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Civil Enforcement Ltd

Hello All,

I parked for 52 minutes in a private car park that had a 40 minute limit. Completely missed the (very small) signs.

I appealed to POPLA prior to coming to this forum - silly me - and my appeal was refused.

Civil Enforcement Ltd are now asking for £140 ("original charge and additional costs"), accompanied with the threats about court, 'debt order' and attachment of earnings!

Do I have grounds to not pay these people such an extortionate amount?

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  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 153,421 Forumite
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    Welcome. :)

    Please read the NEWBIES thread post #2 about defending a court claim, because that's the time you will need our help, not yet.

    CEL will try a claim but we beat them or force them to discontinue, 99.99% of the time.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • Paul_01
    Paul_01 Posts: 407 Forumite
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    Thank you! I will wait for the letter before action.
  • Le_Kirk
    Le_Kirk Posts: 24,744 Forumite
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    Paul_01 wrote: »
    Thank you! I will wait for the letter before action...........
    ........... in the meantime I will read up NEWBIE post # 2 and in particular defence examples. Highly recommended to prepare yourself.
  • Paul_01
    Paul_01 Posts: 407 Forumite
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    Will do!

    Thanks.
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