Letter Before Claim - Moorside Legal

Fines_suck

Hi All, 

Just received this response from Moorside, any assistance would be greatly appreciated - they have doubled the amount charges since the letter before claim,  see below: 

We write in relation to the above matter. 

1. Am I to understand that the additional £70 represents what is dressed up as a 'Debt Recovery' fee, and if so, is this net or inclusive of VAT? If the latter, would you kindly explain why I am being asked to pay the operator’s VAT?

The additional charge which has been levied on your Parking Charge of £70 is the amount set out in both the British Parking Association and International Parking Community Codes of Practice as the amount which may be added to a Parking Charge when a Parking Charge remains unpaid and when further recovery is required. Our Client is a member of the International Parking Community which is a government approved Accredited Trade Association (ATA) for Private Parking. Our Client adheres to the ATA’s Code of Practice. The £70 does not represent the cost of recovery but is a reasonable amount in relation to the Parking Charge amount, in order to encourage early payment of the Parking Charge without the need for debt recovery. It is a fair amount set by our Client’s government-approved Accredited Trade Association Code of Practice. There are however also costs incurred by our client in relation to debt recovery services.

 

2. With regard to the principal alleged PCN sum: Is this damages, or will it be pleaded as consideration for parking?

By entering and parking the vehicle on our client's private land, you agreed to enter into a contract with our client and to be bound by the terms and conditions of that contract. The terms and conditions were clearly displayed at the entrance and in prominent places within the car park. Due to your failure to comply with the terms and conditions, our client has issued the PCN therefore if we are instructed to issue a claim the reason would be for Unpaid parking charges/ breach of contract.

 

We ask that you make the full payment of £340.00 within 7 days of receipt of this email.

 

 

You can make payment in the following ways:  

• Contact us on 0330 822 9950 (our opening times are Monday- Friday 9:00- 17:00); 
• portal.moorsidelegal.co.uk - Login to our portal
• https://pay.moorside.legal - Quick Pay

 

 

If you fail to respond or make payment, we may be instructed by our client to issue legal proceedings against you. This will incur further costs and fees that will be added to the outstanding balance. You may wish to seek independent legal advice.  

 

 

Yours sincerely,

Moorside Legal

Coupon-mad

Irrelevant how they reply but it's a template seen dozens of times already. Why not just search the forum for their phrase about the £70? You'll see!

Await your claim and please do the Public Consultation this month before the deadline.

As well as the guidance on post 1 of this thread all about the government survey, we have an extra idea posted here today:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81638003/#Comment_81638003

See the first post there for guidance on the survey questions, if you agree with us.

 

patient_dream

Moorside simply don't understand about the COP from the BPA and IPC.

This debt collector rubbish started in the COP before the current COP and it was started by the boss of ZZPS called OSNER and is known as the OSNER SCAM and adopted by the BPA and IPC 
Infact, OSNER put it all in writing. I saved a copy of that letter but it was lost due to upgrading to WIN 11. I know some still hve that letter
YES, both the BPA and IPC are ATA's but they are not a law, just a members club whereby members (the parking cowboys) get access to the DVLA.

Both ATA's make it up as they go along to extort money from the public 

For Moorside to say it is a fair charge (the fake add-on) to cover costs goes against the Supreme Court  in the Beavis case. They ruled that the price of the parking ticket covered the cost of operating the scheme. That case was over a £85 charge, not the extortion figure of £100 we see today.

Moorside are misleading you and the court which in the eyes of a judge is very serious

As said, the ATA's and their COP is NOT a law, it is just a way to extort extra money from the  public .... Judges are fully aware of this mal practice which is why companies like Moorside  get spanked in court or they discontinue

FatToni247

Hello, just wanted to say I took have a claim from them. I will be following your thread closely, good luck!