Ticket from UKPC ltd.

HippyB

Hi All,
My daughter has received a charge for parking across the lines of a bay in a shopping centre, from UKPC ltd.
Apparently, there was a car parked across a bay, leaving her with no option but to park similarly in order to leave sufficient gap to get her 2 year old son out of his car seat. When she got back to her car, she had a ticket on the windscreen, which she ignored, and has received the Notice to Keeper yesterday.
The car park was free to use. The charge is for £100 with no offer of discount for early payment. Should she appeal? what grounds?
Any advice gratefully received! Thanks in advance.

beamerguy

HippyB wrote: »

Hi All,
My daughter has received a charge for parking across the lines of a bay in a shopping centre, from UKPC ltd.
Apparently, there was a car parked across a bay, leaving her with no option but to park similarly in order to leave sufficient gap to get her 2 year old son out of his car seat. When she got back to her car, she had a ticket on the windscreen, which she ignored, and has received the Notice to Keeper yesterday.
The car park was free to use. The charge is for £100 with no offer of discount for early payment. Should she appeal? what grounds?
Any advice gratefully received! Thanks in advance.

Just go through the process of appealing as the keeper and not the driver.
UKPC will reject it of course and then you get the opportunity to appeal to POPLA.

Have a look through POPLA appeals on the front page of this forum right at the top.
It is wise to complain to the retailer and produce receipts and ask them to cancel. It would also be wise to show the retailer the link below

At the moment, UKPC are subject to a winding up order by HMRC in the Matter of the Insolvency Act 1986

https://m.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2759157

The invoice your daughter received is not proven and can only be proven by a judge in county court
Whether UKPC will go down that route, who knows but any monies collected will be subject to the winding up order

HMRC would not persue anyone with unpaid speculative parking invoices

HippyB

Many thanks. Will write an appeal letter for her as suggested.
Appreciate the advice.

beamerguy

hippyb wrote: »

many thanks. Will write an appeal letter for her as suggested.
Appreciate the advice.

remember ...... The registered keeper only, not the driver

HippyB

OK. Thanks. Will update as and when she hears back.

Fruitcake

The template appeal letter is already written for you. It's the BPA one in blue you will find in the NEWBIES thread. Copy and paste and send. No editing.