Should I, she, or we pay this private companies parking fine?

[DaveReading]

Not being familiar with the County Court, I'm wondering what level of representation the parking company would come to court with.

Would that be dependent on whether or not the claim was being challenged ?

 

[Deleted User]

By the way, we didn't go into Lidl as she was wearing country tweeds and believe it or not i was wearing my stripey blazer. We both thought we were too smartly dressed for that place so we drove to Booths, after leaving the car park.🧐

I can't work out if you really think you're something special or it's a wind up?

 

[Accy cyclist]

I can't work out if you really think you're something special or it's a wind up?

Likewise, but i can't work out if you're actually Mr Aggressive or it's a wind up.🤔 I've seen/read countless posts of yours where you come across as aggressive and confrontational. Seriously, have you ever thought about anger management therapy?🤔

 

[potsy]

I can't work out if you really think you're something special or it's a wind up?

I think most people worked Accy out a long time ago, surely only the newer members can be fooled these days

The entertainment he's getting from this is well worth the extra £45 he will have to pay

 

[Deleted User]

Likewise, but i can't work out if you're actually Mr Aggressive or it's a wind up.🤔 I've seen/read countless posts of yours where you come across as aggressive and confrontational. Seriously, have you ever thought about anger management therapy?🤔

You confuse aggression with straight talking, confrontational with differing opinion and you bemuse me rather than anger me so you're completely barking up the wrong tree, or rather your Dog is.

 

[winjim]

Hang on. Tweed shop? Clitheroe? It wasn't here was it?

https://thetweedhound.co.uk/

 

[Accy cyclist]

Hang on. Tweed shop? Clitheroe? It wasn't here was it?

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https://thetweedhound.co.uk/

Wow! I love that doggie chair bed!!!!

Just looked it up, it's £345. Should i or shouldn't i?🤔

 

[winjim]

Wow! I love that doggie chair bed!!!!

Just looked it up, it's £345. Should i or shouldn't i?🤔

Maybe if you get away with your parking charge you can treat the pooch.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

There's nothing really helpful to the OP in this, I just thought it was funny. I got a ticket in Spain from the officials, which was due to my ignorance, and once it was explained, it was clear that I had parked where I shouldn't, when I shouldn't, even though it was a legitimate roadside bay, not blocking anyone.

Everyone told me to ignore it, as I was foreign, in a hire car etc. but I preferred to take it on the chin, as I was clearly guilty of the charge offered.

Long story short, and after a fair amount of interesting conversations with the officials where I didn't dispute the charge, the fine was less than it would have cost me to buy a legitimate ticket in the first place.

 

[Craig the cyclist]

Text JUDGE to 63334, let Judge Rinder sort it out

 

[Milkfloat]

I don’t think it has been mentioned yet, but if you do take this to court where you will lose, you will get a CCJ against you on your credit file, this can have quite an impact on various financial areas in your life.

This just adds another reason to pay, although the main reason is that it is the right thing to do and at little cost to yourself as well. Something I would call a no brainer.

 

[flake99please]

When at the CAB, please ascertain the legal credentials of the person giving you advice. Will you pay the charge if the CAB advises you do?

 

[Dave7]

Back in 1982 we drove to the south of France for a 3 week holiday......a BIG deal for us.
Most days we parked next to the beach with no problem. On our final day we got a parking ticket but we had no idea why.
Anyway, we decided to ignore it.
● a point to bear in mind at that point....... all the police carried guns which was new to us.
As we drove back to the ferry (750 miles) we were waiting for an armed bobby to arrest us.....we were truly unnerved. It was only when the ship set off that we relaxed.
We still talk about that.

 

[Lozz360]

I don’t think it has been mentioned yet, but if you do take this to court where you will lose, you will get a CCJ against you on your credit file, this can have quite an impact on various financial areas in your life.

I think you are jumping the gun a bit there. Accy will only get a CCJ if he continues to refuse to pay the charge. He is currently at the “I have a parking fine from a private company, do I need to pay it?” stage. He is going to get advice from the CAB on Thursday. The CAB will advise him to pay it, which is what Accy will probably reluctantly do. We will just have to wait and see.

It is no help to Accy, but there are companies that are not registered with the appropriate regulators. These companies issue parking “fines” and can be ignored. I once got a parking charge for not parking in a marked out parking bay (although I wasn’t causing a problem to anyone else). The notice was left on my windscreen. A google search produced a list of approved parking management companies and this issuing company wasn’t on the list. I ignored the notice and never heard from them again. Presumably, it is only the approved companies that can access DVLA’s data, so they had no way of finding out my address. As I say, this doesn’t help Accy’s case as he has already received a notice delivered to hi home, so I guess the notice issuer is approved and above board.

 

[Pale Rider]

Not being familiar with the County Court, I'm wondering what level of representation the parking company would come to court with.

Would that be dependent on whether or not the claim was being challenged ?

The parking company will usually use a provincial solicitor, and thereby hangs another tail.

Some solicitors will file the claim in a court local to them, which could be anywhere in the country.

As a lay respondent, Accy is entitled to have the case transferred to a court near to him.

Worth doing for the convenience factor, but also because if the solicitor is in, say, Maidstone, the parking company has to decide whether to pay to send someone half way across the country, or pay to get the case covered locally.

Both options making them slightly less likely to pursue it.

I don’t think it has been mentioned yet, but if you do take this to court where you will lose, you will get a CCJ against you on your credit file, this can have quite an impact on various financial areas in your life.

This just adds another reason to pay, although the main reason is that it is the right thing to do and at little cost to yourself as well. Something I would call a no brainer.

I'm afraid you are also falling for the parking company's scare tactic.

An unsatisfied county court judgment will have an impact on credit rating, but Accy can apply for, say, seven days to pay so the case is settled almost before judgment is entered against him.

All of which is based on the company taking the case to court, and Accy losing, neither of which is in any way certain.

We disagree on this being the right thing to do.

I'm not keen on a private parking company, or any private company, fining the citizen because there are no checks and balances which there would be in the criminal court.

Also, the charge is nothing other than a penalty.

Ninety quid for 30 minutes in an otherwise free car park is, in my view, 'unconscionable', although I accept a Supreme Court judge disagrees with me.