Please help... NCP solicitor letter with court action threatened

Jacqui1183

Hi, we got a parking fine and were advised to ignore it initially as it wasn't enforceable. We've done this and also ignored chaser letters. Sorry if this was the wrong thing to do, but I was told it was the best thing to do. I've now just received a letter from a solicitor saying its been passed through to them and we now need to pay £202! If we don't pay within 14 days, they're going to pass it through to the litigation team and we may be taken to court and get a CCJ.

What should I do here? Anyone know the actual legal stance on this?

Thanks so much and please be gentle with me.

enfield_freddy

who the solisitors litigation team , try again! only the parking Co can start court action.


breathe in


please tell us
1: the name of the parking Co
2: the solisitors
3: was it an ANPR (camera) offence or a ticket on the car
4: date of offence and date of first letter from the parking company

Jacqui1183

It's an NCP Carpark, letters say operated by ZZPS limited. The solicitors are Wright Hassall LLP, Olympus avenue, cv34 6bf. It was a ticket on the car and the offence was on 1st May this year. Had letters on the 16th and 30th July from them (ZZPS limited) and there may have been one other one but I'veno idea where my husband put that.

Grimble

The debt collectors are using the solicitors letter heads, NEVER PHONE them, the Wright Hassle number goes through to ZZPS, it is toothless debt collectors trying to frighten you.

enfield_freddy

Jacqui1183 wrote: »

It's an NCP Carpark, letters say operated by ZZPS limited. The solicitors are Wright Hassall LLP, Olympus avenue, cv34 6bf. It was a ticket on the car and the offence was on 1st May this year. Had letters on the 16th and 30th July from them (ZZPS limited) and there may have been one other one but I'veno idea where my husband put that.

ok NCP car park , ZZPS are not a parking Co , they are a debt collection company , they use WH letterheads to scare you


the offence was the 1st may , but what was the date of the first letter from NCP (not zzps or wh)


I think you are saying the 16th july , that makes it 71 days between the ticket and the NTK , can you check that?


is the car registered in your name/address or is it hired/leased?

ampersand

Hello Jacqui - welcome to this forum, where the word f- - -, is both wrong and banned :-)
You've come to the right place.
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The moment I saw 'letters say operated by ZZPS limited.', I chuckled.
So should you.

ZZPS is a phoenix scumpany, formerly the disgraced joke knucklescrapers, Roxburghe.

Read Parky here[and subscribe to his blog]:

http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/roxburghe-in-administration.html

There's plenty on this forum, if you search for ZZPS.
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Next, see this? 'may be taken to court' - not 'will'.

'Anyone know the actual legal stance on this?'

This oickish scumpany certainly doesn't - and they hope that you don't either.
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Pay real attention to freddy's bold script above, post answers and don't worry.

By the time you've read the Newbies' advice a couple of times, you'll realise why.

Herzlos

Complain to the SRA about WH sending misleading letters, or allowing ZZPS to pretend to be WH. Don't respond to the letter as it's just a standard debt collectors letter pretending to be a legal document.