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capel25
capel25 Posts: 29 Forumite
in Parking tickets, fines & parking
I've received 4 parking tickets from District Enforcement at Staffordshire University; I appealed these charges to no avail and I have missed the deadline to appeal to POPLA; I've tried speaking to the University but it's getting me nowhere - can anyone help please?
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  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,401 Forumite
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    capel25 wrote: »
    I've received 4 parking tickets from District Enforcement at Staffordshire University; I appealed these charges to no avail and I have missed the deadline to appeal to POPLA; I've tried speaking to the University but it's getting me nowhere - can anyone help please?

    New thread please AFTER you've read the 'NEWBIES read this first' sticky at the top of the forum index.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • capel25
    capel25 Posts: 29 Forumite
    Can't find the newbies sticker and don't know how to start a new thread; please advise.
  • pogofish
    pogofish Posts: 10,853 Forumite
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    edited 8 February 2014 at 9:19PM
    capel25 wrote: »
    Can't find the newbies sticker and don't know how to start a new thread; please advise.

    Please go back and actually read the basics on forum use, navigation and on bumping threads that you agreed as having read and understood as part of your signup. There is simply no excuse for this!

    Then go to the head of the forum, here:

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

    And everything will be self-evident.
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,401 Forumite
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    capel25 wrote: »
    Can't find the newbies sticker and don't know how to start a new thread; please advise.

    Are you sure, you seem to have been here before?

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/59766073#Comment_59766073

    What happened with your previous run-in with a PPC?
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • capel25
    capel25 Posts: 29 Forumite
    Not sure it's necessary to be quite so condescending; this is the MSE Forum, not your private Forum.

    As far as I am concerned, my post is the same theme as all the other posts on here.

    Yes, had a run in with a PPC at Cheshire Oaks; followed the advice of someone on the previous thread I posted on and ignored the letters; they've stopped (the ticket was issued in Dec 2012).

    District Enforcement have issued hundreds of tickets at the Stoke Campus of Staffs Uni and people seem to be paying them; I appealed and they turned it down. I believe that District Enforcement is owned by ex Staffs Uni law students which might explain why this shady outfit were appointed; I can't seem to get anywhere with the University direct.
  • Umkomaas
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    edited 8 February 2014 at 11:50PM
    I was certainly not being condescending, I was actually trying to help you through this process by pointing you in the right direction. And you're dealing with a far different PPC in District Enforcement than you were with Care Parking, and in an entirely different era now that PoFA 2012 is fully in operation.

    The more you understand about this process relevant to your own situation, the more likely your prospect of success.

    Sorry I was unable to help in the way you expected.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • capel25
    capel25 Posts: 29 Forumite
    There's some great research and advice on here. My problem is with District Enforcement who ticketed me on the Stoke on Trent Campus of Staffs University. I had the window stickers, sent an appeal that was rejected then on Christmas Eve received a letter saying they were going to take me to court unless I paid in full; I put the letters in a drawer and only found out subsequently that I'd missed the deadline to appeal to POPLA. Advice please?
  • capel25
    capel25 Posts: 29 Forumite
    Umkomaas - my comment about being condescending was not aimed at you but I can see that your response popped up before mine this appearing I was responding to you. The information you've provided is really helpful; have you any experience with District Enforcement, please?
  • pogofish
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    capel25 wrote: »
    There's some great research and advice on here. My problem is with District Enforcement who ticketed me on the Stoke on Trent Campus of Staffs University. I had the window stickers, sent an appeal that was rejected then on Christmas Eve received a letter saying they were going to take me to court unless I paid in full; I put the letters in a drawer and only found out subsequently that I'd missed the deadline to appeal to POPLA. Advice please?

    Start your own thread - This is entirely the wrong place to ask!
  • prosnap
    prosnap Posts: 399 Forumite
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    Please start your own thread ..... As advised!
    The word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary
    Tickets: 19 [cancelled: 18, paid: 0, pending: 1]
    PPC Appeals: 8 [accepted: 2, rejected: 5, pending: 1]
    POPLA: 4 [accepted: 4, rejected: 0, pending: 0]
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