Ukcp ticket

nanny

Sorry prob a repeated post ..i am over 60 so a little technical illiterate..
Basically no mother child space and with 2 under two's and an arthritic knee I parked in disabled space.. was at 1 shop 10 mins and returned to ticket.. should I ignore or pay up ...
Thank you in advance

pogofish

Ignoring stopped being a reliable option back in 2012!

Arthritis is a qualifying condition for disability under the Equality Act, so you have good grounds for a strong complaint to the store/landowner for denying you a reasonable adjustment. Don't be put-off by talk of Blue Badges as they have no validity on private property.

Remind them that they would be held jointly and severally liable with the PPC in any action arising from this.

Also get stuck in to the Newbies Sticky to see what you need to do and say to a PPC if the store/landowner approach isn't productive.

The_Deep

Do you mean UKPC? If so they are fraudsters, read this

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11858473/Parking-firm-UKPC-admits-faking-tickets-to-fine-drivers.html

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 they will be out of business by

Coupon-mad

nanny wrote: »

Sorry prob a repeated post ..i am over 60 so a little technical illiterate..
Basically no mother child space and with 2 under two's and an arthritic knee I parked in disabled space.. was at 1 shop 10 mins and returned to ticket.. should I ignore or pay up ...

Neither. You need to read the NEWBIES thread and appeal as keeper on day 26, online.