Civil Parking Charge Notice

BillyBlyth

I’ve read the stickies but can’t seem to find the answer if you did not buy anything from Lidl

My partner has had a charge through, but didn’t buy anything in Lidl. She over stayed by half an hour as she was in a restaurant next door.

Is it still worth contesting, just I have no proof or receipts. Thanks.

ShakeItOff

Post 1 in the NEWBIES thread covers appeals. No one here will tell you to pay it, but it is ultimately your choice.

If you do decide to go down the appeal route, you submit the template appeal in blue text (don't change it and don't admit who was driving).

Coupon-mad

She just emails Lidl's CEO and complains, without saying she didn't buy anything.

You can find that on any ATHENA thread you care to search the forum for.
ALL CANCELLED.

The_Deep

But surely she must have tried to but something, but they had sold out.
The PPC are trying to scam you.

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.