FURIOUS! parking fine recieved when no ticket was issued

sarahg1969

Laura

CAB would have been a waste of time, as would TS. They don't understand the difference between private parking invoices and fixed penalty notices. They undoubtedly would have told you to pay it!!!

Freddie_Snowbits

Personally I do not shop at supermarkets that would charge me for parking

harryhound

Excel get a bloody nose in court, details in the Good Friday program here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/

Brooker_Dave

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

Personally I do not shop at supermarkets that would charge me for parking

They have to employ companies to manage their car parks due to people abusing them.

Really if you overstay and get fined I can't see what your grievance is, it's your own fault.

sarahg1969

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

They have to employ companies to manage their car parks due to people abusing them.

Really if you overstay and get fined I can't see what your grievance is, it's your own fault.

They aren't fines. No-one has the authority to issue a fine except for a court of law. These are invoices, and you can safely ignore them.

mpython

Sarahg, please don't feed the troll.

peter_the_piper

Please see this thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=812129
From Sarah which clears up any doubt on the legality of these ""Fines""

dmg24

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Please see this thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=812129
From Sarah which clears up any doubt on the legality of these ""Fines""

The above thread unfortunately does not clear up any doubt on the legality of the fines. It would be misleading for people to think that they can rely on the judgment.

chuckles1066

dmg24 wrote: »

The above thread unfortunately does not clear up any doubt on the legality of the fines. It would be misleading for people to think that they can rely on the judgment.

Wasn't this done to death recently?

Unless it's a Statutory Authority issuing the penalty notice, then it cannot be legally enforced because no law has been broken.

It's very simple.

The private parking company may well request the Registered Keeper's details from DVLA but that won't reveal who was driving and the Registered Keeper is under no legal obligation to reveal that information.

So the private parking company hit a brick wall. They can't pursue it via the Courts because they don't have a name to issue a summons against.

Their "penalty notice" irrespective of how it's worded is actually nothing more than an invoice.

dmg24

chuckles1066 wrote: »

Wasn't this done to death recently?

Unless it's a Statutory Authority issuing the penalty notice, then it cannot be legally enforced because no law has been broken.

It's very simple.

The private parking company may well request the Registered Keeper's details from DVLA but that won't reveal who was driving and the Registered Keeper is under no legal obligation to reveal that information.

So the private parking company hit a brick wall. They can't pursue it via the Courts because they don't have a name to issue a summons against.

Their "penalty notice" irrespective of how it's worded is actually nothing more than an invoice.

I don't know about other cases in this area. I was only commenting on the case quoted in the above thread.