Hi from Northern Ireland (MET Parking)

[Ivorbend]

Good Morning

I am looking for a bit of advice please.

A while back I parked at what now appears to be a notorious parking place at Stansted's Starbucks / MacDonalds car park prior to returning my hire car.

The car park was real busy and with trying to avoid a collision with someone and find a parking space I did not notice all the parking signage.

I parked up (apparently in Starbucks parking lot) went to Mac Donalds (approx 30min) and left.

A few weeks later I got a parking charge notice for £100 (notice was forwarded to me via the car hire company and the agent that booked my hire car) saying I left the car park.

I appealed to MET parking showing the receipt from Mac Donalds as proof of my using a premises on the site.

Appeal has been rejected and asking for £60 as they say I was in breach of Starbucks parking rules and regs.

Is this worth appealing?

Thanks

[ostell]

Have you identified who was driving? With a hire car then they usually fail to provide the documentation required by Schedule 4 of The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 to be able to hold the keeper/hirer liable.(para 14 (2) (a) but you may have spoiled that defence. They also have a limited time to get the notice to you. The maximum days can be calculated from POFA.

The good part is that youo are in NI and I believe NI is out of the jurisdiction of the English legal system so they could not go any further with this, other than keep writing letters. Perhaps someone with more precise expertise in this area will respond.