Parking Eye respond to my letter claiming they had been compliant with Practice Direction

Nfehily1

Hi I have been following a thread here on how to defend parking charges and did what was suggested regarding an lbcc. I have now received a letter from Parking Eye stating that "We wish to reassure you that the letter you received is compliant with the pre action protocol for debt claims and that the reply form and information sheet enclosed alongside the letter before claim are as prescribed by the ministry of justice".
Does anyone have any advice on how to reply to this please?

Kevin

The_Deep

I very much doubt that they are telling the truth, they are well-known liars and cheats.

Send them an SAR, and complain to your MP as 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 .

waamo

Without seeing the LBC it's pretty difficult to give an opinion on compliance or not.

Nfehily1

I did not know whether it was or not but proceeded as advised in a previous thread. Is there anything else I can try and do I just pay up now? I don't want to get a ccj.

waamo

Nfehily1 wrote: »

I did not know whether it was or not but proceeded as advised in a previous thread. Is there anything else I can try and do I just pay up now? I don't want to get a ccj.

Firstly show us the LBC secondly defend the claim if and when you get one.

Nfehily1

I dont have the lbc now, I replied to it and stated that they were not in compliance with the DP and they replied stating the above.

Coupon-mad

Did you miss the NEWBIES thread advice for ParkingEye LBCCC stage? (NO LINK GIVEN)

That section in post #2 of the NEWBIES sticky thread does NOT tell you to reply about the practice direction. It tells you exactly what to do when it's ParkingEye so get on with an urgent landowner complaint and the email reply to P/Eye about more relevant stuff.

Nfehily1

Just edited the title to read correctly.

Yeah ive read a lot but dnt understand a lot of it tbh, very confusing to a person of average intelligence. Probably best just payin it and taking more care in the future. Thx anyway

waamo

Nfehily1 wrote: »

Just edited the title to read correctly.

Yeah ive read a lot but dnt understand a lot of it tbh, very confusing to a person of average intelligence. Probably best just payin it and taking more care in the future. Thx anyway

Why is it best paying it? A lot of Newbies say this but won't say why they think they should pay. I've asked several but never had an answer.

Nfehily1

I personally think its a very complicated procedure with conflicting advice on different threads that makes the alternative of paying that much simpler and safer. So as not to incur a ccj.

waamo

Nfehily1 wrote: »

I personally think its a very complicated procedure with conflicting advice on different threads that makes the alternative of paying that much simpler and safer. So as not to incur a ccj.

Even if you lose in court you will not get a ccj as long as you pay promptly. Why have you ruled out negotiations? Once they have launched a claim they start entering loss making territory. Sending lawyers is expensive so anything they can recoup without outlay becomes a bonus.

One poster haggled them down to £60 which was less than the original fee.