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Gladstones court cpm letter

Hello, Everyone, this is my first post and would like some suggestions on the actions i should take in this situation.

My son has had four tickets from CPM ( Carless i know) parking near his girlfriend's house spread over around a year and a half. He has now received a letter from Gladstones Solicitor asking for £160 in 14 days or he will have to attend court. I would pay his debt for £160 but not four times which is what i am wondering if i will eventually have to do. Anyone have any insight on this as i am very worried about him.


Kind regards

Emma

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  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
    All the information you need is here, have you read the stickies?
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
  • apologies for my ignorance i was referred here by a friend, which stickies?
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Hello, Everyone, this is my first post and would like some suggestions on the actions i should take in this situation.

    My son has had four tickets from CPM ( Carless i know) parking near his girlfriend's house spread over around a year and a half. He has now received a letter from Gladstones Solicitor asking for £160 in 14 days or he will have to attend court. I would pay his debt for £160 but not four times which is what i am wondering if i will eventually have to do. Anyone have any insight on this as i am very worried about him.


    Kind regards

    Emma

    Is this a letter from Gladstones or ... a pimped out
    Gladstones letterhead asking you to pay DRP
    The £160 is the clue to us

    If it does ask you to pay DRP, it is all part of the
    great Gladstones scam and one to ignore
  • nosferatu1001
    nosferatu1001 Posts: 12,961 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Third Anniversary Name Dropper
    apologies for my ignorance i was referred here by a friend, which stickies?
    The ones on fthe first page of this forum, that you had to glance past in order to find the post a new thread button. One called NEWBIES.
  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
    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 Christmas.
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    You will now know that throughout here you are advised never to reveal who was driving.

    You need to edit your op to remove details of who was driving

    The ppcs monitor this forum and can use your posts against you

    Also edit out your name if it's real!

    (If the driver is getting these letters then it's the driver who should be getting up to scratch on how to defend these not you!)
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,602 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hello, Everyone, this is my first post and would like some suggestions on the actions i should take in this situation.

    My son has had four tickets from CPM ( Carless i know) parking near his girlfriend's house spread over around a year and a half. He has now received a letter from Gladstones Solicitor asking for £160 in 14 days or he will have to attend court. I would pay his debt for £160 but not four times which is what i am wondering if i will eventually have to do. Anyone have any insight on this as i am very worried about him.
    Hopefully by now you found the NEWBIES thread and read post #2 of it. If not, see below which tells newbies exactly where to click back, 2 clicks, to read it. NO LINK, you don't need it.
    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
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