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Parking Charge Notice
Halima271
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Hi guys, hope someone can help!
I have just been issued with a parking charge notice by a company call 'Smart Parking' It's an £80 fine reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days.
I have been speaking to collegues at work and been told that since it is a private company, they legally cannot enforce the ticket so I shouldn't pay. I don't want to ignore it for fear that a bigger fine will land on my door step but then I don't want to pay a fine I don't necessarily have to.
Anyone else been stung by a parking fine from a private company before? What did you do?
Any advise will be greatly recieved
H
I have just been issued with a parking charge notice by a company call 'Smart Parking' It's an £80 fine reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days.
I have been speaking to collegues at work and been told that since it is a private company, they legally cannot enforce the ticket so I shouldn't pay. I don't want to ignore it for fear that a bigger fine will land on my door step but then I don't want to pay a fine I don't necessarily have to.
Anyone else been stung by a parking fine from a private company before? What did you do?
Any advise will be greatly recieved
H
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Hi guys, hope someone can help!
I have just been issued with a parking charge notice by a company call 'Smart Parking' It's an £80 fine reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days.
I have been speaking to collegues at work and been told that since it is a private company, they legally cannot enforce the ticket so I shouldn't pay. I don't want to ignore it for fear that a bigger fine will land on my door step but then I don't want to pay a fine I don't necessarily have to.
Anyone else been stung by a parking fine from a private company before? What did you do?
Any advise will be greatly recieved
H
Firstly it is not a "fine"
Read the NEWBIES thread, all the advice you need is there.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/48168220 -
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Anyone else been stung by a parking fine from a private company before?
Hardly anyone .......... other than the hundreds of people we help each week, every week, and every year since the start of this forum in 2008!
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 Street0 -
As ever, this is covered in the sticky thread at the top of this parking forum - which is why I wrote it. Sadly, last year it got silly as we could not keep up with all the ''help I have got a private parking ticket, what do I do?'' threads so I wrote a sticky thread BEGGING newbies to 'read these FAQS first'.
Smart almost always just cancel when they get sent the appeal template from the NEWBIES thread, and if not then the sticky tells you how to win at POPLA and explains what that is... PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD0 -
Ok.. I'll check out the guide then ��
Thanks all0
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