Suing the landlord after winning appeal

Kind_Of_Irritated · 1 March 2017 at 11:29AM

Hi there. I realise your case was last year, but can you let me know if you got anywhere? I am in the midst of something similar re landowner & a different PPC. Many thanks.

DP_Bunnies wrote: »

A few weeks ago I won my POPLA appeal for this (staying 30 minutes in a 15 minutes drop off zone):
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/70199348#Comment_70199348

While I was working on the appeal I contacted the management company to see if they'd see sense.

My first email to them was a friendly appeal to good sense but they refused and told me to appeal to ParkingEye.

In my second email I told them that after looking into the matter it was clear there were issues with ParkingEye's practices and as they appointed ParkingEye as their agent they would be liable for my costs. I gave an hourly rate. Again they refused to retract the charge and told me they would not be liable for costs.

I replied stating that they had no choice in whether or not they were liable for my costs and suggested they were unfamiliar with parking law and consequent liabilities. They didn't respond to that at all.

Now recouping the money for the many hours I spent appealing this would be very nice but what's really nagging at me is that companies like this contract out their parking arrangements to the likes of ParkingEye without a second thought. I feel that suing them might make them think twice about employing companies with questionable practices.

Do I have anything to lose by sending the landlord my bill and pointing out ParkingEye's failings? Would it be worth taking it to the small claims court if they refused to pay? My fear is not that I would lose the court fee if I lost but whether or not they had any comeback i.e. counter suing me for damages caused by my car stopping on their land for an extra 15 minutes or for time they would have to spend defending?