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UKCPM IAS Appeal ?

I have had a couple of unjustified PCN tickets from UKCPM at my place of work.
Am still waiting a response from UKCPM from my online appeal
My question
Is it worth appealing a UKCPM ticket with IAS ? What is the current opinion on here ?
Some seem to say that it is not worth the effort with IAS
Thanks in advance
j
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  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
    edited 6 March 2019 at 10:25AM
    I think so, but I am in the minority here.

    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 .
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    I have had a couple of unjustified PCN tickets from UKCPM at my place of work.
    Am still waiting a response from UKCPM from my online appeal
    My question
    Is it worth appealing a UKCPM ticket with IAS ? What is the current opinion on here ?
    Some seem to say that it is not worth the effort with IAS
    Thanks in advance
    j

    The IAS is just a scam set up by the incompetent Gladstones solicitors.

    Assume you do not want to deal with scammers ??

    Just wait now for the response
  • Thanks beamer
    Will ignore IAS and await next stage
    I assume this will some kinda solicitor/debt collector letter ?
    Does anyone know what is likely to come next ?
  • twhitehousescat
    twhitehousescat Posts: 5,368 Forumite
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    any info you use in an appeal to the IPC , will be used by the IPC owners (gladstone solisitors) against you


    in simple terms

    "dont tell emm pike"
  • nosferatu1001
    nosferatu1001 Posts: 12,961 Forumite
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    Jonny - yes, we do have an idea, and if you read some other threads you will also have an idea :)

    Ignore anything that is not either a LBA OR a court claim form.
  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    If you got these at work will work not cancel them?
  • Thanks so far guys
    I've tried work (a college) and they say they cannot do anything (poss. a lie)
    Not supportive and probably getting a cut
    Seems like place of work is not an excuse
    j
  • nosferatu1001
    nosferatu1001 Posts: 12,961 Forumite
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    A complete lie
    If it isnt a lie, then theyre incompetent at entering into contracts.
  • I have a question re. acknowledgement of letter before claim see my other thread
    I will now stick to this thread as requested
    Having received my second letter before claim from Gladstone's looks like i need to reply and acknowledge.
    My question is - can i do this via Gladstones online reply form - at least if i do it this way i will have proof of sending. I not sure if i can trust them by sending a letter. Or is it best to send a letter and also post the contents on their online form. (take a screenshot)
    Thanks in advance
    j
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,509 Forumite
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    Do as much as you can online - too much snail mail goes missing in PPC land!
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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