Ignored pcn - misadvised - now received wright hassall letter

Montanah83

Please could I get some assistance as soon as possible, I am desperate for some help with this matter.

I received a PCN on 17th August 2016 when my car was situated on A Private Car Park

I say “situated” as on that day I had broken down on my way back from Sheffield at around 2pm where I had been on a training course for work. I was on the side of the M1 for a number of hours until I was picked up by a partnering company of Green Flag – Mansfield Recovery.

My car was transported from there to the above car park in and left there as it was now 9pm and the garage that would repair my car, which is directly adjacent to the above car park was closed and the owner was going to push my car round to his garage in the morning of the 18th August (CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE)

When my car was dropped there by Mansfield Auto, a ticket was placed in the window of the car to cover for “parking costs” until 10pm when the car park was closed ( i have a photo of ticket ) I also placed a handwritten notice in the car window stating that the car had broken down and was property of the neighbouring garage for repair purposes” (I have a phot of the sign in the window)

The car park opened again at 7am and I went down at 07.30 to again put a car parking ticket in the window, to cover until the garage owner had time to push it round into the driveway of his garage.

When I got there the attendant had completely ignored my handwritten notice and had ticketed me for £100.

On advice of different people I ignored this as it stated that because it was private land – it was unenforceable.

This was against my better judgement and I now find myself with a letter from a solicitor Wright Hassall asking for £280 !!

Please can you help me as I cannot face the prospect of having a CCJ – I look forward to hearing from you

Carthesis

Which PPC issued the ticket in the first place?

Other than the windscreen ticket, have you had any other paperwork through the post, ginned up to look like a proper Penalty Charge Notice? Maybe called a 'Parking Charge Notice' or a 'Notice to Keeper'?

What does the Wright Hassel letter actually say?

Have you spoken to or written to *ANYONE* about this?

Have you admitted who the 'driver' was?

Quentin

You only get a CCJ registered against you if this goes to court and you lose (or you ignore the court and end up with a CCJ by default), in either case the CCJ won't have any impact on you unless you fail to pay the amount ordered in full within 30 days of the CCJ


Read up in the newbies faq thread on how to deal with court claims, so you are prepared should it come to that

Montanah83

thanks for your reply.

The PCN was issued by Elite Management .

The Wright Hassall letter said that they have been instructed by ZZPS on behalf of Elite Management in connection with the recovery of debt following the failure to repay the PARKING CHARGE NOTICE.

I have not spoken to anyone or been in contact with Elite abut the PCN

Carthesis

So - just to be clear - other than the windscreen ticket on the car which was there on the 18th, you've had NO OTHER PAPERWORK AT ALL through your door (at the address the vehicle is registered on your V5c) until the letter from WH, which presumably is them coming after you as the Registered Keeper?

Coupon-mad

Montanah83 wrote: »

Please could I get some assistance as soon as possible, I am desperate for some help with this matter.

I received a PCN on 17th August 2016 when my car was situated on A Private Car Park

I say “situated” as on that day I had broken down on my way back from Sheffield at around 2pm where I had been on a training course for work. I was on the side of the M1 for a number of hours until I was picked up by a partnering company of Green Flag – Mansfield Recovery.

My car was transported from there to the above car park in and left there as it was now 9pm and the garage that would repair my car, which is directly adjacent to the above car park was closed and the owner was going to push my car round to his garage in the morning of the 18th August (CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE)

When my car was dropped there by Mansfield Auto, a ticket was placed in the window of the car to cover for “parking costs” until 10pm when the car park was closed ( i have a photo of ticket ) I also placed a handwritten notice in the car window stating that the car had broken down and was property of the neighbouring garage for repair purposes” (I have a phot of the sign in the window)

The car park opened again at 7am and I went down at 07.30 to again put a car parking ticket in the window, to cover until the garage owner had time to push it round into the driveway of his garage.

When I got there the attendant had completely ignored my handwritten notice and had ticketed me for £100.

On advice of different people I ignored this as it stated that because it was private land – it was unenforceable.

This was against my better judgement and I now find myself with a letter from a solicitor Wright Hassall asking for £280 !!

Please can you help me as I cannot face the prospect of having a CCJ – I look forward to hearing from you

You will not get a CCJ by defending a claim if one arrives. What you have said above would almost certainly stand up in court and even if you lost you'd have NO CCJ and would pay maybe £150, not over £200 (they've inflated it). And we say you would much more likely win, and in any case Elite are not known as being litigious.

If the WH letter talks about you paying ZZPS (debt collector) then it is NOT a real pre-court letter. It's just another debt letter if payment is to a debt collector.

Do a Google search 'BMPA insight Wright Hassall'.

Montanah83

hi. yes i did receive a PCN through the post but ignored it on the advice of colleagues.

i then received the letter from WH.

Coupon-mad

Right so, Google 'bmpa insight elite' read the top result, then come back and tell us if you are still worried about court?

Montanah83

i have just come home to a FORMAL LETTER OF CLAIM

what should i do 😣😣😣😣

Coupon-mad

As above, already said what to do, two Google searches, have you found out what we know?

'BMPA insight Wright Hassall'

'BMPA insight Elite'

HTH

Montanah83

hi coupon-mad

I have just been reading through some older posts and you advised someone not to respond UNTIL a LBC - should I now respond to WH Solicitors and if so what should I say?

Thank you for your help