Who else got a 'parking ticket' in the estate off Upperton Road tonight. Is it ligit?

[On our way...]

Loads of cars got some advance warning parking notices tonight on Watkin Road. Anyone know I'd they are legit or is it just a warning? Company called comphrehensive management services. 

[somebum]

Probably not legit but spare a thought for the persons space you are taking up 

[Russell sprout]

10 minutes ago, On our way... said:

Loads of cars got some advance warning parking notices tonight on Watkin Road. Anyone know I'd they are legit or is it just a warning? Company called comphrehensive management services. 

Unless it’s issued by the council don’t pay it,they will threaten you with dvla etc,

but unless it’s enforced by the council you don’t have to legally pay it,

check the Martin Lewis website,

i did I didn’t pay nor intend to pay some fines I received 

[Ted Maul]

8 hours ago, Russell sprout said:

Unless it’s issued by the council don’t pay it,they will threaten you with dvla etc,

but unless it’s enforced by the council you don’t have to legally pay it,

check the Martin Lewis website,

i did I didn’t pay nor intend to pay some fines I received 

Out of interest, do you know if any of the non-council companies have access to the database to find your address? I know with some of them they can only start to chase payment if you get in touch with them to contest it and give them a means of contacting you.

[StanSP]

9 hours ago, somebum said:

Probably not legit but spare a thought for the persons space you are taking up 

if there's no allocated parking, he's taken up no-ones space.

[kylestyle06]

46 minutes ago, Ted Maul said:

Out of interest, do you know if any of the non-council companies have access to the database to find your address? I know with some of them they can only start to chase payment if you get in touch with them to contest it and give them a means of contacting you.

They will pay £2.50 and request your information from the DVLA. So you are likely to receive a letter.

 

What you received is an invoice and not a fine. 

 

Dont pay and ignore the fake solicitor letters which is sent from the same address and guy at that ‘parking’ company just under a different name.

[FLAN]

If you are stalking about freemens wharf someone posted on here the other day it was going permit only 

[foxinsocks]

1 hour ago, Ted Maul said:

Out of interest, do you know if any of the non-council companies have access to the database to find your address? I know with some of them they can only start to chase payment if you get in touch with them to contest it and give them a means of contacting you.

The company running the parking at js in hinckley get your address from dvlc so they can send you a bill.  Not sure of the legality to force payment 

[NorthfieldsFox]

Please contest them , don’t ignore , some of these companies have been wining court cases recently 

 

contest it 

 

if you ignore it you could find yourself with  a CCJ 

 

In 2015 Supreme Court ruled against Barry Beavis in his legal challenge to ParkingEye’s right to issue penalties to motorists, so they are enforceable now. 

 

But they can be beat 

Edited 17 February 2018 by NorthfieldsFox

[Russell sprout]

1 hour ago, Ted Maul said:

Out of interest, do you know if any of the non-council companies have access to the database to find your address? I know with some of them they can only start to chase payment if you get in touch with them to contest it and give them a means of contacting you.

I would say that they must have access to a database as that’s how they got my address,

If it’s a parking charge notice it isn’t legally enforced,

people pay the fine but you don’t have to,the cost of admin,plus court fees etc for them makes it pointless to Perdue you,

as there’s no guarantee they would win in court,

ive had letters before,then they offer you a discount rate,it’s all crap,

now they don’t bother me at all,hope this helps 

Edited 17 February 2018 by Russell sprout

[VLC86]

Similar thread somewhere on here a few weeks ago.

 

The law changed re these so be careful, I got out of one a few years back by replying to the letter saying I wasn’t driving but I’m not telling you who was. Never heard back from them.

[NorthfieldsFox]

6 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Similar thread somewhere on here a few weeks ago.

 

The law changed re these so be careful, I got out of one a few years back by replying to the letter saying I wasn’t driving but I’m not telling you who was. Never heard back from them.

Yes the law changed and they can win now 

 

basically they issue an invoice and you become a debtor , they then can pursue that debt in court via a civil case. 

 

But if you write and say it wasn’t you driving they need to prove who was as legally you don’t have to say , but if it goes to court and you commit perjury in court and later are found to have done so then the penalty is often imprisonment !

 

one woman shopped her ex husband after they divorced and he got banged up for it she provided a bank statement that showed a petrol purchase on his bank card on the day the car was parked illegally , he got 6 weeks for it

 

just write in and say you were not driving and you are unclear who was and leave it at that 

 

99% of the time that will be the end of the matter 

Edited 17 February 2018 by NorthfieldsFox

[yorkie1999]

Are there actually any signs down there that say no parking, because if there's not and you're not on yellows, you can't really get done.

[Lookatthebluesky]

Was about to park there last night when two chaps told me things had changed recently. Glad to have moved elsewhere.

[Spudulike]

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/114614-parking-charge-notice/

 

[DB11]

24 minutes ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

 

one woman shopped her ex husband after they divorced and he got banged up for it she provided a bank statement that showed a petrol purchase on his bank card on the day the car was parked illegally , he got 6 weeks for it

 

 

What’s your source for that because I can’t find anything online to support that

[VLC86]

Shame we weren’t playing West Brom, could have claimed you last saw 4 lads getting into your car at Mc Donald’s and have no idea where it is now.

[breadandcheese]

Yes. These companies have access to the DVLA database. 

 

There are certain rules that the parking companies have to adhere to, but if they do, then they can get the owner's address and make them liable for the charge. 

 

In my experience, the parking company I was dealing with, didn't adhere to the rules but still got access to the database. I pointed this out to the DVLA, they didn't care. 

 

It's another reason to be sceptical about trusting government agencies with your data.

 

[Durnerz]

1 hour ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Please contest them , don’t ignore , some of these companies have been wining court cases recently 

 

contest it 

 

if you ignore it you could find yourself with  a CCJ 

 

In 2015 Supreme Court ruled against Barry Beavis in his legal challenge to ParkingEye’s right to issue penalties to motorists, so they are enforceable now. 

 

But they can be beat 

 

How did his accomplice Butthead get on?

[psychonaut]

1 hour ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Yes the law changed and they can win now 

 

basically they issue an invoice and you become a debtor , they then can pursue that debt in court via a civil case. 

 

But if you write and say it wasn’t you driving they need to prove who was as legally you don’t have to say , but if it goes to court and you commit perjury in court and later are found to have done so then the penalty is often imprisonment !

 

one woman shopped her ex husband after they divorced and he got banged up for it she provided a bank statement that showed a petrol purchase on his bank card on the day the car was parked illegally , he got 6 weeks for it

 

just write in and say you were not driving and you are unclear who was and leave it at that 

 

99% of the time that will be the end of the matter 

The state of that when you have rapist and pediophile scum walking free in places like Sunderland and Rotherham.

[Spudulike]

1 hour ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Yes the law changed and they can win now 

 

basically they issue an invoice and you become a debtor , they then can pursue that debt in court via a civil case. 

 

But if you write and say it wasn’t you driving they need to prove who was as legally you don’t have to say , but if it goes to court and you commit perjury in court and later are found to have done so then the penalty is often imprisonment !

 

one woman shopped her ex husband after they divorced and he got banged up for it she provided a bank statement that showed a petrol purchase on his bank card on the day the car was parked illegally , he got 6 weeks for it

 

just write in and say you were not driving and you are unclear who was and leave it at that 

 

99% of the time that will be the end of the matter 

The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 is worth checking. They don't need to know the driver if the parking cowboys follow the procedure.

[NorthfieldsFox]

54 minutes ago, psychonaut said:

The state of that when you have rapist and pediophile scum walking free in places like Sunderland and Rotherham.

100% agree the law is wrong buddy 

[NorthfieldsFox]

2 hours ago, DB11 said:

 

What’s your source for that because I can’t find anything online to support that

My solicitor who was advising me told me that story , I was taken to court by a company called parking eye , I had told them it wasn’t me driving but my brief told me not to risk that claim in court if it wasn’t true , and he told me that story 

 

for the record I paid the fine and the £125 court fees/costs , I didn’t want to go to court (again!) 

[Gerard]

If I could show you what's in my top drawer now I bet I have about 50 letters from parking companies chasing me up for their invoice, note I said invoice and not fine as they don't have the authority to issue fines.

 

Private parking companies are basically vermin. They prey on your ignorance and fear and try to dress these charges up as if you are legally obligated to pay them. The first one I ever got was unfair and I appealed and lost but when I looked into it the charge was an invoice and not a fine and the appeal was to the same company and you always lose as they are judge, jury and executioner and their sole focus isn't stopping parking but collecting money. 

 

Since then I've never paid one or even responded to them. It's like a sport to me to park in places that will give me a private parking company ticket as I love receiving them. Whilst @NorthfieldsFoxis correct that some people have lost a court case they are few and far between and the other 99%+ are not pursued.

 

The golden rule is if it's from the Council then you have to pay it, if it's a private car parking firm just ignore the letters. You'll normally get two or three that threaten that this will be put in the hand of their solicitors and then you never hear anything again. Never respond to them is the golden rule.

[kylestyle06]

3 hours ago, NorthfieldsFox said:

Please contest them , don’t ignore , some of these companies have been wining court cases recently 

 

contest it 

 

if you ignore it you could find yourself with  a CCJ 

 

In 2015 Supreme Court ruled against Barry Beavis in his legal challenge to ParkingEye’s right to issue penalties to motorists, so they are enforceable now. 

 

But they can be beat 

Wrong.

 

a CCJ is only issued when you are taken to court and then still  DONT pay.