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Stonker
Stonker Posts: 535 Forumite
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edited 11 November 2020 at 5:41PM in Parking tickets, fines & parking
Hello,

I have just received a PCN for an alleged breach of T&Cs in a privately owned car park (Happy to disclose the management company).  I can offer the following information
Our total time in the car park was 11 mins 25 secs
My girlfriend was suffering from anxiety and needed to take some air so we pulled into the car park so that she could do so
We didn't actually park the car in a parking space at all
We were not there long enough to read the T&Cs and decide to accept any contract to park
The whole time we were there, an attendant or engineer had the machine open so it would not be possible to buy a ticket in any event.

Can somebody advise please?

Thanks
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  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 39,745 Forumite
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    Follow the same guidance you received when you dealt with that Sainsburys parking issue a couple of years ago.
  • Stonker
    Stonker Posts: 535 Forumite
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    Would that still apply Keith?  OK
    I only concealed it in case that would be the advice, happy to disclose if required by somebody that can help
    I was on a busy street , nowhere to park other than on a roundabout.  The car park was right by
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 42,076 Forumite
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    I only concealed it in case that would be the advice, happy to disclose if required by somebody that can help
    And we're still none the wiser!
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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  • Stonker
    Stonker Posts: 535 Forumite
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    I've just checked the Sainsbury case 2 years ago and the advice then was write to the CEO.  I don't know who owns this car park

  • Stonker
    Stonker Posts: 535 Forumite
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    You didn't advise that :-)  Euro Car Parks
  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    The fact that you don't know doesn't change our advice

    Plan A is best , because you have no plan B
  • Stonker
    Stonker Posts: 535 Forumite
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    OK so are you saying find out who owns the car park and then complain?
  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    That is always the best option , ALWAYS !!

    The story you posted earlier has no legs as a defence to a breach of contract by being onsite for that period
  • Stonker
    Stonker Posts: 535 Forumite
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    Oh.  I will ask ECP who owns the car park
    £100 is ridiculous for 11 mins when I couldn't have bought a ticket anyway

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