Understanding the process of ignoring debt recovery letters

alanski_2

My daughter recently passed her test and obtained a ticket from a retail park (UKCPM). She ignored/missed the appeal and now I said I would help her out when she got a letter from Debt Recovery Plus (DRP). Before someone tells me to read the newbie thread post #4 - i have. There is so much useful information on here and on the newbie thread but the one thing I can't find is an outline or detail of the process of what happens when you ignore letters like this when issued by PPC 'x'.  We have no appeal process, so I'm wondering what actually happens when we ignore the letters from DRP? Do UKCPM start court proceedings after 'x' amount of letters or time from DRP? WHo starts the proceedings and what can we expect in terms of the process? I don't really want the hassle of going to court nor the stress for my daughter having to receive them or defend it herself (there is a whole other parenting thread here about learning for yourself I am aware of). But I am not clear what the process is or what to expect from ignoring the letters. 
Technically the only grounds for appeal that I can see are no knowledge of any grace period is available from the retailers, and it takes 10 mins to get in and out because it is so busy and small.
Any clarifications on the processes would be most welcome.

Umkomaas

Ignore all and every DCA letter - maybe one, maybe ten (who knows) - unless/until a formal Letter of Claim comes from Gladstones Solicitors or a Court Claim from the Northampton CCBC. UKCPM are the most litigious parking firm in the country. Expect a court claim any time in the next 6 years, probably sooner rather than later. 

That's about the sum of it. 

D_P_Dance

... what happens when you ignore letters like this when issued by PPC 'x'.

That surely depends on the PPC.   Each company will have its own policy.

Nine times out of ten these tickets are scams, so consider complaining to your MP., it can cause the scammer extra costs, and in some cases, cancellation. 

Parliament is well aware of the MO of these private parking companies, many of whom are former clampers, 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 later this year,

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

beamerguy

Feast your eyes on this .....
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5859454/debt-collectors-drp-zzps-what-they-dont-want-you-to-know/p1

DRP are scammers who can do nothing ... apart from wasting their own time and money
IGNORE 100%

However, you will have noticed they have added £60 which is unlawful. This is the start of their downfall .... IT'S CALLED ABUSE OF PROCESS and these parking companies get spanked by the courts for this.  UKCPM are used to this.   They use a very incompetent legal called Gladstones who will immediately taint any claim by including the fake £60

ABUSE OF PROCESS
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6103933/abuse-of-process-thread-part-2/p1?new=1

See what the courts do to Gladstones.   If you get a scam letter before claim from Gladstones, come back here so we can help you because the claim will be unlawful

nosferatu1001

SOME tickets are taken to court
THere is of course no way to know if yours will be taken there, and for how long
THere is no process to ignoring DC letters. Jsut ignore them as the wastes of precious paper they are. 

Ralph-y

where did this happen ? retail park? supermarket / gym?

the only pro active thing you can do (apart from reading the newbies thread re court action) is complain to the land owners / agents

Ralph

Coupon-mad

Definitely complain to the retail park owners (Google the name of the place and look for adverts about units/retail property).  The managing agents (on behalf of the freeholder) contracted with UKCPM and can, of course, cancel a PCN with one email. 

That is PLAN A and always the easy way out.  All it takes is Googling the place to find the land agents that offer the units!

Of course it takes longer at the moment in retail parks, due to COVID queues, and of course a person should be allowed and entitled to rely upon both a consideration period to arrive and a grace period to leave.

Do UKCPM start court proceedings after 'x' amount of letters or time from DRP?
DRP have nothing to do with it.  UKCPM can start a court claim and tend to use Gladstones. 

WE WIN AND USUALLY UKCPM DISCONTINUE (NO HEARING) NOWADAYS.

Who starts the proceedings and what can we expect in terms of the process? 

Gladstones or other scummy robo-claim firm.  You can expect to win without a hearing, if you follow what we advise, or to win at a telephone hearing.

But the landowner cancellation is the easy route.