Nps - trying to enforce a ticket from 2016?

SueML

Dear All,

I received a letter this morning 20/01/20 stating that NPS will take me to court to reclaim a £170 fine for parking in a private car park opposite my house (Durham UK) for less than one hour. NPS are on the approved operators list for the BPA.

When I sporadically received letters from them over the intervening years I assumed it was not legal and just got rid of the letters. However now they say they will take me to court or send the bailiffs to my house. I am medically retired and disabled and I am in no position to pay this fine. Can they enforce a claim made in 2016?

Any advice would be welcome - I just fear they would take me to court and there would then be an impossible bill to pay.

Thanks very much,

Sue L

Redx

Yes they can , they have 6 years to issue a court claim pack from the CCBC in Northampton

Email a SAR to NPS to obtain all your data , attaching a copy of the V5C log book or 2 recent redacted utility bills as proof of I D under the GDPR law

Read the newbies faq sticky thread near the top of the forum , especially posts #5 and #2

Your ability to pay or not has no relevance , sorry to say

No bailiffs will come until after any court case , if you lost in court

fisherjim

It wasn't a fine, and the charge wasn't £170 that extra £70 is fake debt collection fees that are not reclaimable unless you get taken in by scamming debt collectors.

Redx

So just to reiterate what was said above

The fine (it's actually an invoice , not a fine) never increases , at all , it's £100 and is always £100

The sum total only increases if they add fake charges on top , like fake debt collection fees

If it went to court , it's £100 plus court fees plus possibly interest , typically £200 or less , and no fake debt collection fees

beamerguy

SueML wrote: »

Dear All,

I received a letter this morning 20/01/20 stating that NPS will take me to court to reclaim a £170 fine for parking in a private car park opposite my house (Durham UK) for less than one hour. NPS are on the approved operators list for the BPA.

When I sporadically received letters from them over the intervening years I assumed it was not legal and just got rid of the letters. However now they say they will take me to court or send the bailiffs to my house. I am medically retired and disabled and I am in no position to pay this fine. Can they enforce a claim made in 2016?

Any advice would be welcome - I just fear they would take me to court and there would then be an impossible bill to pay.

Thanks very much,

Sue L

Who said they were taking you to court ?

You don't owe £170 ... they have added a fake amount which the law does not allow

SueML

Thank you very much for your feedback.

The letter refers to being taken to court as it states:
If, however, we do not either receive your payment or your Letter of Response, we will file our claim in the County Court without further notice to you. Should this prove necessary, we must warn you that our Claim will also be for interest, Court fees, and fixed costs which will of course increase with the monies which you owe. We would also ask you to note from paragraphs 13 to 16 of the Practice Direction that the Court has the power to impose sanctions upon you should you fail to respond to this Letter of Claim or fail to comply otherwise with the Practice Direction.

Is this just purposely trying to sound official?

I have never responded to them in any way.

Best wishes

Sue Laing

lindens

SueML wrote: »

Thank you very much for your feedback.

The letter refers to being taken to court as it states:
If, however, we do not either receive your payment or your Letter of Response, we will file our claim in the County Court without further notice to you. Should this prove necessary, we must warn you that our Claim will also be for interest, Court fees, and fixed costs which will of course increase with the monies which you owe. We would also ask you to note from paragraphs 13 to 16 of the Practice Direction that the Court has the power to impose sanctions upon you should you fail to respond to this Letter of Claim or fail to comply otherwise with the Practice Direction.

Is this just purposely trying to sound official?

I have never responded to them in any way.

Best wishes

Sue Laing

Yes just follow the advice in post 2. They are trying to scare you - and it worked