New Generation Parking "Fine"

The_Slithy_Tove

joelcam wrote: »

My stance is f**k them, take me to court

A laudable stance!

joelcam wrote: »

I've never parked illegally before

And you still haven't. It's a private car park, so no legal statute relating to parking or disabled spots is in an way relevant here. All talk of faint paintwork etc etc is utterly irrelevant; it's just meaningless graffiti.

Just keep ignoring and apply some gentle education to your wife - she also must be made to realise this is not a fine, not a breach of the law, and no dire consequences will befall you.

give_them_FA

Emmissaire, thank you for your most helpful post.

However, do not take seriously anything a car park cowboy says. There simply is no lie that they won't tell in their filthy quest to wheedle money out of you.

The entire "industry" is a corrupt scam. Unfortunately it steers just the leeward side of legality; but there isn't any way anyone should pay them one penny, and there is nothing they can or will do about it, ultimately.

joelcam

Yes mate - it was Cardiff Bay retail park...

I had a letter recently advising of debt collectors and CCJ's which I binned and then the latest letter arrived today. It's from Graham White solicitors saying I now owe £207 on top of the fine and must contact them to make payment or they may take legal action etc and mentioning judgements etc.

I am not at all bothered but it's set the wife off again!!

Any advice on how to make her chill out a bit? I was thinking of some sort of legal high!

rappo85

joelcam wrote: »

Yes mate - it was Cardiff Bay retail park...

I had a letter recently advising of debt collectors and CCJ's which I binned and then the latest letter arrived today. It's from Graham White solicitors saying I now owe £207 on top of the fine and must contact them to make payment or they may take legal action etc and mentioning judgements etc.

I am not at all bothered but it's set the wife off again!!

Any advice on how to make her chill out a bit? I was thinking of some sort of legal high!

That's odd, that's the exact same amount they wanted from me. A year ago. Not a thing since. Strange that if they had such a stonewall case against me....

fil_cad

Just chill out with her and your computer, read all the stickies on here, then enjoy all the posts an reasure yourselfes that PPCs are nothing but SCAMMERS that will give up and go away if IGNORED:money: save your cash and dont be fooled by there bogus official looking bog paper like most people do who read this site :beer:

give_them_FA

Graham White know nothing at all about taking people to court. They never ever do it. That could have something to do with the fact that they are not really solicitors at all. If you had letters from Roxburghe, you will see that it is just them using different headed paper from the same address.

Con job.

However, as Rappo says, Graham White is the last card in their hand, once they have played that one they simply disappear.

Hold firm and come back in 3 or 6 months and tell us we were right.

Stephen_Leak

Their tame solicitor, Micheal Sobell, has taken people to court before. However, his success rate seems to be the same as the District Attorney in "Perry Mason".

give_them_FA

Hamilton Burger. Love the Perry Mason stories.

Wasn't his last case back 6 years ago, nothing to do with parking, but he lost ignominiously.

AudiDriver

Hi

My father has just received a letter from New Generation Parking to demand money as he was parked in a Disabled place without displaying his badge. He is registered disabled however they have provided me with photos that on that day he didnt have his badge displayed. No ticket was left on the windscreen but they say they have 'evidence' that a ticket was left - someone must have removed it. I havent contacted them direct but emailed the National Parking Association who fully stand by what this so called company have done. I am at my wits end and worried sick ..... Can this fine escalate - do I have to pay or just sit it out? Any advice would be most welcome as I am at my wits end. Many thanks

ManxRed

Do you have a copy of that email you could share with us?

The legal facts are that the Blue Badge Scheme does not apply to disabled bays on private land (check the handbook it IS in there), and there is no legal requirement whatsoever to display a blue badge. In fact, by insisting that you do, they are themselves in breach of the Equality Act 2010.

Its not a fine, it has no authority, and was not issued in relation to any legal legislation at all.

It is completely unenforceable, and despite all the scary letters, they will NOT take you to court (they'd be insane to try), they will simply try and scare and intimidate your father into paying money that legally he does not owe them. That's the kind of company you are dealing with. Oh, and there was no 'ticket' - they say that just so they can pursue you for the non-discounted amount in order to try and scam even more money out of you.

Please assure your father that he should NOT pay this, and that despite their threats they would lose very very badly if this got to court - and they know this full well, so they are extremely unlikely to ever try it.

Oh, and do not correspond with them any more, it just encourages them to scare you even more than they would normally.