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In May of last year received a ticket on a van which had been parked on the pavement awaiting a puncture repair in the borough of Waltham Forest. The van in question had been hired from a local company by my company and was driven at that point in time by a business acquaintance. Approximateley a month later received a Nto outlining the infringement and passed this onto the driver after much tooing and fro-ing and several letters from Waltham Forest, Northampton County Court and JBW in the first instance I was informed that the fine of £195 had been paid at Waltham Forest Park Shop in Walthamstow on the 27th November 2011. at the beginning of December JBW started writing were demanding letters re said fine. Informed the driver who said that he had paid the fine. With this in mind I went away on holiday, whilst on holiday received a panicked call from my niece( who was house sitting) saying that the bailiffs had turned up and were chasing a debt for an unpaid parking fine.
I instructed her to contact the driver and get him to talk to the bailiff. Having returned from holiday I received yet another letter from JBW who were now seeking £587. Another call to the driver was met with the same response of I have paid the ticket. Having spoken to Waltham Forest who have no records of this and not receiving a receipt from said driver I felt that I had no option but to try and pay this. Monday 16 Jan knock on the door from bailiff at 8:20 demanding £651.20 for said ticket which had to be executed that day I kindly informed him that I was not in the position to do so and I would not be letting him enter the premises until I found out whether or not the fine had been paid. To show good will I phoned the bailiff later on that day and arranged to meet him and made a cash payment of £200(receipt is in my possesion) to stave of any other visits only to be told that this had bought me till next Monday to stomp up the rest of the cash or risk further visits from our heavy handed friends and their recovery vehicles which as you know means additional costs. What are your suggestions in this case?
I instructed her to contact the driver and get him to talk to the bailiff. Having returned from holiday I received yet another letter from JBW who were now seeking £587. Another call to the driver was met with the same response of I have paid the ticket. Having spoken to Waltham Forest who have no records of this and not receiving a receipt from said driver I felt that I had no option but to try and pay this. Monday 16 Jan knock on the door from bailiff at 8:20 demanding £651.20 for said ticket which had to be executed that day I kindly informed him that I was not in the position to do so and I would not be letting him enter the premises until I found out whether or not the fine had been paid. To show good will I phoned the bailiff later on that day and arranged to meet him and made a cash payment of £200(receipt is in my possesion) to stave of any other visits only to be told that this had bought me till next Monday to stomp up the rest of the cash or risk further visits from our heavy handed friends and their recovery vehicles which as you know means additional costs. What are your suggestions in this case?
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