I am appealing - Parking Eye - please advise

parking_question_chap

Thank everybody,

Some great input.

I am worried that it would look like im admitting guilt if I started mentioning court references. Would POPLA even consider previous court cases in an appeal? Seems a bit deep for essentially, London council parking teams (POPLA) to read)

Also is there any chance PE own or have a a proprietary interest such as a lease? As I didnt do anything wrong I dont want to pay Land Charges to find out the owner.

Then I will add that as shown in the PE vs Somerfields court case only the land owner, not PE, could issue court claims for recovery of parking charges. I googled the case and from what I gather that was the outcome, although it did seem more detailed than that. Unless I misinterpreted the outcome?

Additionally is it worth mentioning, that its a free car park, and as such, even if I was there for four hours (which I wasn't) a £100 invoice is not appropriate to the losses incurred by the owner.

taffy056

Look this is not a court, you are not admitting anything, you will not be guilty of this, these invoices are speculative and borderline illegal themselves. Just do a simple letter/email to PE rejecting their charge, if they take it to popla then you can come back here for more advice, just take it one step at a time. Just make sure you head any correspondence with the words 'Without Prejudice' this then cannot normally be used in a small claim should they be foolish enough to go there.