CPM formal demand

mem1983

Hi new to the forum, received a ticket from cpm about failure to pay for duration of stay in a hospital car park on 22/07/2018. i basically paid for a ticket for the amount of time required and after getting seen in A&E was told will be another 10 mins and we can go so as i knew ticket was running out i waited by the vehicle as thought there was no point of getting another ticket as we were soon to leave so if a warden came around i would be with the vehicle, not realising the anpr would be able to ticket me. we left soon after. on receiving the initial ticket which was issued on the 03/08/2018 but did not receive untill at least a week later,i appealed via the online system without doing any research(feel very silly now) and finding this site, i did not receive a reply from my appeal but have just received a FORMAL DEMAND. have i already messed up by appealing not using the templates on here, is there anything i can do now, or should i pay the fine which has increased to £100 before it goes up again.
sorry for the long winded post but wanted to try to give as much info as possible. any advice greatly appreciated.

thanks in advance.

Redx

IGNORE them for 6 years unless you get a formal LBC or an MCOL in the post

complain STRONGLY to PALS and get it cancelled

remind PALS and the trust of their obligations published a few years ago

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles


its not a "fine" , its an INVOICE, if you are going to call it anything at all, call it a PCN, which is what it is (not something that it isnt)

Coupon-mad

should i pay the fine which has increased to £100 before it goes up again

No. It doesn't go up again.

They will pretend it does, and add on £60 for nothing in various letters later on, but the PCN is £100. Even if it proceeds to a court claim it's still (really) £100 'PCN' and take comfort from knowing that we win 99% of cases defended with forum help here.

Complain to the Hospital, to PALS and get it cancelled that way quickly.

mem1983

thankyou so much for the replies is there anything i should include in the complaints to the above, do i include details from the paperwork INVOICE i have been sent.
thanks again

Coupon-mad

Of course you include details of the PCN number when you ask PALS to cancel it.

mem1983

Thanks will let you know what response i get.

mem1983

Just an update 14 working days will be up on Monday so should expect the reply then from PALS. In the meantime i received an email response from CPM to tell me my initial appeal to them had been refused.Hoping for some good news from PALS

The_Deep

It is not a fine, it is an invoice for alleged damages for an alleged breach of contract. It is a scam.

Read this and complain to your MP.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=nhs+parking+principles&form=EDGTCT&qs=AS&cvid=3cdc5a5fb0ac4421a267cbe373126d61&refig=63fafa0f2a2a4ca98f1209c3fbbf272b&cc=GB&setlang=en-GB&PC=ACTS