CST Law & UK Parking Administration Limited

parody

Hi All. 

Long time lurker, and have been acting on the various advice posted here.  But, now I'm in a place where I need to just make sure I'm doing the right things.

I had a parking fine last year.  I disputed it (and still do).  The fine was made by UK Parking Administration Limited for overstay at a car charging spot.  I had already paid an "overstay charge" via the charging app which allowed me to stay for longer the 2 hrs (8 hrs if I remember).  This made me (apparently incorrectly) assume that I'm OK leaving my car there for 8hrs.  Seems there was/is a disconnect between the charging company and the "land owner".

Anyway, they rejected my claim due to the signage (in my opinion, the situation was ambiguous at best - does my payment of an overstay charge override the 2hr sign?).

I've ignored them since (and have had many many threatening letters), but today received a "LETTER BEFORE CLAIM" from CST Law acting on their behalf.

Am I right to think I should be responding to this one, by email, using the template in the FAQ / Newbies thread?

Thanks!

ChirpyChicken

If it says make payment or contact debt recovery plus then ignore.

parody

ChirpyChicken said:

If it says make payment or contact debt recovery plus then ignore.

Here is the letter, obfuscated

ChirpyChicken

You can reply or you can ignore 
You may or may not get a court claim 

Coupon-mad

Agreed. Nothing to worry about and most likely not followed by a claim as CST Law don't do that much. If they do, it's defendable.

parody

Thanks so much @ChirpyChicken @Coupon-mad, I'll continue to ignore for the moment then.  Will come back here if it develops further!

mwilky

Have you had any update on this? I'm in pretty much the exact same boat with the same 2 companies. I had until the 1st to respond.

ChirpyChicken

mwilky said:

Have you had any update on this? I'm in pretty much the exact same boat with the same 2 companies. I had until the 1st to respond.

Why are worried about these so called deadlines
Irrelevant

Coupon-mad

mwilky said:

Have you had any update on this? I'm in pretty much the exact same boat with the same 2 companies. I had until the 1st to respond.

You didn't! The advice is the same.

Nothing to worry about and most likely not followed by a claim as CST Law don't do that much. If they do, it's defendable.