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Family dilema - UKCPM solicitors letters

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  • haycorns
    haycorns Posts: 357 Forumite
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    edited 7 August 2019 at 6:05PM
    Thank you for your patience and commitment. I would normally be all over this but I have some major family stuff going on at the moment. I can't decide whether to fight this as a bit of distraction therapy or to bail out and pay for a queit life - which would grieve me , but will be necessary if it is likely to be time consuming.



    Here is the redacted parking change notice

    https://postimg.cc/gallery/3608pnnig/


    As yet i have done nothing, but advice above seems to imply

    • put in a late appeal to ukCPM using standard newbie text , expecting it to be rejected,
    • then DO NOt put in IPC appeal
    • Ignore DCA letters.
    • Only panic if Letter about intent comes
    Is that right?


    Thanks in advance
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    Yes. .
  • Fruitcake
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    Edit the image to remove the PCN number. Unscrupulous person or persons unknown could do a lot of damage with that information.

    Please also turn the second image through 90 degrees.
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  • haycorns
    haycorns Posts: 357 Forumite
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    edited 7 August 2019 at 6:05PM
    HI , Sorry Have made the changes suggested . DOn't know how i missed PCN number , but my mind is fried at the moment. I just need to decide what to do with this, do it, then park it!

    https://postimg.cc/gallery/3608pnnig/
  • KeithP
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    haycorns, please stop posting dead links. You have been here long enough to post live links.

    Less work for you - less work for us. :D
  • haycorns
    haycorns Posts: 357 Forumite
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    edited 7 August 2019 at 6:04PM
    https://postimg.cc/gallery/3608pnnig/

    sorry - i just did what i was told without thinking.
  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    Have you checked that link?

    Both images out of focus at this end
  • Umkomaas
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    I've just about managed to read them through squinted eyes! They've lashed up the PoFA warning insofar as they say that after 28 days it will be the driver who will become liable if the driver isn't identified (as underlined by you). There is no warning that the keeper could become liable.

    But CPM won't roll over on this, they are likely to argue that the keeper was probably the driver. And as they are most litigious, expect this to go to a court hearing, in which case you will need to have your head fully around PoFA so you can argue your position in front of a Judge.
    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.

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  • haycorns
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    The driver definitely isn't the keeper. The keeper was at work 50 miles away at the time of the offence. I cant let him go to court for something that had nothing to do with him and I have other critical things going on in my life so cannot help with the defence.

    It makes me very cross and sad that they will get away with it, but I don't see that I have any sensible option other than to pay. :(
  • haycorns
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    edited 7 August 2019 at 10:06PM
    Sorry about the quality - I was out of printer ink and it printed in Red. Will try again tomorrow. I don't have the ordinal so its tricky

    So it gets harder - or maybe esier. I have managed to speak to the driver who has been abroad for the last few months with limited phone accesss.

    They DID pay and put the reg number in the pay and display machine. So I really don't want to pay the fine

    So I am going to send a late appeal - using the newbie post, not naming the driver but asking them to confirm they have checked the P&D machine. It is a quiet time for the carpark and the driver will have been seen on the CCTV.

    The drvier is up for a fight and would go to court , but they will have to pay her travel costs - she is likely to be in Scotland if anything does happen. The keeper won't want ot go to court and I need to keep him out of it.

    Do you think I/the keeper SHOULD name the driver now?

    I really dont want to give in, if I can find a way to fight it that won't take me forever.
    I think I understand POFA - I won at appeal on a previous ticket based on POFA. Given the driver paid it must be defendable. Where does it go to court - locally or somewhere of their choosing?

    Roughly how much warning will we get?
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