NHS Parking for staff

Neillb_3

Hi all,

I need some advice on this. The o/h is in dispute with a solicitor acting on behalf of her employer regarding the display of a parking permit.

The charge is for £25, increasing to £50 after 2 weeks, and then court.

The car park signage says the pass must be displayed clearly in the vehicle. It was albeit not in the windscreen where they are expecting it to be. The solicitor also says that they are not regulated by POPLA, BPA or IPC but are under government regulation. What does this mean?

We’re now at a stalemate where they say the pass wasn’t displayed clearly (it was) and us saying it was displayed in accordance with the signage which states “a valid permit, ticket or other form issued by [the authority] MUST be displayed within the vehicle at all times”.

They then say that “The attendants do not have time to search every car looking for permits which are not clearly displayed and as per the photographs that you were previously sent, yours was not clearly visible.”

The photos show the front and rear screens.

Clearly the parking attendant’s negligence doesn’t make the o/h liable for the charge. But where do we go from here?

Cheers
Neill

Redx

some hospitals use solicitors and not the parking associations

one I seem to remember was Trethowans or summat like that , possibly for Aintree or some other liverpool hospital ?

which hospital is it ?

which solicitors is it ?

have you read the NHS guidelines at all ?

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles

Neillb_3

Oxford and Trethowans.

Redx

use the forum search box in the drop down menu and put TRETHOWANS as your search word, then read the threads regarding their activities in the past

like this one

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5652800

and this one

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5650567

Neillb_3

Thanks. Interesting reading. We’re going to ask for clarification on the wording ‘clearly displayed in the vehicle’.

pappa_golf

any employer that pulled this stroke with me , would be an EX employer ,, very very quickly

Umkomaas

Any Trade Union involvement there?

If you want to be belligerent, tell them to issue proceedings, which you will robustly defend, so that an impartial judge can sort this out once and for all.

Ask them if this is a penalty based on damages for breach of contract, or for breach of employment conditions, or for one of trespass, or for what?