A good source of Parking Charge Advice.....

Terry1931

https://www.advicescotland.com/parking-charge-notice-private-firms/

patient_dream

Advice for Scotland is fully covered in the Newbies thread.

It's even better in N.Ireland. The Consumer Council covers N. Ireland and get the tickets cancelled

NCC1701-A

Doesn't appear to mention POFA2012 is not applicable in Scotland so no keeper liability, and absolutely nothing about paying and trying to get your money back.

Last question was 8 months ago, here its 50+ a day. Wonder which is more likely to be helpful.

Fruitcake

That website contains inaccurate and out of date advice, and omits crucial advice. 

As already mentioned, the advice for motorists is Scotland is already fully covered in the NEWBIES sticky Announcement. When the legislation supporting the Parking Bill, Scotland is introduced, the advice in the NEWBIES will be updated accordingly.

Terry1931

Ultimately the advice in the link  is to seek professional advice where there are agreed terms and levels of service between the motorist and advisor.

 Unlike views given on this forum, which can rapidly lead to escalation of the issue beyond the original parking charge , as there is no such accountability for the advice given here. 

Paying a charge at least limits your liability against unqualified advice.

And I do note the Thanks button being abused by the old sages to mutually support and  to make it appear their views are predominant. 

KeithP

Terry1931 said:

Ultimately the advice in the link  is to seek professional advice...

But the cost of professional advice is out of all proportion.

Are you expecting people to pay hundreds of pounds to avoid a parking charge?

Terry1931

KeithP said:

Terry1931 said:

Ultimately the advice in the link  is to seek professional advice...

But the cost of professional advice is out of all proportion.

Are you expecting people to pay hundreds of pounds to avoid a parking charge?

If the professional advice is the only advice that is accountable, then yes 

There is the process of the motorist limiting their liability to mistaken advice or appraisal of the circumstances. 

KeithP

Terry1931 said:

KeithP said:

Terry1931 said:

Ultimately the advice in the link  is to seek professional advice...

But the cost of professional advice is out of all proportion.

Are you expecting people to pay hundreds of pounds to avoid a parking charge?

If the professional advice is the only advice that is accountable, then yes 

Then sadly, your expectations of the average motorist are a little high too.

Let's keep the figures simple... if a motorist is faced with a parking charge of say £100, why would he pay probably double that to a professional advisor?

If they were the only two options, I can imagine a lot of motorists, probably most sensible people, would opt for the cheaper option.

Does that match your expectations?

Terry1931

If the parking charge is £100 and the unqualified and non service level agreed advice given on this forum is NOT to pay this charge , then the limit of accountability is too high, take the example of the poster who faces a claim of £12,500 parking charges. 

By paying the charge and  counter claiming for recovery you have limited the original liability. You have faced the decision up front and acted accordingly rather than kick the can down the road and face liability for any errors in your case management. 

Terry1931

Once again ...

 I do note the Thanks button being abused by the old sages to mutually support each other  and  to make it appear their views are the predominant. 

Coupon-mad

But the advice on this forum is not what you are saying. It is to complain to the landowner or retailer first, then appeal as registered keeper

We win cases almost all the time and we have a template defence if cases get that far.

We do not suggest ignoring a private PCN and haven't done, since 2013 when ParkingEye jumped on the court bandwagon and rinsed people, at first.

See my signature.  Only PCNs in NI are to be ignored.  The best advice on how to deal with a private PCN is in the Newbies thread at the top of this forum.

Newbies should check post counts of new posters suggesting that they should pay a private PCN and it is open to readers of this forum to draw their own conclusions.  

You have still not shown that ParkingEye email and you persist in telling people to pay private PCNs.  Your tone has been critical of new posters, so forgive the regulars if we have to take issue with what you are posting which is downright dangerous, expensive and the opposite of moneysaving.