NPM Ltd/ZZPS/QDR Solicitors

M3-sport

Hi all, I have succesfully appealed my PCN with the IAS appeal responding "Having considered the issues raised by both parties in this Appeal I am not satisfied that the operator has established that the Parking Charge Notice was properly issued in accordance with the law and therefore this Appeal is allowed.” based on the site having no compliance with the IPC CoP (thanks to all you guys on this forum I found 14 reasons why the PCN was unlawful) I didnt even mention the PCN had totally the wrong address on it, the signage on the IPC/IAS appeals had the wrong company name and the site location on the IPC/IAS was somewhere different in town (I was saving that in case it went to court).

A Friend has been duped into the same charge at the same site (which has no entrance signage and only small signs hidden in a different area). She has ignored the PCN and the Debt Collectors and now received a threatenting letter from the Solicitors. The solicitors letter is even more incompetant than the PCN as the vehicle is pictured in one place (Baxters Court), but the address on the PCN of the supposed infringement is of another pedestrianed area where you couldnt physically park (the postal address of the landowner 24 Broad St). The solicitors letter mentions "24 Broad St" but also "Rear of home bargains" which is in another different place in town about 1 mile away. So effectively they are saying she was in 3 different places at once on one PCN? Im not sure if I can put attachments on here, I'm not sure how a legal professional can not bother with basic due dilligence but my friend is very worried by the threatening tone of the solicitors letter but my question is;

The solicitors letter says "if the debt is not repaid in full within 14 days of this letter, our client may consider County Court proceedings agains you." I dont think this is an LBC/LBA as it says "may consider..." but could you please advise to ignore or respond?

Many thanks

Umkomaas

QDR are the debt collecting arm of Wright Hassall Solicitors and there is every likelihood that it is ZZPS, using their letterhead, who has written.

If your friend gets a LBC or MCOL (Google them and read the NEWBIES FAQ sticky, post # 2) come back for more advice.

Chances of court?

http://www.bmpa.eu/companydata/National_Parking_Management.html_formerly_Northamptonshire_Parking_Management.html

22,000+ tickets issued in the past 3 years and only 2 court appearances - as far back as 2016. These are all court appearances, not necessarily linked to anything Parking related, could be some kind of supplier dispute, for example.

The_Deep

[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]

beamerguy

M3-sport wrote: »

The solicitors letter says "if the debt is not repaid in full within 14 days of this letter, our client may consider County Court proceedings agains you." I dont think this is an LBC/LBA as it says "may consider..." but could you please advise to ignore or respond?

Many thanks

Debt collector, part of the infamous Wright Hassall group
who get involved in the great parking scam ..... very sad

Yes the word "may" indicates that they unsure themselves
what will happen ??

So, if QDR is instructed by the PPC, they must follow
the new procedure and that means giving her full info
about the claim and a full 30 days to respond.
You can state your case then.

Let us hope that Wright Hassall has trained QDR about
the new procedure. The ZZPS stuff is just rubbish

M3-sport

thanks guys, as she hasnt responded to anyting so far, could it predudice her case if she were to complain to DVLA and her MP at this stage?

twhitehousescat

why would the DVLA and MP help , "your friend" has not contacted the parking Co to point out that they are mistaken

Coupon-mad

You are a rare person, an IAS winner! Well done to you, and a good friend to this victim too.

I would suggest you start by searching the forum for QDR as that letter has been discussed before and suggested replies/ignoring it have been posted. QDR letters appear to go nowhere and are debt collector drivel.

Last discussed only yesterday, did you miss this one when you read the recent threads first?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5798509

And you can check out NPM's Court rate (just two, more than a year ago!) here:

http://www.bmpa.eu/companydata/National_Parking_Management.html_formerly_Northamptonshire_Parking_Management.html

Nothing to worry about, come back if NPE break the habit of almost a lifetime!