Tps

The_greek

I've rec'd a Legal Action Pending/Charge Notice quoting "Protection of Freedoms Act 1st Oct 2012" can they legally persue the company/driver for the "parking" charge, or as with other/older forums totally ignore or does this Act change things?
Thanks

ManxRed

Provided they are a BPA AOS member, and that they have followed all the requirements of Schedule 4 of the POFA, then they can pursue the RK for any charges that the driver would have been liable for.

The last part of this sentence is the key here though. For an unenforceable speculative invoice for a contractual penalty (which is what these tickets are) then legally, the driver wouldn't have been liable for anything in the first place - not for the sums of money they traditionally seek.

Therefore although they may be able to pursue the RK in place of the driver, the sums they seek are still unenforceable contract penalties. There are also arguments over whether the PPC has sufficient ownership or occupational rights to form a contract in the first place, as per the recent VCS v HMRC court ruling.

pogofish

So, in short, just IGNORE the scamming jokers - there has been no substantial or practical change!

martinpaulfisher

i have also rec'd a letter from TPS (Total parking solutions) and very bamboozled of their legal words!!

is it safe to ignore?

should contact them?

the 'protection of freedom act 2012' seems pretty water tight...

any advice would be great ful.

surfboy1

martinpaulfisher wrote: »

i have also rec'd a letter from TPS (Total parking solutions) and very bamboozled of their legal words!!

is it safe to ignore?

should contact them?

the 'protection of freedom act 2012' seems pretty water tight...

any advice would be great ful.

Advice?
Easy, IGNORE!

Coupon-mad

martinpaulfisher wrote: »

i have also rec'd a letter from TPS (Total parking solutions) and very bamboozled of their legal words!!

is it safe to ignore?

should contact them?

the 'protection of freedom act 2012' seems pretty water tight...

any advice would be great ful.

Not sure what you mean unless you have just read the PPC's biased version of that law on the fake ticket! If you'd searched the forum you'd find loads of threads but here's my recent one:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4360185

HTH

pogofish

martinpaulfisher wrote: »

the 'protection of freedom act 2012' seems pretty water tight...
.

Balderdash! POFA is about as incompetent a bit of legislation as you could ever expect to see. Great huge gaping holes all through it!

The advice has already been given and - See Coupon's excellent summation linked above.

Now IGNORE THEM!

ikendo30

I am now dealing with TPS. I have asked for the POPLA code from them, but now I will ignore them. Good luck to The Greek, you are not alone. If they bombard me with harrassing debt letters I will send the missus in to scream at the manager of the shop with the letters in hand(It will give me a break lol)