follow up almost 2 years later?

secret_squirrel85

The registered keeper of a vehicle a received follow up letters from debt recovery plus almost 2 years after the original charge notice. Seem basically the same as before but they mention "a landmark rulling" "beavis vs parking eye ltd"

I should add the alleged improper parking was in Scotland and was with highview parking. Should the driver/owner just continue to ignore these? Mentions court action buy they mentioned ths a while back too I believe.

Quentin

Yes continue to ignore

secret_squirrel85

Ok thanks. Just more empty threats? Was just surprised they decided to chase it again after such a long time.

fisherjim

secret_squirrel85 wrote: »

Ok thanks. Just more empty threats? Was just surprised they decided to chase it again after such a long time.

Don't be surprised that greedy scamming Muppets use every opportunity to turn everything they can into a scare tactic to get their thieving fingers on your wallet!

Jeff_Love

Like any car parking company they will be relying on a Supreme Court judgement from last year that decided it was "reasonable" for parking companies to charge a "parking charge" for overstaying or similar even on free car parks.
That's why they're doing it - they think it gives them a basis for claiming the money they say you owe - I'm in the same boat, and if it does go to court, I'll be arguing they have ignored the "debt" for well over a year and that they are being unreasonable in adding costs to it as well.....always worth arguing the toss I think.
If you want to read the judgement, which everyone (apart from parking companies obviously ) thinks is unfair and a very narrow interpretation of the law, it's available on the usual legal websites.
I'm planning to ignore their letter, and fight it in court if I have to......

Redx

its not a long time though, they have 5 years to chase it in Scotland, but as you have no POFA2012 the keeper can ignore as they can only try to enforce the alleged debt against the actual perpetrator, ie:- the driver

DRP are sending out thousands of these letters after the Beavis ruling, and they dont care which part of the country they send them to, and they are economical with the trust because scare tactics always bear fruit , especially when those receiving the letters havent a clue about the real truth of the matter

so sign the Beavis petition and ask others to do the same

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/111925

Jeff_Love

it's not clear whether they can claim that far back if they haven't already taken it to court, but there is a legal basis for them charging......

fisherjim

Debt Recovery Plus can't take anyone to court anyway, they rely on scaring people to make their money but they are empty threats.

Redx

small claims court has been in force over 40 years and the liability in Scotland is 5 years, there is no doubt about that fact

if they know the drivers details they have 5 years to bring a court claim, that is a fact too

but they rarely know the drivers details, so they try to scare the KEEPER into fessing up or paying up, but you have no POFA2012 so no keeper liability

there have been cases filed in court against drivers in scotland, but we dont know of any against keepers , hence the IGNORE advice

its also why trading standards recently tried to take CCEL to task in court in scotland, but failed due to lack of evidential proof and keepers willing to come forward

and as mentioned above, DEBT COLLECTORS cannot take anyone to court in any of the four countries that make up GB

Coupon-mad

Search this forum for 'Debt Recovery Plus landmark'. Endless threads like this recently, all steadfastly ignoring this latest hysterical and pointless letter.

secret_squirrel85

Going by the dates of their letters. I would expect the registered keeper will receive another one at some point fairly soon. This time apparently it will be a recommendation of court action to their client. I'm sure they already did this about 2 years ago though. That's when the letters stopped last time I believe.