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Hi,
I have looked for the general advice thread but the only sticky I can find is on POPLA appeals, so I am asking for some advice.

My husband received a parking charge on his windscreen 16/01/18. He ignored it. He says he did not see the signs saying private car park. Anyway, today he has received a parking charge amount of £100.
Should he appeal it on the ukpc appeals website?
Any help much appreciated.
Thank you.
Starting balance £173,000 (Sept 2012) interest only so if we do nothing We will owe this at the end of the term😁😁
Balance as of Sept 2014 £165,803
Balance as of Feb 2015 £163,360
Balance end of July 2015 £159,050
Balance as of Jan 2017.... £138,033:j

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  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,377 Forumite
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    Why have you started a further thread about the same issue. You have been given the correct advice - including the link to the sticky you need - in your original thread.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Cariad71
    Cariad71 Posts: 264 Forumite
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    I re-posted because I thought the original had not posted. I did not have notifications turned on. My thread was on my laptop screen when I returned to it after I had been out of the room so I thought I had not posted the original.
    Starting balance £173,000 (Sept 2012) interest only so if we do nothing We will owe this at the end of the term😁😁
    Balance as of Sept 2014 £165,803
    Balance as of Feb 2015 £163,360
    Balance end of July 2015 £159,050
    Balance as of Jan 2017.... £138,033:j
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,212 Forumite
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    the only sticky I can find is on POPLA appeals,

    Read the other one, underneath it on page one. My signature tells you where to click to find it, under the POPLA Decisions one.

    Your OH has already reduced his chances of winning by allowing UKPC the time to serve a NTK. Mistake that he can't now rectify, but he could beat them on signage or no keeper liability, at POPLA in the end. No big deal even if the appeal is lost, these cases are defendable, and UKPC normally tend to pursue multi-ticket cases in court, not odd ones.

    So no worries.
    Should he appeal it on the ukpc appeals website?
    Yes, as 'NEWBIES PLEASE READ THESE FAQS FIRST' explain. Using the template there. Not coming back and saying, ''yes but is it right in our case, there were signs up''. Yes it's a one size fits all appeal for a keeper to use, as is.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • Cariad71
    Cariad71 Posts: 264 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Many thanks Coupon Mad
    Starting balance £173,000 (Sept 2012) interest only so if we do nothing We will owe this at the end of the term😁😁
    Balance as of Sept 2014 £165,803
    Balance as of Feb 2015 £163,360
    Balance end of July 2015 £159,050
    Balance as of Jan 2017.... £138,033:j
  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
    edited 20 February 2018 at 10:48AM
    [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]UKPC are fraudsters, read this [/FONT]
    [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
    [/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35253759[/FONT]
    [FONT=Times New Roman, serif] [/FONT]
    [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences. [/FONT]

    [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Parking Eye, Smart and a smaller company have already been named and shamed, as has Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (who take hundreds of these cases to court, and nearly always lose), who have also been reported to the regulatory authority. [/FONT]

    [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The problem has become so rampant that MPs have agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers. Watch the video of the Second Reading in the HofC recently.[/FONT]

    [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41[/FONT]

    [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]and complain in the most robust terms to your MP. With a fair wind most of these companies may well be put out of business by Christmas.[/FONT]
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
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