Britannia Parking BW Legal court action threat

saab93

Please help.

My wife appears to have a LBCCA from Britannia Parking / BW Legal (letters arrived in the same envelope).

They require payment in full (£160 made up of £100 PCN and supposed legal costs of £60) or a response within 16 days or they will seek their clients instructions to commence legal proceedings.

This relates to an alleged contravention in July 2016 for non payment for parking. I started to receive letters (as the registered keeper at the time) and duly responded to explain that my wife was the driver and that on the day in question my daughter purchased a ticket that was displayed. It would appear that around this time the car park in question had changed the machines so that the VRN had to be entered in to the machine. They sent me records of their machine which did not have our registration number on. After asking them to exercise reason ability (which they declined) I then received various letters demanding money from what appeared to be debt collectors.

We stated to Britannia that we would not pay the fine but would happily pay for the parking hours.

2 and a half years later we are now in this position.

Should I respond to Britannia or BW Legal?

Thanks in advance.

Fruitcake

Respond to BW using th step by step guide to court you will find in post 2 of the NEWBIES.
This takes you right through the whole process from LBCC to the court appearance.

In addition, send an SAR to Britannia asking what personal data they hold about you. There is a link in the NEWBIES to a template you can use for this.

Please also complain to your MP about this unregulated scam.

saab93

Thank you Fruitcake. How to I get to NEWBIES please?

Redx

top of this forum, third thread down


if this had 16 days notice and no financial forms to fill in, then its a debt collector letter and NOT an LBCCC


an LBC has 30 days notice + financial forms you dont fill in

saab93

Thanks Redx. So if it is a debt collector letter should I ignore it?

KeithP

Post #4 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread tells you exactly how to deal with debt collectors letters.

fisherjim

"They require payment in full (£160 made up of £100 PCN and supposed legal costs of £60)"

We are seeing this more and they are lying, the £60 additional cost is for debt collection not "legal costs" at this stage and if the file is handed back they have failed and the claim goes back to £100.


Scumbags!

beamerguy

saab93 wrote: »

They require payment in full (£160 made up of £100 PCN and supposed legal costs of £60) or a response within 16 days or they will seek their clients instructions to commence legal proceedings.

As said above, BWLegal are trying to extort money from you. They say the £60 is for many things, as they are making this up as they go, they don't know themselves

The simple fact is they are attempting double recovery ......

BWLEGAL ADD ON A FAKE £60 ?
In addition to the 'parking charge', the Claimant's legal representatives, BWLegal, have artificially inflated the value of the Claim by adding costs of £60 which has not actually been incurred by the Claimant, and which are artificially invented figures in an attempt to circumvent the Small Claims costs rules using double recovery. >>>> thanks to bargepole

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5672664

BWLegal are attempting to extort money from you and you should complain to SRA about this
https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/problems.page

Wait to get a REAL LBC where they must prove their claim and amounts plus, give you 30 days to respond.

The letter you have is "the 16 day BWLegal rubbish"

saab93

I had their letters before (from different firms) and the amount drops yet I'm concerned that this appears more legal?

Is it likely to drop to £100 again?

KeithP

saab93 wrote: »

Is it likely to drop to £100 again?

No .

saab93

Am I ok to approach Britannia rather than BW legal regarding the letters as they have requested?