SIP PCN – Paid (Wrong VRM), Session Confirmed, IAS Lost, Now Reminders Increasing Charge

Umkomaas

1. No. You only pay SIP if a Judge instructs you.

2. The claim will be heard at your local court. 

3. They’ll have some fun trying to have an England/Wales incurred parking charge case heard in a Scottish Sheriff Court (research ‘Out of Jurisdiction’). The ‘strength’ of your situation is for a judge to determine, so that will need a court hearing.  Not something to fear. 

4. Write to the Data Protection Officer for SIP.  Tell them to ERASE your previous address and REPLACE with your current address for service. Use those two words as they have meaning under GDPR/Data Protection rules. 

ChirpyChicken

a Scottish address is perfect 

Coupon-mad

But you never pay unless a judge orders it. For that reason, I don't understand qu 1.

Q2, Obviously any hearing is listed at the court nearest the service address of the litigant in person (you). I say 'obviously' because we explained this - it's why we said very clearly to change your service address at LBC stage. Why else would we advise this step? It's because of the hearing court rule.

3. Don't pretend to be in Scotland. That's a different country and operates under different court claim rules entirely. That is not what we advised and more likely that SIP will smell a rat and trace you to your English address again.

MPulse

Thanks for all the advice so far, it’s been really helpful. From what I understand, it might be better for me to use an address for service in the Southwest region of England.

I have two more questions:

1. If the court eventually orders me to pay, will that affect my credit history at that point, or does it only affect my credit file if I still don’t pay after the court judgment?

2. How much can a court order as the maximum amount for a single private parking charge claim from SIP?

Any clarification on these points would be appreciated. Thanks again for everyone’s guidance.

Le_Kirk

1.  You are correct, a CCJ only exists on your credit record if you fail to pay what the judge orders before the date the judge specified
2.  The usual amount we say at the moment is £212 because any judge worth his/her salt will remove any spurious £70 admin fees