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Hi I'm new here I just got a call from a guy from this company saying they will be taking me to court for £160 from may last year they supposed to have been sending me letters never got any now the guy being very cocky says they are taking me to court I know nothing about this what do I do I had one missed call and answer machine message?
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  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    Block the caller
  • Hi I'm worried about it guy was so cocky last thing I need is court but after a year of supposedly sending letters dont know nothing about it I always go out my way to make sure I comply with ticketing etc
  • Wish it was that easy
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    Hi I'm new here I just got a call from a guy from this company saying they will be taking me to court for £160 from may last year they supposed to have been sending me letters never got any now the guy being very cocky says they are taking me to court I know nothing about this what do I do I had one missed call and answer machine message?

    They are all cocky ..... braindead more likely

    Have you moved house since May last year. Is your car doc, V5, up to date at your current address
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,383 Forumite
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    edited 30 July 2019 at 8:42PM
    'Safe Parking'. Is that the full name of the parking company? On a quick check of the BPA and IPC AOS lists, I don't see them. Can you give us more info on them please?

    Please note, there's no need to panic, they cannot just 'take you to court'. There's a specific procedure to follow, and even if they started that today, it would be near to Christmas before it ever came before a Judge.

    If I was you, I'd do the following, to try to narrow things down. Let us know the outcome, please.

    You should email the DVLA and ask which organisations (when and for what reason) accessed the registered keeper's data from them between a range of dates which includes the date(s) of the parking incident(s). You need to provide the registered keeper's full name and address, the address on the V5C logbook and the Vehicle Registration Mark of the vehicle involved in the parking incident.

    SubjectAccess.Requests@dvla.gov.uk

    This service is free of charge.

    Even though you email your request, the DVLA will respond via Royal Mail.
    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.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • I renewed my license recently it was out of date everything apart from address was up to date all ok now so my thinking they might have been sending stuff to old address
  • Hi I dont no nothing about when what car where etc just got call saying I'm getting took to court strange its took them to mo to call me.
  • Ralph-y
    Ralph-y Posts: 4,701 Forumite
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    did you update the V5/logbook?


    Ralph:cool:
  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    Probably, your driving licence details are not relevant , but your V5C is relevant

    It's mandatory to update both asap, so do so if you haven't already

    Please confirm the name and address of the PPC
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    I renewed my license recently it was out of date everything apart from address was up to date all ok now so my thinking they might have been sending stuff to old address

    Updating your licence does not update your V5

    If they have been sending to an old address you need to get this sorted.

    So who phoned you, does your phone show the number
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