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Fine for parking in a Disabled space not displaying the blue badge
swansea_lad
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I received a fine today for not displaying my mothers blue badge. She was in a rush to attend a hospital appointment and we both forgot to display her blue badge.
Any idea the next step
Any idea the next step
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Was this a private car park or council?
If private, please tell us the name of the parking company, follow the advice in the sticky Announcement thread for NEWBIES. Complain to the landowner/PALS/hospital trust CEO. If unsuccessful, appeal using the template in blue text from the NEWBIES, and include a copy of the blue badge but with the photo redacted.
Do not reveal the driver's identity.
Only ever refer to The Driver and The Keeper, who are two people as far as the law is concerned.
If council, visit pepipoo.com.
Read the FAQs, register with a non-hotmail address, and post your query with a redacted copy of the PCN.I married my cousin. I had to...I don't have a sister.
All my screwdrivers are cordless."You're Safety Is My Primary Concern Dear" - Laks1 -
The fine was from Parking Solutions 240
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Appeal showing the Blue Badge.PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD0 -
swansea_lad said:The fine was from Parking Solutions 24
No it it wasn't!
It was a Parking Charge Notice, an invoice, from an unregulated private parking company called Parking Solutions 24.
If it was a hospital car park, then the Registered Keeper should complain to PALS and the head/CEO of the hospital Trust, quoting the UK Governments NHS parking principles, and demand a cancellation.
NHS car parking guidance 2021 for NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If the charge isn't cancelled, then the Registered Keeper should send the template in blue text, unaltered, from the sticky Announcement for NEWBIES.I married my cousin. I had to...I don't have a sister.All my screwdrivers are cordless."You're Safety Is My Primary Concern Dear" - Laks3 -
If this were to go to court you should consider a counter claim for disability discrimination.. Have you complained to your MP? Also read this
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act/protected-characteristics
You never know how far you can go until you go too far.0 -
D_P_Dance said:If this were to go to court you should consider a counter claim for disability discrimination.. Have you complained to your MP? Also read this
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act/protected-characteristics
How can it be discrimination if the company could not know they were disabled (through lack of badge)
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Op, we had similar, we took the BB into the hospital to get the car registered on their system and got a ticket a few days later. I wrote to the hospital PALS with copies of ticket and BB. Within week it was cancelled.1
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If it came to a court case, the PPC would be well aware by that stage that a Blue Badge was involved, yet they would be ignoring the fact and continuing to plough on with legal proceedings.lisyloo said:D_P_Dance said:If this were to go to court you should consider a counter claim for disability discrimination.. Have you complained to your MP? Also read this
https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/equality-act/protected-characteristics
How can it be discrimination if the company could not know they were disabled (through lack of badge)
(genuinely interestedly in furthering my knowledge)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.#Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street3 -
Not making provision for disabled persons beforehand is indirect discrimination. The parking operator should know that some disabled motorists will forget to display a badge, or forget to register a badge due to the nature of their disability, and must have provisions in place in case that happens.
Not taking action as soon as they know a person has a disability is direct discrimination.
This is covered by the Equality Act 2010.I married my cousin. I had to...I don't have a sister.All my screwdrivers are cordless."You're Safety Is My Primary Concern Dear" - Laks3 -
How can it be discrimination if the company ...
Surely you will have told them in your defence.You never know how far you can go until you go too far.0
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