District enforcement - visitor fine no visitor space no sign about visitors

applemonkey0111

Hi all
I'm in need of some advice re a district enforcement parking ticket!
The ticket in question was given in a residential car park where I live - its permit holders only. However at the location in question there is no designated spaces for visitors, nor does it say a visitors permit is an option on any of the car park signs ( I had to call them post parking ticket to even have knowledge that this was an option )
The roads running along side the apt complex are also permit holders parking so where district enforcement want visitors to park is beyond me.
We've been through the internal appeals process to which not so surprisingly they denied the appeal on the ground of no permit on show.
To go through to the next stage you have to go on to the IAC and do their appeals however when these are put into the system the details aren't recognised.
The fine is currently still at £60, going up to £100 in 10 days time - I don't want them to win because this is completely unfair however the thought of court letters etc really isnt something I want either therefore if you have any advice it would be very very appeciated!

The_Deep

It is not a fine, it is an invoice for the damage they allege you caused them when you parked, allegedly breaching an alleged contract.

Some residential complexes have no provision for visitor parking at all, and very often in these cases only permit holders can be charged for breach of contract. As visitors are prohibited from parking, no contract can be offered, therefore no contract can be breached, read some of these re private parking charges..

https://www.bing.com/search?q=prohibitive+signs+prankster&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=prohibitive+signs+prankster&sc=0-27&sk=&cvid=45AE8C826227440D8F0305086A4C0194,

and complain to your MP.

The whole industry is a scam, relying on threats of court, and the public's ignorance of the Law, A bill is currently before parliament which will regulate the scammers, many of whom are ex-clampers.

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 Second Reading in the Lords this month, and, with a fair wind, will l become Law later this year..

All five readings are available to watch on the internet, (some 7-8 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.