Ukpc Parking Fine

[bobobalde111]

hi there

i live in scotland and recently recieved a parking charge of £80 for not parking correctly in a bay during a recent trip to tesco

stupidly i appealed and my have inadvertantly told them i was the driver

obviously they rejected my appeal

should i ignore any future letters

are they likely to take me to court

[sunny-dave]

The advice used to be 'ignore it and it will go away'.

This is no longer quite so certain - the Protection of Freedoms Act (2012) makes it much easier for these companies to take legal action against the registered keeper of the vehicle to enforce parking charges.

Some companies are energetically doing this and getting judgements in their favour (costing the driver/keeper much more than the original penalty charge).

The balance of probabilities is still in favour of 'ignore' - but you are taking more of a risk than in the past.


As a matter of interest - what exactly did the company say you did? If it was 'over time limit' then it's often possible to disprove this with other evidence. If it was 'parked in disabled space' or 'caused obstruction by parking not in a bay' then without a photo they have no case.

[tonywiltshire]

Take note of what sunny-dave says it is good advice.

[north star]

POFA is not law in Scotland.

post your question here.

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?s=d59af116af136d8db3339b6eacc66b8b&showforum=60