Ticket from park direct uk ltd

Tricia445

Can someone help please. I stopped in a car park to let my daughter use cashpoint but didn't park in space. There were men going round putting up parking notices. A couple of weeks later I received a parking fine in the post saying I parked where stopping restrictions were in force. I ignored this letter and have now received a letter from a debt recovery company on behalf of the above. Should I contact or let it go to court as I don't think I should pay this?

Redx

only you can decide the answer but obviously its better to try to not let it go to court

it also depends if the incident happened in england and wales or not, as different laws can apply

ideally you should have not ignored the first letter if in E+W but to have appealed it, then gone to popla

this would have been much easier than dealing with an MCOL or LBA or LBCCC etc , or turning up in court and explaining to a judge why its got this far , as they will know you could have settled it at POPA for E+W cases

so without more info I cannot help any further, save to suggest that you read the NEWBIES - READ THIS FIRST sticky thread, about 3 down at the top of this forum, as it contains everything you need to know, with links to info and appeals and templates etc too

The_Slithy_Tove

Who said it's going to court? That's a very unlikely scenario.

Anyway, insufficient details.
1. Which parking company?
2. Date of incident
3. Date of receipt of Notice to Keeper ("a couple of weeks later" isn't sufficiently precise)
4. Is it England, Scotland, Wales, NI, ...?

And if these people were putting up signs at the time, then they probably were not there when the car stopped, or so it could be implied.

Tricia445

Date of occurrence was 01/11/13 and it was in High Wycombe. Received letter from debt recovery plus ltd today

Redx

best bet is send in a soft appeal to the actual PPC complaining about this and demanding that they either cancel the charge or issue a popla code instead

something simple will do for now, hopefully to hook a popla code out of them

like this

Dear Park Direct UK Ltd


In reference to the invoice xxxxxx, and your recent letters.

As the keeper of the vehicle, I've decided to deal with this myself and wish to raise the following points.

I wish to appeal this parking charge on the grounds that the driver was a genuine customer using the facilities and shops and had not realised that any contravention had taken place as any signs were actually being put up whilst I was there so I could not read them.

In regards to your parking charge I would like to make the following points

1) The charge is not a genuine pre-estimate of loss
2) Your signage is inadequate and does not comply with the BPA Code of Practice
3) You do not have authority or contract to issue these invoices

As you know popla upholds all appeals on the above, so you are invited to cancel this invoice now, or to issue a POPLA code so I can take my case to them

Sincerely

the keeper