ARMTRAC letters

am1980

Hi. Firstly thanks for all of the great advice from what I have read on these forums so far.

I'm wondering if anyone can shed any light on what my next steps should be. I have received the 2 letters attached. The apparent PCN was issued in August 18. Second letter received in December. And the latest one was sent registered post in March.

I haven't replied, and believe that I should have acknowleged the letter asking for the drivers details. I have no recollection of who was driving that date.

Any advice on my next steps will be greatly appreciated. I have no intention of paying and have fought off similar tickets in the past but it seems that action may be required in this instance?

Many thanks in advance

am1980

Apologies I'm just trying to figure out how to upload the images of the letters..

The_Deep

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, and another company have already been named and shamed, as has Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each year). They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct

Hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned.

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.

http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41

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.

nosferatu1001

Use tinypic or something similar to host teh pictures, hten provide a "broken" link to us - change http to hxxp.

We can then fix it.

am1980

hxxp://i68.tinypic.com/wkl9mv.jpg
hxxp://i65.tinypic.com/153mtxt.jpg

Thank you!

Coupon-mad

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=wkl9mv&s=9#.WrK7-ejFLIU

The above NTK has no warning about 'keeper liability' from Schedule 4, as you'll have spotted.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=153mtxt&s=9#.WrK9FOjFLIU

The above 'final letter threatening court action after 14 days 'without further notice' does not comply (at all) with the 1st October pre-action protocol (PAP) for debt claims.

So your case is like this one:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/74055686#Comment_74055686

Same advice applies at this stage. Same sort of response needed, same wording adjustments.

Later, if Gladstones try a claim, come back here and be reassured that 99% of posters here who stick around, read other threads and follow advice, win v Gladstones with no CCJ, nowt at all. As long as the driver is never admitted in your case, the registered keeper simply can't be held liable.

am1980

Apologies for the delay, and many thanks for your response. I'll check out the other similar case and respond accordingly.