your replys. It's really worrying when you recieve a letter like this. C.C.L. Yes that's them..... have you received any more letters from them? Just so I know what to look out for in the future and to prepare my Mum? Thanks again everyone xx

trisontana

This just shows that the whole private parking "industry" relies on frightening people into paying up when there is no need to. They use the fact that many people don't know the difference between bailiffs and debt collectors, that CCJs can only be given if the case goes to court and is lost and that the cast majority of companies don't go to court because they know they will lose.

Oopsadaisy

What previous court case are they quoting?????

trisontana

Oopsadaisy wrote: »

What previous court case are they quoting?????

I image it's the Combined Parking Solutions vs Mr Stephen Thomas‎ case. That gets trotted out all the time by PPCs.

Buster23

Oopsadaisy wrote: »

What previous court case are they quoting?????

"Our clitent's case needs only be proven to the 'balance of probability', and not 'beyond all reasonable doubt' as detailed in the case heard on 14th October 2008 in the Oldham County Court of Combined Parking Solutions V Mr Stephen James Thomas. The judge concluded that despite the defendant never admitting to being the driver that on the balance of probabilites he was, the court also found that when referring to existing case law relating to parking charges that a driver did not actually have to see the signs just that they were present. In the circumstances, please provide us with the driver's details in order that we may transfer liability for payment"

C.C.L.

Buster23 wrote: »

Thanks for all your replys. It's really worrying when you recieve a letter like this. C.C.L. Yes that's them..... have you received any more letters from them? Just so I know what to look out for in the future and to prepare my Mum? Thanks again everyone xx

No Buster, I didn't recieve anything else at all after the solicitors letter.From what I've read on here though it can vary, some people get loads of letters, others not many. The main thing to remember is to just ignore them.I was wary at first, but the advice I got on here was spot on, and that was ignore, ignore, ignore!

Buster23

C.C.L. wrote: »

No Buster, I didn't recieve anything else at all after the solicitors letter.From what I've read on here though it can vary, some people get loads of letters, others not many. The main thing to remember is to just ignore them.I was wary at first, but the advice I got on here was spot on, and that was ignore, ignore, ignore!

It's just soo worrying........ this is the second letter I've had from the Solicitiors. Im just gonna take the advice from on here and ignore it and see what happens.........