lease company just paid my PCN on private land what are my rights

smittenkitten

Thank you for the advice, have the notice to keeper and the letter with name and address sent to the parking company will be sending to steve this week
Will also be telling the lease company
Will keep you all inform
Thank you

Coupon-mad wrote: »

Interesting. I think I would try to 2 pronged attack.

- do you have a copy of the Notice to Keeper that CEL sent, and what date was it issued and what date was the 'parking event'? Get a copy from the stupid lease firm and put the charge into dispute as it was never theirs to pay, do not settle this charge with the lease co. Refuse and say they should never have paid it and you are complaining to them for paying a fake PCN which was not their business, and tell them you are also complaining to the BPA about CEL (which is what the lease co. should have done when they got a further letter, not PAID it!). Does the CEL paperwork mention 'keeper liability' and the 'Protection of Freedoms Act 2012'? Get a copy and check, and get a copy from the lease co of both the letters they sent which gave your details as driver.

- once you have a copy of the paperwork including a copy of both letters that the lease firm sent naming you as the driver, send copies of them all to the BPA Ltd at this email address:

[EMAIL="steve.c@britishparking.co.uk"]steve.c@britishparking.co.uk[/EMAIL]

...and tell him what you just told us, and point out if (as I suspect) the CEL Notice wasn't even one which established any keeper liability. IMHO, CEL deserve sanction points for pursuing a keeper when they had the name and address of the driver (seriously hope the lease firm had at least the brain cells needed to give an address for you as well as a name...). Remember the BPA are not a regulator and are not on your side, they represent the PPCs - but they can take action when PPCs step out of line as, it seems, has happened here. So not a 'please/thankyou' grovelling email to the BPA; it should be polite but assertive 'what action are you going to take about this?' style.

Please update your thread with what responses you get. This can be overcome, you are not liable for this mess. Was it England/Wales?

bod1467

What does it specifically say in the lease contract regarding this situation? I have a company car and in our car policy it specifically refers to Fines - these charges from CEL and their like are speculative invoices, and are not in ANY way fines.

If your lease contract is worded similarly then the lease company may be in breach of contract if they try to charge you.