Help - private fine but wasn't me driving

Legacy_user

Hi all,
Thanks for advice. Not sure what I have to do to be honest!

Quentin

Everyone is asked to read up on this in the newbies FAQ thread near the top of the forum before starting a new thread

Go there now to learn about the game you are now caught up in and how to deal with this

Too late now but ignoring was a bad decision

You now do ignore debt collectors (all explained in post #4 in the FAQ)

Ignore everything except a lbcca or court correspondence

If it comes to that then come back to the FAQ at that time for advice on how to deal with it

They have 6 years to start legal proceedings against you

Throughout here you are advised never to reveal who was driving

You need to edit your post to remove details of who was driving

The ppcs monitor this forum and can use posts in your thread against you in Court

The_Deep

I don't want anything going against me!

They can take you to court if you continue to ignore. You have several choices

Pay (not advised)

Fight

Ignore (not advised)

name your partner

have you read the stickies/FAQs?

Also, as nine times out of ten these tickets are scams, complain to your MP.

Parliament is well aware of the MO of these private parking companies, and on 15th March 2019 a Bill was enacted to curb the excesses of these shysters. Codes of Practice are being drawn up, an independent appeals service will be set up, and access to the DVLA's date base more rigorously policed, persistent offenders denied access to the DVLA database and unable to operate.

Hopefully life will become impossible for the worst of these scammers, but until this is done you should still complain to your MP, citing the new legislation.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/8/contents/enacted

Just as the clampers were finally closed down, so hopefully will many of these Private Parking Companies.

oldernonethewiser

Unless you are in Scotland, where you can currently still ignore, then follow all the good advice given above.


And it is not a fine.

Redx

Name the Parking company so we can advise you better, plus the country you live in too

The_Deep

BTW, it is not a fine, it is an invoice from a thoroughly disreputable company claiming damages for the harm you did them when you did what you did. You owe them nothing unless a judge says so .