Claim form received, please I need guidance!

pawless_patrol

Coupon-mad said:

I assume you Googled Wembley retail ukppo and found the zillions of forum posts about that parking scam site.

Yes, I found a few here and more on other forums. Didn't see any that had reached court stage and hearing.

Coupon-mad

Pretty sure we've had court claims for that place.  Not sure any reached hearings, if for example the claims were discontinued.

pawless_patrol

1505grandad said:

Opening post states:-

".........................regarding an unpaid parking charge notice from UKPPO."

UK Parking Patrol Office Ltd (Trading As UK Parking Patrol Office) are IPC AoS members  -  so no point mentioning BPA in the Defence.

so they can belong to one but not another? because they have both IPC and BPA logos on their signs

This is from UKPPO website: UK Parking Patrol Office Ltd are members of the International Parking Community and are signed up to their Accredited Operator Scheme. We are also members of the British Parking Association and are bound by their code and ethics. For more information please visit their website. Copyright 2015 the UK Parking Patrol Office Ltd.

pawless_patrol

Sorry, I have answered my own question above! 
The point is: which code of practice should they follow? IPC or BPA? Should I go with what they say on their website about "being bound by their code and ethics"?

Coupon-mad

The IPC CoP as they are in the IPC AOS.

pawless_patrol

This is from a different page on UKPPO website: 

The Independent Parking Committee’s  Accredited Operators Scheme

The Independent Parking Committee are the fastest growing association representing the car park management industry in the UK. Members of their Accredited Operators Scheme have to go through stringent checks and regular inspections. They are the only association that audits every document, sign and site in use by their members to ensure legality. UK Parking Patrol are new members with this association but were previously members of the British Parking Associations Approved Operators Scheme since its inception and can boast a 100% clean record within both schemes.

Coupon-mad

We know they changed from the BPA to the IPC a few years ago.  This is not new.  

Redx

You won't get anywhere with this path

They are IPC AOS members, so follow the IPC CoP

Being BPA corporate members does not assist you. Just assume you won't get anywhere with BPA references. The fact that their website is not up to date is irrelevant

Most of the people here assisting you have dealt with these topics for up to a decade

1505grandad

FYI  -  IPC now stands for:-

International Parking Community

KeithP

pawless_patrol said:

This is from a different page on UKPPO website: 

The Independent Parking Committee’s  Accredited Operators Scheme

The Independent Parking Committee are the fastest growing association representing the car park management industry in the UK. Members of their Accredited Operators Scheme have to go through stringent checks and regular inspections. They are the only association that audits every document, sign and site in use by their members to ensure legality. UK Parking Patrol are new members with this association but were previously members of the British Parking Associations Approved Operators Scheme since its inception and can boast a 100% clean record within both schemes.

So here is a lesson on not to believe everything you read on a parking company's website.

That information you have quoted is from their Ethics & the Law webpage.

It mentions in big letters the Independent Parking Committee.
The IPC changed their name to the International Parking Community several years ago - in 2016.

It talks about the ParkingEye v Beavis case as 'late last year'. That case was concluded in 2015. That alone should give you some idea how out of date they are.

They go on to say they are bound by the Data Protection Act 1988 and therefore cannot disclose the site owners details. Two things wrong with that 1) the Data Protection Act 1988 was replaced two and a half years ago by the Data Protection Act 2018, and 2) there is nothing in either of those acts forbidding them from telling anyone who owns the parking place (unless the owner is an individual - which is unlikely).