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Manchester airport fine appeal refused

Hello everyone,

Just looking for a bit of advice really. I received a parking fine for T3 drop off zone at Manchester airport. I tried to appeal it with APCOA but unfortunately did not see the template on this forum until after the fact. Once it was rejected I found the template and tried to appeal with POPLA which has also been rejected for apparently "changing my mind" when at no point in the initial appeal did I state I was the driver. Is it advisable to just ignore the fine now or do I just need to suck it up and pay it? How likely are APCOA to take me to court if I do ignore them?
Thank you in advance 

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  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,137 Forumite
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    edited 1 October at 2:03AM
    Please show the full POPLA decision in the POPLA DECISIONS thread, but add ten paragraph breaks to break it up to read.

    You can ignore APCOA.
    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:
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  • ChirpyChicken
    ChirpyChicken Posts: 1,934 Forumite
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    As above ignore them and debt recovery plus
  • So, if I ignore them and debt recovery, is it likely they would take it further to court?
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,698 Forumite
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    So, if I ignore them and debt recovery, is it likely they would take it further to court?
    They won't, they never do. 
    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.

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  • Nellymoser
    Nellymoser Posts: 1,732 Forumite
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    edited 1 October at 8:48AM
    Care to join the 1,974 UK citizens who are asking Govt to Ban Drop-off charges at airports sign and share, 
    47,615 people signed the same petition on Change.org 
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,137 Forumite
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    So, if I ignore them and debt recovery, is it likely they would take it further to court?
    Nope. Not APCOA. Not ever.
    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 THREAD
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