Posted 2 days ago
Parking charges recovery letter from QDR solicitors
Hi all ,
A mate got issued with parking charges from a private company.
He choose to ignore the letters but now Zzps limited ( who was acting on behalf of Globe Protection Ltd ) have passed the recovery debt to QDR solicitors.
What are his options if he doesn't want to pay this charge ?
Should he ignore this letter as well ?
A mate got issued with parking charges from a private company.
He choose to ignore the letters but now Zzps limited ( who was acting on behalf of Globe Protection Ltd ) have passed the recovery debt to QDR solicitors.
What are his options if he doesn't want to pay this charge ?
Should he ignore this letter as well ?
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sorted byThey have helped me successfully appeal a CAZ fine where others told me it was impossible.
Probably worth doing that in the first instance rather than just coughing up, if they are thinking of doing that.
I ignored it and all subsequent threatening letters, including notices of bailiff action. I ignored those and finally received a court summons. About 2 weeks before the court date, I received an offer of a reduced fine to avoid court…which I ignored.
The parking company have to pay a court fee approx 14 days before the court date. The day before this was due, they called the whole thing off. This was last December and after 4 years of relentless letters and scaremongering.
They are persistent, but they will not take it to court or spend a single penny of their unscrupulous fortune to get you there.
They rely entirely on the fear factor and it sounds as though most people on this forum would give in at the earliest stage.
And if you took the time to look at the proper website in the link given above ftla.uk/ind…php that deals with thousands of these issues a year then you will see the people giving the bad advice are the ones that just state "do nothing" "ignore".
It is not a good idea for the OP to follow that advice & it is a good idea that they read the information & ask the correct questions & present the right information on the other site.
Don't listen to the rest of the bad advice.
You will keep getting letters. Keep ignoring. Only time to really think about is if you get a court summon.
EDIT : And, if in the 0.0000001 % chance that you do get a court summon, man up and turn up and the judge will squash the unreasonable charge. (edited)
Make sure your friend follows the advice given, or he is possibly going to find getting credit very difficult if it goes to court and/or bailiffs arrive.
It is not as simple as saying don't pay it anymore.
I have come across this situation on many occasions.
Firstly why is your friend ignoring parking ticket?
Did they not buy a ticket, over stayed or believe the ticket was issued in error?
Did the private car park have clearly visible signs which include T and C's, duration, costs etc. this is the basis of your contract with car park company.
If there was no signage and you can prove this then they cannot enforce ticket.
If there was signage and you broke terms of contract ie over stay, not buying ticket, not parking within the bay etc etc then they have a very strong case against you/ friend.
You need to prove why you cannot fulfil your end of the contract eg. faulty meter.
I know that alot of car parks/ enforcement/ solicitors are owned by the same parent company, they push things around to pressure you in thinking that the situation has escalated.
Car parks must be registered and only registered car parks can obtain your personal info from DVLA.
Some private car parks are not legitimate, they hand out tickets but these are not enforceable because they don't comply with all the rules, they ticket cars knowing most will pay especially if there is a reduced fine if paid with a certain period.
I can't advise you on the best action to take but personally if I breached contract terms on signage then I would simply pay the fine.
I can give you a few examples:
1) a friend parked in a car sales forecourt to walk next door to shop in Tesco express and use cash point. He done this on a few occasions and ended up with 4 tickets each arriving one day after the next. The signage was quite small but clearly visable. My friend ignored signs not knowing he was caught on CCTV. He admitted to fault and ended up paying for 4 parking tickets.
2) a friend parked in carpark, software glitch and he couldn't pay for ticket. Online bank says transaction pending so he walked off thinking it was paid. Transaction couldn't be completed and disappeared from his phone so there was no record that he tried paying for it, he received a fine. He rang the company and was surprised that they cancelled the ticket. He mentioned that another person couldn't pay also when at the ticket machine so there was probably a faulty machine and the company may know about it.
3) a friend had parking ticket. there was no signs, when she received ticket she complained, stating there were no signs, when she went back weeks later there were new signs installed. They threatened her with courts and baliffs. She refused to pay, went to local papers to complain. They offered to reduce fine but she refused. This dragged on for over a year or 2. The car park eventually had houses built on it and the company never followed up with their threats. She's braver than me and she refused to pay because she knew the ticket was not valid.
You should not ignore it, as they quite often issue a claim in the County Court to obtain a CCJ for these parking tickets.
Copied from money advice online. Does your friend want a CCJ? Their decision at the end of the day
But he shouldn't have ignored as a fair percentage can win appeals with help...