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On the 28th October I parked my car at my sisters residenace in E16. I was with my disabled partner with whom I am a carer for and we used his blue badge to park on the double yellow line. My partner has mobility problems but also suffers from incontinance and every now and again has accidents. This is what happened on that day and my sister house was the nearest place I could get him cleaned up. Anyway as their was no parking bay spaces free we left the car on a double yellow line with the badge displayed. I make sure it was parked where not to cause any inconvenience to other car users. We arrive at 5.30pm and I selected the correct time stamp and displayed it in the window.
Once we got upstairs within 5mins we notice a parking attendant photographing our car. We tried to talk with him through the window as we were confused as to why he was issuing us a ticket. He looked up at us, and it looked like he was taking a photo of us and walked away.
A few days letter I received a PCN in the post to pay £60. I sent in an appeal and their response was ‘we understand you had a blue badge displayed, however blue badges are not automatically accepted on private land, the driver should rely on the signage to advise.’ Now I must admit that this was the 1st time hearing of this. I assumed as long as you are displaying your valid badge and not causing a hazard then you are able to park. Also the signage says nothing about disabled or blue badge parking. There are no actual disabled bays and around. And how are we meant to know if it is automatically accepted or not.
Once I received that rejected letter I sent my details to a company called Parking fine ltd. For £18 they fight your parking ticket, at any stage. I had used them once and they worked. I sent them all my information and they responded by sending me;
‘Dear Customer,
This has now been appealed to the Independent Appeal Service (The “IAS” which covers IPC companies or “POPLA” which covers BPA companies)
It is important that the information in this email is read to ensure you are aware of what happens with your case going forward
1. If the case is won that is the end of the of matter, and the file is closed. However
2. If the case is lost you can ignore any reminders, or debt collection letters, you don’t need to inform us of them and NO action is need. You do not need to pay this. If you have received a reminder and not hear back from us it means the case has been lost.
3. Unfortunately on occasions the two bodies are pretty rubbish are communicating results to us, so if you got a reminder or letter from the debt collection agency this would unfortunately mean the case had been lost.
4. Please be aware there are no timescales to these appeals.
5. You will not be paying a penny to the parking firm!
6. If this claim is lost and you get a claim form from the county please let us know on receipt. We will provide a defence statement at NO extra cost
Key Facts About Debt Recovery:
• They can't visit your home
• Deadlines on letters can be ignored
• Your credit file is not and cannot be affected by a debt recovery company
• Do not engage the debt collector
• We do not need to know about letters from Debt Recovery Plus – Zenith – CST LAW – TRACE Debt Recovery – ZZPS – UCS - CCS Collect – QDR – DCBL. The reason for this is because no action is required at this time.
Important: Please note that if court proceedings start, we will defend your claim for free. If you get a claim then just let us know if one arrives and this will be dealt with at no extra cost]
Regards
Peter Fisher
Parking Fines Ltd
34 New House – 66 Hatton Gardens – London EC1N 8JY
0203 411 3340
www.parkingfines.org.uk
During this time I had received letters, emails and texts chasing the parking charge but as they said no action is needed until court proceedings I never done anything.
Then on the 12th April I received a claim form from the county court business centre. I immediately sent it to parking fine ltd via their WhatsApp but it wasn’t going through. I went onto their website and it said that the company had closed but existing can be contacted though an email. I sent the a copy of my letter and this is what they responded back;
‘Carmel You can use this Dropbox to download the file, put in your details, edit point 3 as you feel appropriate, convert to a pdf and email to ccbcaq@justice.gov.uk
Peter Fisher
Parking Fines Ltd.’
When I asked him if he shouldn’t be doing this on my behalf he said ‘As a company we have ceased trading so we are no longer able to submit this. There is little difference in you submitting this document’ ‘And as per our previous email we did advise if the case was lost we would provide a defence free of charge.’
I followed what he sent then I received an letter from Gladstone Solictiors about doing mediation. I contacted Peter again and he emailed me back
‘https://assets.publishing.service.go...6/n180-eng.pdfis the electronic version, email to ccbcaq@justice.gov.uk<mailto:ccbcaq@justice.gov.uk> if using that one
https://legalbeagles.info/forums/for...ims-track-form
link on how to fill it in etc
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Peter
Parking Fines Ltd’
He hasn’t been much help. I asked him if he could explain the process as I’m very anxious. I’ve never had to deal with anything like this. He just ignornes me. Just telling me to follow the directions given. On their website they claimed that they get parking fine cancelled at any stage, even at the bailiff stage and that they would deal with it all. A £60 ticket has now turned into £260 and I don’t know what to do.
I don’t have any information of the pervious appeals of what they’ve done before it has got to this stage.
Once we got upstairs within 5mins we notice a parking attendant photographing our car. We tried to talk with him through the window as we were confused as to why he was issuing us a ticket. He looked up at us, and it looked like he was taking a photo of us and walked away.
A few days letter I received a PCN in the post to pay £60. I sent in an appeal and their response was ‘we understand you had a blue badge displayed, however blue badges are not automatically accepted on private land, the driver should rely on the signage to advise.’ Now I must admit that this was the 1st time hearing of this. I assumed as long as you are displaying your valid badge and not causing a hazard then you are able to park. Also the signage says nothing about disabled or blue badge parking. There are no actual disabled bays and around. And how are we meant to know if it is automatically accepted or not.
Once I received that rejected letter I sent my details to a company called Parking fine ltd. For £18 they fight your parking ticket, at any stage. I had used them once and they worked. I sent them all my information and they responded by sending me;
‘Dear Customer,
This has now been appealed to the Independent Appeal Service (The “IAS” which covers IPC companies or “POPLA” which covers BPA companies)
It is important that the information in this email is read to ensure you are aware of what happens with your case going forward
1. If the case is won that is the end of the of matter, and the file is closed. However
2. If the case is lost you can ignore any reminders, or debt collection letters, you don’t need to inform us of them and NO action is need. You do not need to pay this. If you have received a reminder and not hear back from us it means the case has been lost.
3. Unfortunately on occasions the two bodies are pretty rubbish are communicating results to us, so if you got a reminder or letter from the debt collection agency this would unfortunately mean the case had been lost.
4. Please be aware there are no timescales to these appeals.
5. You will not be paying a penny to the parking firm!
6. If this claim is lost and you get a claim form from the county please let us know on receipt. We will provide a defence statement at NO extra cost
Key Facts About Debt Recovery:
• They can't visit your home
• Deadlines on letters can be ignored
• Your credit file is not and cannot be affected by a debt recovery company
• Do not engage the debt collector
• We do not need to know about letters from Debt Recovery Plus – Zenith – CST LAW – TRACE Debt Recovery – ZZPS – UCS - CCS Collect – QDR – DCBL. The reason for this is because no action is required at this time.
Important: Please note that if court proceedings start, we will defend your claim for free. If you get a claim then just let us know if one arrives and this will be dealt with at no extra cost]
Regards
Peter Fisher
Parking Fines Ltd
34 New House – 66 Hatton Gardens – London EC1N 8JY
0203 411 3340
www.parkingfines.org.uk
During this time I had received letters, emails and texts chasing the parking charge but as they said no action is needed until court proceedings I never done anything.
Then on the 12th April I received a claim form from the county court business centre. I immediately sent it to parking fine ltd via their WhatsApp but it wasn’t going through. I went onto their website and it said that the company had closed but existing can be contacted though an email. I sent the a copy of my letter and this is what they responded back;
‘Carmel You can use this Dropbox to download the file, put in your details, edit point 3 as you feel appropriate, convert to a pdf and email to ccbcaq@justice.gov.uk
Peter Fisher
Parking Fines Ltd.’
When I asked him if he shouldn’t be doing this on my behalf he said ‘As a company we have ceased trading so we are no longer able to submit this. There is little difference in you submitting this document’ ‘And as per our previous email we did advise if the case was lost we would provide a defence free of charge.’
I followed what he sent then I received an letter from Gladstone Solictiors about doing mediation. I contacted Peter again and he emailed me back
‘https://assets.publishing.service.go...6/n180-eng.pdfis the electronic version, email to ccbcaq@justice.gov.uk<mailto:ccbcaq@justice.gov.uk> if using that one
https://legalbeagles.info/forums/for...ims-track-form
link on how to fill it in etc
---
Peter
Parking Fines Ltd’
He hasn’t been much help. I asked him if he could explain the process as I’m very anxious. I’ve never had to deal with anything like this. He just ignornes me. Just telling me to follow the directions given. On their website they claimed that they get parking fine cancelled at any stage, even at the bailiff stage and that they would deal with it all. A £60 ticket has now turned into £260 and I don’t know what to do.
I don’t have any information of the pervious appeals of what they’ve done before it has got to this stage.
