APCOA parking fine for frontline Covid-19 medic escalated to letter from debt collecting solicitors

NHSfrontline

Hi all,
My daughter received a parking fine in February at the NI hospital where she works as a doctor. The vehicle was registered to our home where she hasn't lived for 9 months. Due to her work and the restrictions she has been working round the clock treating Covid-19 patients. She only got to open what we presumed was junk mail yesterday. She is absolutely devastated to receive various letters, the latest from a debt recovery solicitor threatening county court proceedings against her. Can anyone help with advice please?

nosferatu1001

Northern Ireland? DO nothing
THey cannot send anyone aruond. They cannot file a lawful claim against the keeper, only the driver, and they dont know who drove the car unless someone tells them - on here or elsewhere. 
What EXACTLY does the letter state? Is it a letter before claim?

Redx

You and she should be reading the newbies FAQ sticky thread near the top of the forum , especially post 4 and especially the advice for northern ireland too

The debt collector letter can and should be ignored , no blabbing about who was driving , not on here , not anywhere else either

There is no keeper liability in northern ireland , so as keeper nothing will happen , it's all bluff and bluster , just file it and any other paperwork for several years

NHSfrontline

The letter states our client may consider county court proceedings against you.

Umkomaas

Or get the local press involved - they'd love a juicy story of a frontline doctor being hounded and harassed by debt collectors and APCOA. Was this a hospital car park - APCOA operate on many?

NHSfrontline

The fine was issued in a hospital car park. 

NHSfrontline

Thank you for the advice. We will sit tight.

nosferatu1001

Not a fine
Not a letter before claim either. Mere debt collector drivel
Ignore. 

NHSfrontline

Thank you all! She will be delighted!

Ralph-y

no tell her thanks ...

Ralph

Redx

Much ado about nothing , tell her to breathe and take a chill pill

Apcoa do little or nothing over here , where POFA may apply

Although the letter may have the letterhead of a solicitor , a debt collector may have sent it

You may find it has wording applying to courts in England and Wales , even if sent to victims in Scotland and in Northern Ireland , like this Scotland one

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6154886/parkingeye-golden-ticket#latest

The time to come back here is if she received an official letter from whatever civil court system applies in NI , which I doubt will ever happen, she must sit on her hands , get back to her main job and ignore the sc@mmers