PCN

[Mav68]

Hi im having trouble with a parking firm i parked in a train station car park allegedly illegally i work for the train company , anyway i recieved a pcn for £60 if paid wothin 14 days or £100 if not on the letter it said i could appeal and if my appeal was thrown out i still had the option to post the original £60 , 4 months later i recieved a letter demanding £160 , £100 for the fine and £60 costs , i phoned up and said i wasn’t informed of my appeal decision and if it had been thrown out i should have the option to pay the original £60 as per there letter , they said they won’t accept £60 but would accept £100 , it’s not the point if £100 it’s the principle of these low life’s , well i said ill pay £60 they said no we won’t accept £60 , they take me to court , so recieved a letter from Northamptonshire court so i wrote back to the court to defend my claim explain my defence , 3 weeks later i recieved another letter saying my case was eligible for a mediation court so i agreed , now ive not been to court once yet ? , and out of the blue i now have qdr hounding me by text and calls about it this can’t be right surely ive not once told the pcn company or the court i won’t pay the original parking fine of £60 which is what i should have been offered , the pcn was issued in september 2018 , any help would be gratefully accepted thankyou .

[des8]

So you received a court claim.
You filed a defence, and agreed to mediation.
Have you heard anything since from the court?
Are QDR suggesting there is a county court Judgement against you?
Don't reply or phone QDR. I believe they are a subsidiary of Wright Hassall,and were previously known as Quantum Debt Recovery, I suspect they are acting as debt collectors with this.

[Mav68]

Not heard back from courts yet no and not recieved any letters from qdr yet just calls and texts ive agreed to everything the courts.have asked , i
i just find the whole situation very strange that the parking firm lodged a court case which i said i said i would defend they’ve obviously told the parking firm this , then 2 weeks later the courts said it’s eligible for mediation in the small claims court so i agree i said yes and posted it off to the courts , then i started to get hounded by these muppets ?

[Mav68]

Any help in this matter would be very helpful because ive done everything the courts asked all this started when i lodged an appeal against it with the parking firm they said if the appeal was thrown out i could still pay the original reduced fee of £60 but 4 months later they sent me a letter saying pay £160 £100 increase to pcn and £60 admin costs so i refused to pay because ii was never given the opportunity to still pay the reduced amount as stated on there standard pcn letter now i don’t know why they went to the courts to take me to court i told the court i was going to defend the claim then the courts said it was eligible for small claims mediation which i agreed to which i can only presume they’ve told the pcn firm now i get hounded by this company ?

[charitynjw]

As des8 says, ignore QDR.
They are 3rd party debt collectors & as such have no power to enforce this.
Have you, in any written communications (inc appeals) ID'd who was driving/parking at the relevant time?
(Just because you work there, it can't necessarily be assumed that it was you.)

Also, many train station car parks are governed via bye laws.
If that is the case here, private parking co's should not be 'ticketing' there; it would not be 'relevant land'.

[des8]

I would keep a note of the date & time of the telephone calls and retain the texts.
Then I would write to the parking company pointing out that this is harassment and a criminal activity and must cease immediately, and also complain to their "professional" body

You could also do likewise with QDR

Send letters first class with free certificate of posting from post office.

Do not respond to QDR in any other way.

Eventually you will hear from the courts

follow charitynjw for dealing with the pcn

[Mav68]

Do i bring it up with the courts about what they have been doing because if it’s illegal what they are doing then the courts should rule in my favour if it dose go to court ?

[Mav68]

In answer to your question i never got any letters from them saying my appeal had been thrown out , and they say they are acting on behalf of centro which is the local transport organisation.

[Mav68]

By writing to them doesn’t that mean im in contact with them ? , also it’s been nearly 9 months now my understanding is they can’t ask for it after 6 months unless going to court ? .

[charitynjw]

By writing to them doesn’t that mean im in contact with them ? , also it’s been nearly 9 months now my understanding is they can’t ask for it after 6 months unless going to court ? .

You are confusing Penalty Charge Notices with Parking Charge Notices. (Which are enforced via civil courts)
If you've received a court claim from Northampton, yours is almost certainly the latter.

[des8]

....and do not bring up the matter of harassment with the court .
That is an entirely separate matter from your parking incident.

[Mav68]

Mine is a pcn not parking charge and how can you not bring harassment up they said they had applied to the courts which ive said ill defend the courts said it was a good case for mediation do i agree to which i also replied to the courts and yes ok , so how can a parking firm take you to court you say you will defend it now i can only assume that the courts have notified them if this so how can they get these people to chase me when i haven’t even been surely there is something strange and unjust going on here so you tell me why if i go to court that i can’t bring it up because surely it is illegal and unjust what they are doing .

[Mav68]

It clearly states in the parking firms letter back in september 2018 that uts a pcn.

[Mav68]

and do not bring up the matter of harassment with the court .
That is an entirely separate matter from your parking incident.

i beg to differ because it’s unlawful practice to do what they are doing .

[Mav68]

And it’s a private firm not council , police etc .