ParkingEye ticket in England but I live in Scotland

MacDaddy2605

Hey everyone.

I received a 'PCN' whilst parking in a private car park in Carlisle by those lovely chaps from ParkingEye. However, I live in Scotland. I'm aware that private car park tickets issued in Scotland have no grounds but not sure about this scenario where I've parked in England.

Can I just ignore this PCN or do I need to appeal.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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pogofish

Yup - treat it as a Scottish ticket and ignore completely. POFA dosen't apply here, so the chances of PE raising a successful action are beyond slim.

MacDaddy2605

And therefore just ignore any further correspondence until they give up?

pogofish

Exactly - PE may go to court a lot in England but cases of them bringing actions in Scotland are like hens teeth!

fil_cad

Pay them some toy cash, and don't forget to tip them. :rotfl:

The_Slithy_Tove

pogofish wrote: »

POFA dosen't apply here.

INCORRECT. POFA does apply, as the parking event was in England. However, the problems in mounting a legal action in England against a resident of Scotland is too hard if not impossible, so they don't bother.

HO87

pogofish wrote: »

Yup - treat it as a Scottish ticket and ignore completely. POFA dosen't apply here, so the chances of PE raising a successful action are beyond slim.

I'm afraid this is wrong. POFA does apply here. The "relevant obligation" arises within the jurisdiction. The determining factor is where the parking event occurs not where the driver/keeper reside. That would only come into play were PE minded to pursue matters (as they do) to court. In those circumstances they would have to seek the court's permission to serve proceedings out of the jurisdiction (i.e. in Scotland where the OP lives). The court may take the view that the costs that would thus be involved would be disproportionate but as this has not been attempted (to my knowledge) who knows?

I would not like to guarantee that PE would not issue proceedings and would therefore suggest that appealing using a standard PE appeal might not be bad course of action.

EDIT - Sorry ST - that will teach me not to refresh the thread from last night.

cbk1006

Hi looking for an update on this thread, just had a £100 fine , invoice from PE. Live in Scotland issued in Cornwall

Coupon-mad

cbk1006 wrote: »

Hi looking for an update on this thread, just had a £100 fine , invoice from PE. Live in Scotland issued in Cornwall

No updates on an old thread are likely at all. Read the NEWBIES thread, two clicks back.