PCN issued in England, car registered in Scotland, but...

88RoaringHorses

Hello,
Last year the driver of my car received a
PCN in England. They sent correspondence to my parents address in Scotland, which is where the car is registered. As per advice I ignored all the letters that followed, which soon stopped.

However, lately I received a 'debt recovery letter' but this time it was sent to my main address in southern England rather than the address my car was (and still is) registered to. 

The question I have is - how did the debt recovery company (and I'm assuming the PPC) get hold of my main address and do I need to be worried? The 'offence' took place in a car park in the same town as my current address so I'm assuming they got my details from an electoral register or insurance company.

What would you do in this situation?
Thanks

88RoaringHorses

Also - my driving license at the time of the 'offence' was registered to the same address as my car. Around a year ago I updated it to my main, English address.

BrownTrout

they do a soft trace using experian

pogofish

So what did you make of the detailed, current and comprehensive advice already here here for dealing with debt collectors, which also makes starting a new thread on the subject quite unnecessary...?

88RoaringHorses

I'm fully aware of the detailed, comprehensive advice on debt collectors and how they can be ignored, my question is will the PPC be able to do anything given that my car was registered in Scotland when the charge was issued?

88RoaringHorses

And still is registered there.

Onthewall

Simply the answer is yes, the event happened in England....Scottish law isn’t relevant.

88RoaringHorses

Yes but when I first received letters to my Scottish address, the advice given on here was not to correspond with the PPC in any way given that County Courts have no jurisdiction in Scotland.

Umkomaas

88RoaringHorses said:

I'm fully aware of the detailed, comprehensive advice on debt collectors and how they can be ignored, my question is will the PPC be able to do anything given that my car was registered in Scotland when the charge was issued?

I think the short answer is yes they can do something. What 'something' is will depend on them. Until then it's hypothesising on a bit of a conundrum. If they issue a court claim you will need to defend it. Ultimately it will be for a Judge to decide. 

But it's the PPC that will decide immediate next steps. If you tell us which one it is, we might have a better chance of guessing what they might do.

88RoaringHorses

Thanks, it's Horizon.

D_P_Dance

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.