MET parking ticket - decision overturned

[markwindsurf]

My wife has received a parking ticket with a £100 penalty for over staying at one of the Birmingham McDonalds carparks, due to the fact that the car had an issue and she was waiting for the AA. Now I appreciate that she should have told them, but did buy food and then later coffee for herself and the AA man. She had our 1 1/2 yr old with her and felt the carpark was safer than the side of the road.

I have read a few of the previous posts and letters that have been suggested, but was wondering whether I should try and appeal to their better nature by explaining the situation, prior to sending a more legally worded response?

Can anyone give me any pointers. I obviously have no intention of paying the £100 for what was in reality 15 minutes of parking.

Thanks,

Mark

[mystery1]

Re: MET parking ticket

Is the driver also the registered keeper ?

M1

[markwindsurf]

Re: MET parking ticket

I am the registered keeper and it was my wife driving. Does this make a difference?

[mystery1]

Re: MET parking ticket

So the ticket is in your name ?

A big difference and in our favour too.

M1

[markwindsurf]

Re: MET parking ticket

Yes M1 the ticket is in my name.

Sorry for the slow replies I am not receiving the emails to say there has been a reply for some reason.

Thanks for your help,

Mark

[mystery1]

Re: MET parking ticket

Ok, well they have no better nature. They have a greedy nature and no other.

Dear Sirs,


I, as registered keeper, wish to invoke your appeals process. The driver was a genuine customer and saw no signs. I note your notice to keeper is fundamentally flawed when compared to PoFA 2012 schedule 4 para 9 in several aspects .


Should you reject my appeal please supply a popla code.


Yours etc


Note that genuine customer as in spent money. The fact it wasn't intended means nothing and should be kept quiet.

Come back if you get a popla code.


M1

[markwindsurf]

Re: MET parking ticket

Thanks I assume I need to send this by recorded delivery as opposed to via email?

[mystery1]

Re: MET parking ticket

Email is cheaper and better.

M1

[markwindsurf]

Re: MET parking ticket

Thanks M1, Email all sent off to their info email address which was the only one I could find through google, so will wait and see what returns. From your previous posts I assume that getting the popla code is a good result.

Thanks for all your help,

Mark

[markwindsurf]

Re: MET parking ticket

M1 have had a letter back from MET basically saying they have rejected my appeal and providing me a POPLA number. What do I do as my next step?

Thanks,

Mark

[mystery1]

Re: MET parking ticket

Hang fire for now. Several of the first wave of popla decisions are due very soon which it's best to analyse before embarking in an appeal that isn't near the deadline. You get 28 days. Give me a shout in 19/20 days or a week or so before the deadline.

M1

[markwindsurf]

Re: MET parking ticket

M1,

Thanks will do, will you be posting up somewhere as to how the decisions have gone? Also I assume that this means the process is new?

[mystery1]

Re: MET parking ticket

M1,

Thanks will do, will you be posting up somewhere as to how the decisions have gone? Also I assume that this means the process is new?

Hopefully the posters concerned will post the results (otherwise i won't know!) and then i'll move the threads to http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/...ccessful-Cases

M1

[markwindsurf]

Re: MET parking ticket

M1,

I see that there have been a few sucessful outcomes from the popla process. Are there any others coming up that are against MET or McDonalds?

Mark

[mystery1]

Re: MET parking ticket

http://www.legalbeagles.info/forums/...86-POPLA/page2

Pretty sure if you start at page 2 and work forward to page 1 there are a few MET as well as others. I can't promise they'lll reply though as it's up to them. Would be nice though !

M1