UKPC charge not paid now debt recovery letter comes - what do I do?

give_them_FA

But- if they persist in sending you threatening letters- you COULD sue for harassment. And unlike their rubbish, your claim is legal.

Stephen_Leak

The_Slithy_Tove wrote: »

I'm not aware of different laws relating to contract law in NI. Are you?

Of course you could. And your invoice would be about as valid as their PCN, i.e. not really at all.

But, if the PPC believes that their invoice is legally enforceable, then they must also believe that yours is too.

To sue for harassment under the terms of The Protection from Harassment Act 1997, you do need to send a "Letter Before Action" first.

myjess

I wasn't expecting replies so soon after posting. This must be a sore issue for a good few people. Why isn;t there a law to stop this?
The UKPC remind of of that guy down south of England somewhere that stood in a car park for years and charged buses to park there, wnd when he weas not there one day, someone phoned up the council, and the council said the car park was free and not chargeable. LOL.

FTD

myjess wrote: »

Why isn;t there a law to stop this?

It's not happened to enough MP's to make it an issue!

give_them_FA

myjess wrote: »

I wasn't expecting replies so soon after posting. This must be a sore issue for a good few people. Why isn;t there a law to stop this?
The UKPC remind of of that guy down south of England somewhere that stood in a car park for years and charged buses to park there, wnd when he weas not there one day, someone phoned up the council, and the council said the car park was free and not chargeable. LOL.

Actually you are a lot nearer the mark than you thought. For years private parking companies have been giving people "fines" because they broke some imaginary rule in a car park that didn't belong to them.

Now it has been established in Court that- actually- they don't have any right to do that! Just like the man who charged buses to park in a Council car park!

Passat1600

Hi,

Yesterday I received a ticket at a retail park in Derry also.

I was slightly over a parking bay white line in an empty car park for 5 minutes (till receipt to confirm)

I was going to write an email appealing the ticket but is it even worth it?

Going off the rest of the thread It seems I should take the risk and ignore them?

ManxRed

There's no risk, but yes, ignore them.

taffy056

Passat1600 wrote: »

Hi,

Yesterday I received a ticket at a retail park in Derry also.

I was slightly over a parking bay white line in an empty car park for 5 minutes (till receipt to confirm)

I was going to write an email appealing the ticket but is it even worth it?

Going off the rest of the thread It seems I should take the risk and ignore them?

No point appealing as I can give you the answer now - Appeal denied!

Now just ignore them they never do court, they won't effect your credit rating, they won't send the boys around, and you will not get a CCJ or anything.

Just IGNORE

Passat1600

Great, thanks for the quick replies!

RENO_2

Hi guys, and thankyou for the welcome email. I have just this week recieved a parking charge at a retail car park from UKPC at crescent link retail park londonderry northern ireland so i googled this company to try and find out more about them and found your site.From the posts i have read you say to ignore this parking ticket. Are you guys absolutely sure about this...if i hold my nerve they will eventually drop it. Please reassure me...(nervous giggle at this point).