N180 form from Parking Eye

randompseudonym

Coupon-mad said:

You do need a copy of your defence urgently.  You can't write a meaningful WS to support your defence without knowing exactly what the defence said.

 I did not consider what I was doing as parking, as I was attending a lecture, while happening to be in a parking spot.

Sitting in the car is still parked.

The terms on the signs apply but if they were not prominent you might just have a case.  It is tenuous though, if there was an entrance sign that told you it was 'private land and terms apply'.

The entry parking sign was about a foot wide and a foot and a half tall, if that. Looking at the photo, it states,
"2 hours free parking
     WARNING
      A.N.P.R.
Automatic Number Plate Recognition"

I had to max zoom in to the photo to read it, the rest of the text underneath is illegibly tiny. 

Coupon-mad

That sounds compliant with the size set in the British Parking Association Code of Practice Appendix on mandatory entrance signs.  That's the Code you should be judging them against.

Did Parking Eye claim £100 or £120 on the left of the claim form?  You did keep it?

randompseudonym

B789 said:

randompseudonym said:

Thanks for the information. I filled in an a handwritten N1 form. 

On my way back to see my supervisor a few weeks later, I went to the same service station and took photos of the entrance and the car park. The only sign at the entrance mentioning parking was a tiny, barely legible red sign that is easy to miss. After looking around I did see another larger sign that mentioned a fine in the middle of the car park, but it was semi-obscured by a van, as it was placed between car parking spaces. What is their responsibility for adequate signage? 

I would bet you £100 that you didn't see any sign that mentioned the word "fine" at all.

You were never "fined". You were issued a speculative invoice for an alleged breach of contract by an unregulated private parking company and they are now alleging that you are in debt to them. You do not have a debt unless a judge says so. Keep that in mind.

Sorry, you are correct, a poor choice of words on my part. The sum of £100 is mentioned, although funnily enough there is no mention of it being an invoice for services rendered! 🤔 😀

randompseudonym

Coupon-mad said:

That sounds compliant with the size set in the British Parking Association Code of Practice Appendix on mandatory entrance signs.  That's the Code you should be judging them against.

Did Parking Eye claim £100 or £120 on the left of the claim form?  You did keep it?

Wow... its compliant? I couldn't make it out, while driving into the car park... and I was looking very carefully, as I'd gone back to the car park on purpose to find evidence! I could only read it later when looking at the photo zoomed in. That is just daylight robbery and extortion!

I have all the paperwork. They were claiming £100.