UKPS - appeal wording

ABC2

Hi all

Sorry to bother you but I have looked at the wording on the newbie thread to appeal a PCN and was unsure on something. I received a PCN from UKPS (Leamington) for “permit required and unauthorised parking”. I parked in a wrong parking space when attending a soft play centre and never saw the sign as I was rushing.
The letter I received has 2 pictures of my car - entering and leaving. So in terms of the appeal wording do I still use word for word? Not sure due to the following paragraph “There will be no admissions as to who was driving and no assumptions can be drawn. Since your PCN is a vague template, I require ALL photos taken and an explanation of the allegation and your evidence, i.e.:”

Thank you your patience and advice

Le_Kirk

Send the template (BLUE text) with no additions, deletions or modifications AT ALL. It has been designed to not give away who was driving. It will likely be rejected and you will receive a POPLA code, which was the plan all along!

The_Deep

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 become so widespread that MPs agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers. Hopefully, this will become law by Easter .

Redx

you wont get a POPLA code, because UKPS are in the IPC AOS system

its appeal once using the blue text template "as is" , so unchanged

they will reject your appeal no matter what you write, so then its IGNORE mode for 6 years, UNLESS you receive an LoC and/or an MCOL in the post, in which case come back for more advice

meanwhile IGNORE the debt collector letters

ABC2

That’s great. Thank you

ABC2

Sorry...what do Loc and MCOL stand for?

waamo

Letter of Claim and Money Claim On Line. Explained further down in the Newbies thread.

ABC2

Hi, so I appealed and would like to know what the next steps are. This is the response I got:
Thank you for your recent communication concerning the above Parking Charge. Please rest assured that our Appeals Manager has personally reviewed this case and carefully considered the various points raised. Their view, however, is that the Parking Charge is neither unreasonable nor unjust and so we will not be waiving this parking charge.

We comply with all relative legalities, being the reg keeper of the vehicle the liability ends and stays with you.

UKPS Ltd is still trying to resolve the situation and still willing to accept the reduced rate fee of £60, this offer is available for the next 7 days after which it will revert to the balance without the price reduction.

The contract that UKPS Limited has with the owner or occupier of the land (which authorises UKPS Limited to enter into a contract with the driver requiring the payment of Parking Charges in respect of parking of the vehicle on the land) contains a confidentially clause and as such we are not in a position to provide the contract to you.

As a member of the Approved Operator Scheme, UKPS Limited are audited by the IPC to ensure that we have all relevant contracts in place. UKPS Limited will provide the court with a copy of this in full if they require it, or can provide a written statement to this effect from those party to the contract. We are also more than happy to provide confirmation to the independent assessors that we are authorised to manage parking at this site. We can confirm that parking management at this site has been contracted to UKPS Limited.

All of our signage is fully compliant with the guidelines set our within the IPC Code of Practice and we reject the notion that it is in any way unclear or ambiguous.

The highest court in the UK, the Supreme Court, has unambiguously confirmed that parking charges issued on private land are fully enforceable. In the case of ParkingEye v Beavis (2015) UKSC 67 their Lordships stated that private parking charges were enforceable because they served a legitimate interest and were in the interests of the public generally. The case confirmed that the amount of the charge does not have to reflect any loss that might have been caused by breach of the terms and conditions of parking.

The Supreme Court decision is binding law on all other courts throughout the UK.

Another Court decision: *link removed as unable to post with it in*

Please be advised that all photographic evidence can be at *link removed as unable to post with it on*

We appreciate that this is not the outcome you will have hoped for. Unless you have any additional information that you have not already brought to our attention this decision is final.

In light of the contents of this letter you now have a number of options:

1. Payment offer of reduced rate for the charge above at the reduced rate of £60; to UKPS Limited. PLEASE REFER BELOW FOR PAYMENT OPTIONS AND ADDRESS DETAILS.

2. If you are not happy with our decision you can contact the IAS ([link removedl]) standard Appeals service within 21 days of this appeal being declined.

By law we are also required to inform you that the Ombudsman Services (link removed) provides an alternative dispute resolution service that would be competent to deal with your appeal. However, we have not chosen to participate in their alternative dispute resolution service. As such should you wish to appeal then you must do so to IAS, as explained above.

3. If you choose to do nothing the parking charge will automatically increase after 35 days from the date of this letter to £100 and the matter will be passed to our debt recovery agent, at which point you will be liable to pay an additional charge of £60, in accordance with our terms and conditions of parking and further charges will be claimed if Court action is taken against you. Any unpaid Court Judgement may adversely affect your credit rating.

PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS LETTER, UKPS LIMITED REGULARLY TAKES MOTORIST TO COURT WHO IGNORE THEIR PARKING CHARGES.

Payment Methods
Bank Transfer
Account UKPS LTD
Account No: 25006760
Sort Code: 30-99-15

Or Cheque / Postal Order
UKPS Ltd
Central Office
The Hangars
Harbury Lane
Leamington Spa
CV33 9SA

Kind Regards


UKPS Ltd Appeals Team

Redx

already told you in post #4 and you have been told that they would reject the initial appeal, which they have done

SIT ON YOUR HANDS

I have highlighted it in red now, so please red it again

ABC2

Apologies and thank you!

Coupon-mad

Come back only if they try a small claim (see NEWBIES thread 2nd post, no questions needed - the entire stages are set out there. If that happens, come back).