I recieved a letter for this although it was actually their mistake, they had these charges which were completely false! sent a photocopy of my parking ticket etc and a letter, and tried to contact by phone but they seem to never answer and im scared now as the debt collectors might come to my house!Any help available?Has this happened to anyone else?
2006-11-18 05:11:37 · 6 answers · asked by herbal ashtray 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You must contact the council immediately. Did you get a parking ticket (technically caled a Penalty Charge Notice) or a Notice to Owner? If you did not you must contact the council. If you did - did you appeal? If you did appeal the council must send a letter of rejection against your appeal against the Notice to Owner before issuing the Charge Certificate for £120. The Notice of rejection allows you to appeal to the Parking Adjudicator.
Barrie Segal - Founder of http://www.appealnow.com
2006-11-19 23:53:13 · answer #1 · answered by Parking Ticket Guru 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the council and explain about this,or contact your local councillor,he should be able to sort this out.Do not panic if the debt collectors come around,I know that this is easy enough for me to say,but stay calm,legitimate baliffs will have a court order to seize goods to the value of the fine,they must always be accompanied by a police officer explain the situation to him/her.
If they do take anything,just think of the compensation you will get for wrongful seizure of property! You are not alone in having problems with car parking wardens from tin pot companies contracted by councils,just remember that this job is not very demanding intellectually and this is reflected in the calibre of the people doing it;therefore mistakes are very common!A friend of mine had this problem,it was dealt with via the council department responsible
2006-11-18 05:34:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't you have 28 days to appeal? It is well worth doing so. Parking adjudicators are sensible people who will deal with your case in a small office where you will sit down facing them to explain your side of the story. They will already have studied the facts of the case as sent in by yourself with your appeal papers. http://www.parking-appeals.gov.uk/
2006-11-18 09:58:06 · answer #3 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you sure its genuine and not a fake??go to the council and tell them about it and ask them..they will have your info stored on their systems!£120 seems a lot too!!thought it was normally a lot less then that?x
2006-11-18 05:18:45 · answer #4 · answered by Lydia K 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes i had it happen but i called their bluff when they said the debt collectors will call and i had good cause to dig my toes in
2006-11-18 05:22:19 · answer #5 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you aint gonna get out of this, been there myself , take to small claims court is your only way, once you in system the idiots are trying to slap your ****
2006-11-18 10:06:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋