Parking fine before moving overseas

kj1

We were issued a private "fine" the notice we were sent about this coincided with the time we moved abroad and the letters were forwarded to a relative via post forwarding. We were advised at the time from friends to just ignore the correspondence but now we have received a letter from a law firm saying that if it is not paid within 14 days they will advise their client to transfer the issue to their litigation department and this can result in a charge on being placed on our property (we still own property in the UK as we will at some point return) or bailiff action. The fine has now gone up a great deal too. From reading the other threads it seems to me that we should respond now but bearing in mind that we are abroad I thought it was worth getting input from the forum on the best course of action. For instance should we get our relative to call them to ask for more time since we are abroad etc. Any advice most appreciated. Thanks in advance.

System

May we see that letter? There seems to be more than the usual amount of lies in it.

beamerguy

kj1 wrote: »

We were issued a private "fine" the notice we were sent about this coincided with the time we moved abroad and the letters were forwarded to a relative via post forwarding. We were advised at the time from friends to just ignore the correspondence but now we have received a letter from a law firm saying that if it is not paid within 14 days they will advise their client to transfer the issue to their litigation department and this can result in a charge on being placed on our property (we still own property in the UK as we will at some point return) or bailiff action. The fine has now gone up a great deal too. From reading the other threads it seems to me that we should respond now but bearing in mind that we are abroad I thought it was worth getting input from the forum on the best course of action. For instance should we get our relative to call them to ask for more time since we are abroad etc. Any advice most appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Who are these donkeys ?
1: The Parking Company
2: The Solicitor

Only a judge in court can dictate about the charge and a charge on your property is pure crap.

Who are these nutters

kj1

I don't have the letter with me at the moment but I remember that it is on behalf of Civil Enforcement LTD

beamerguy

kj1 wrote: »

I don't have the letter with me at the moment but I remember that it is on behalf of Civil Enforcement LTD

Best to find out the full info plus solicitor please

Fruitcake

Don't 'phone anyone, and don't allow anyone else to either. If the driver will be living abroad you could give the driver's overseas address and then ignore everything you get after that.

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The bit about having a litigation department, and putting a charge on your house is a lie. This simply cannot happen.

Coupon-mad

kj1 wrote: »

I don't have the letter with me at the moment but I remember that it is on behalf of Civil Enforcement LTD

Do they know you live abroad or are these letters being forwarded? You need to respond robustly but also point out your permanent address is not in the UK, so you are out of jurisdiction if they seek to start proceedings which you will move to strike out.

Guys_Dad

As c-m says, from where you are now, I would write and tell them that you dispute the charge, but they must note your nes address if they intend to serve you with court papers.

Point out that as you have now notified them, you will take appropriate action if they continue to correspond with your previous UK address.

Is post forwarding still in operation mor do you have anyone in the property who can pass any mail on to you? This is impottrtant as you do not want court papers being delivered to your old address and them getting a default judgement.

If the house is occupied or rented, get the occupiers to write to the solicitors advising that you no longer live at the address and get them to send it with a certificate of posting which they should send to you for safe keeping.

kj1

Thanks everyone I really appreciate your help. It seems I should write to them and inform them of my new address. The only problem is the letter says they will take further action if we don't respond within 14 days which is nearly up because this post was forwarded to us and post from where we are is terrible so I am worried a letter would take too long. If i email them is that problematic? Will they then see this as a formal way to contact me?

Herzlos

No, they said in 14 days they'd advise their client to pass it to a litigation department (the next desk). They are not going to take any action yet, it's just meant to sound scary.

Write back and inform them of the address they should be using to contact you, they'll send you another couple of letters and then give up.

Coupon-mad

kj1 wrote: »

Thanks everyone I really appreciate your help. It seems I should write to them and inform them of my new address. The only problem is the letter says they will take further action if we don't respond within 14 days which is nearly up because this post was forwarded to us and post from where we are is terrible so I am worried a letter would take too long. If i email them is that problematic? Will they then see this as a formal way to contact me?

Email is fine:

enforcement@parkingeye.co.uk

They do respond and that is the section whcih deal with court threats & claims. I've seen LBC cases off for colleagues by emailing that address.