Scottish parking fine ingnored but now BW Legal letter

PaulKenny

Hi all, i have read the Newbie section but im a little stuck...

i got a parking fine a while ago which i stupidly ignored because i knew if it wasnt a council one technically i didnt have to pay for it?
Now i have a letter from BW Legal asking for £160.

with reading the Newbie section one part says to ignore any fines but im wondering if this changes stuff and i should then use one of the templates and letter them back ?

I also got a parking change via my work which it took them weeks to pass onto me too, should i just tell them to ignore it and not confirm who the driver was ?

Sorry to ask for two different parking notices

Thanks,

Paul

pappa_golf

stupidy ignore is acceptable in scotland

quite often people kick off/ appeal and inavertantly say "I did this" etc

there is no POFa in scotland , therefore they need proof of the driver , if you dont tell em , I wont!

DRP are hoping you will fall for the same trick

homour and forget them

the works one is slightly different , company car? await others reply on that one , as I an south of your border and unsure (100%)

Redx

the BW LEGAL letter is probably a DRP letter on pimped out notepaper, the £160 demand gives it away (so I doubt that BW LEGAL have even seen it)

in any case, there is no KEEPER liability in Scotland so as keeper you can and should ignore these demands

if you received a court letter from your Sheriff , then you would respond , same as we would to an MCOL in england and wales

the advice on ignoring debt collectors is true for all of the UK , so there is nothing "stupidly" that you did at all

PaulKenny

Thanks for the quick reply ' Pappa Golf'... ill ignore anything from now on from these Tw@s

Unfortunately it was a works van and i appealed it saying i wasnt past on the information from my company quick enough to pay but i didnt technically say i was driving ? not sure if this counts or if i have put my foot in it ? I havent heard back right enough.

Again thanks for the prompt reply 'Redx" funnily enough neither do it cause i have a BW Legal letter for £160 and a VCS letter for £60 in the same envelope. As above i will ingore anything from anyone unless i get real court stuff and not VCS, Parking eye or BW Legal etc.

Thanks alot ��

pappa_golf

the works van incident , where they contacted your company , who wasd the parking co?

ps: your company should have said you were the KEEPER , not the driver , check paperwork they sent off

beamerguy

As said, it's probably DRP using pimped out
letterheads.

DRP in England and Wales send out so much
rubbish, they lie, they threaten, they are idiots.

So, could you scan the letter and then redact all
personal info and then upload it to free site like tinypic.
Paste the URL here using hxxp instead of http
and we will make it go live.
If it's like down south, you might have a good case
for Trading Standards Scotland to investigate

Redx

PaulKenny wrote: »

Again thanks for the prompt reply 'Redx" funnily enough neither do it

cause i have a BW Legal letter for £160 and a VCS letter for £60 in the same envelope.

BW LEGAL are the solicitors acting for VCS so it seems there was a VCS parking charge and BW LEGAL are tasked with trying to get you to pay it and added their £60 onto it

as only the driver can be held liable in scotland then as long as they dont know who was driving they will find it difficult to take this to Sheriffs Court , something we rarely see unless a driver id definitely known

the statute for Scotland is 5 years (6 years in england and wales)

I wouldnt worry about it yet and see what transpires apart from demands for money from people acting as debt collectors for the parking company

if BW LEGAL wish to take it further they would have to follow the scottish small claims court system via the Sheriffs , however that works

so until you get papers following said legal system, you can ignore them same as you would a Nigerian bank account sc@m

PaulKenny

Hopefully this works for you ?
[IMG]hxxp://i68.tinypic.com/2vdikhf.png[/IMG]

Its only a picture which is badly edited as i work away from home and have no access to a scanner etc, hope its eligible ?

The parking change notice for my works van was from " Smart Parking " My company hasn't actually contacted them, they only just forwarded on the letter to me and i actually appealed it saying they hadn't given me time but like i said.. i didn't actually say i was driving it.

again thanks so much for the replies guys.

claxtome

http://i68.tinypic.com/2vdikhf.png

beamerguy

Take this as a debt collector letter phishing

It is very tame compared with the threats they
do south of the border.

The most important point is NEVER NAME THE DRIVER

It will be interesting to see if BWLegal continue
to a sheriff's court if they do not know who the driver
was ?
South of the border they are making a hash in court

READ WHAT HAPPENS SOUTH OF THE BORDER
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5672664

General advice is to wait and if you get court papers
come back here