MSE News: Parking campaigner fails to challenge 'excessive' charge at Supreme Court

Coupon-mad

stpjg01 wrote: »

My daughter currently has a dispute with PE and we are awaiting a reply from POPLA. She overstayed the two hours in the car park because when she returned to her car there was a dog in distress in the next car.

She is only 17 and so rang me, her mum, to ask what to do. I told her to wait by the car in case the owner arrived and got in my own car and went there. We waited and then rang the police to report. The police asked us to wait by the car for them. The owner arrived, got rather aggressive until I agreed to recind the report, so I rang the police to stand them down. However the PCs given the job rang me from their mobile and asked us to stay until they arrived.

Unfortunately they were sent to an emergency and never came and my daughter went over the time limit by an hour. PE refused our claim, even with copies of the mobile calls, and the police incident number. If POPLA also reject us, does anyone think it is worth taking further, or involving the press?

OMG please don't say that was your POPLA appeal? What on earth possessed you not to Google points that win at POPLA, it's not the above. You will lose, then PE will sue you. I think you do need to start your own thread - click 'GO' next to 'FORUM JUMP' on the right, to get to page one and then click the 'NEW THREAD button.

traceynob

stpjg01 wrote: »

My daughter currently has a dispute with PE and we are awaiting a reply from POPLA. She overstayed the two hours in the car park because when she returned to her car there was a dog in distress in the next car. She is only 17 and so rang me, her mum, to ask what to do. I told her to wait by the car in case the owner arrived and got in my own car and went there. We waited and then rang the police to report. The police asked us to wait by the car for them. The owner arrived, got rather aggressive until I agreed to recind the report, so I rang the police to stand them down. However the PCs given the job rang me from their mobile and asked us to stay until they arrived. Unfortunately they were sent to an emergency and never came and my daughter went over the time limit by an hour. PE refused our claim, even with copies of the mobile calls, and the police incident number. If POPLA also reject us, does anyone think it is worth taking further, or involving the press?

Didn't think 17 year olds could be held to a contract....?

ManxRed

They can't but I do hope they included that in the appeal. If they didn't then POPLA won't consider it.