POPLA refused now at Debt Rec Plus HELP!

ixat

Hi, accused of 'far overstaying' 4 hours free parking by all of 14 mins. ANPR photos show my vehicle on an unsigned stretch of road that leads past a loading bay to a car park. I appealed saying the pic doesn't show my vehicle in any car park.

Appeal refused but with explanation and accompanying info relating to 150 signs at a completely different car park 23 miles away.

I appealed to POPLA saying I've never been in that car park. Rejected by POPLA.
Worryingly they say that Care parking had erroneously loaded 'the wrong data pack' when I first appealed but their initial letter had detailed the correct venue.
(I can't see anything in Care parking's comms that say anything about loading 'the wrong data pack' and this gives me the impression there has been some contact between Care Parking and POPLA that I haven't had a copy of)

Care parking interpret me saying 'I've never been in that car park' as admitting to being the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged 'offence' and now it's in debt colletor's hands.

I say that I appealed against the wrong info because that was what I had.
Why can Care parking revise their submissions to POPLA when I can't.

it's all so long ago now I just don't know what exactly happened.
Any advice from anyone please?

The_Deep

Never mind PoPLA, never mind debt collectors, the only thing that matters is what a judge says at a small claims hearing. It sounds as if the PPC have made a Horlicks of the paperwork and this surely would not impress a judge.

Ignore until/unless court papers are received and in the meantime read about the scam and complain to your MP.

It is the will of Parliament that these scammers be put out of business. Hopefully that will take place in the near future. The Bill has passed through the HOC without hitch, and goes to the Lords soon. In the meantime involve your MP, the poor dears are buckling under the weight of complaints about these scammers. Read this one which I wrote earlier

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of alleged contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors. Is has been suggested by an MP that some of these companies may have connections to organised crime.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, (especially Smart}, and others have already been named and shamed in the House of Commons as have Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each week), hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned. They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct

The problem has become so widespread that MPs have agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers.

Sir Greg Knight's Private Members Bill to curb the excesses, and perhaps close down, some of these companies passed its Third Reading in late November, and, with a fair wind, will become Law next year.

All three readings are available to watch on the internet, (some 6-7 hours), and published in Hansard. MPs have an extremely low opinion of the industry. Many are complaining that they are becoming overwhelmed by complaints from members of the public. Add to their burden, complain in the most robust terms about the scammers.

Redx

Merry Xmas ixat


firstly, enjoy your christmas


secondly , you dont need any help, not yet anyway


DRPL can and should be IGNORED, they have no powers and can do nothing except send out nasty letters , no win , no fee


if CARE are stupid enough to try a court case within 6 years then come back to this thread and ask for help


if you get an LBC or an MCOL within that 6 years , come back for help and advice (but not if you only get debt collector letters, we are not interested in those)


meanwhile , read the BPA CoP, clause #13 , where you had up to 10 minutes to park and read the signs, and OVER 10 MINUTES TO LEAVE after the parking period was complete


so let us assume 5 minutes to park and read the signs, PLUS over 9 minutes to leave afterwards


capiche ?


your popla appeal was very poor, so we will help you to improve on it if this went to court


meanwhile , just IGNORE the debt collector letters, file all your paperwork in a folder, just in case


do not fear debt collectors, they are powerless

pogofish

Post Four of the Newbies Sticky covers DRP completely, so you don't get worried.