Metro Centre staff parking.

dheron82

Hello, I've been looking for some basic information on this topic and thought the best idea may be to post on these forums. I'm hopeful someone a lot more informed will be able to provide some advice on the following problem.

A family member was an employee in the Metro Centre and after parking in what was apparently a non staff parking space received a ticket. Upon receiving the first of these tickets she was told by her colleagues to ignore it as the ticket was not enforceable.

This situation happened on a few occasions leading to the accumulation of 5+ of these UKPC tickets. Having done some internet research all signs seemed to agree with her colleagues
and that ignoring them was a suitable course of action to take.

Here is the slightly unusual details.

The car was a lease car and not in the name of this family member (she had been given the car for a birthday so payments etc. were being made by someone else in the family).
The company who issued the fine has been in touch with the lease company, and the lease company is now trying to contact the person who's name the vehicle was in regarding payment.

A couple of other things of note, the persons who's name the car was in has never been employed at the Metro Centre (can we just use this as the argument if no evidence is available
that the registered keeper was not the one driving the car? On at least some of the occasions this would have been what actually transpired).


Also the person who's name the lease was in has now moved house and neither the lease company or the parking ticket company have the new address details (mail is currently being forwarded), does this help?

Finally the car in question has since been returned so no action can be taking such as attempting to seize the car.


Hopefully I can get some advice as I'm somewhat clueless on this situation having never encountered it personally.




Thanks in advance.

Redx

no idea where this centre is, but in any case all the current and up to date info you need to read is in one thread that you have missed

The NEWBIES sticky thread at the top of this forum

if this is in england or wales, ignore has not been an option since oct 2012 due to POFA 2012

so those colleagues are talking through their backsides

its not a fine either, its an invoice

I fail to see what seizing the car has to do with this invoice

Dee140157

Metro centre is near Newcastle
You family member needs to appeal these invoices as keeper (not registered keeper). So follow Redx advice and resad Newbie thread.

martmonk

http://intumetrocentre.co.uk/Information/Useful-Contacts

Simon and Sarah would be hearing from me.