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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: springcan75 on May 24, 2026, 04:34:55 pm
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Post the original notice from Smart here for us to see.
If you don’t have it, file a Subject Access Request with Smart to obtain it.
Have you written to them in any way in the meantime? Have you identified the driver? If not, make sure you do not identify the driver in any way.
Post everything relevant according to https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/. If you want advice, you need to give us information to go on.
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Hi,
I have received a letter dated 20/05/2026 from the HM Courts & Tribunal Service relating to a claim from SMART PARKING.
The offence they are stating relates to a Parking Charge on 05/05/2023.
This was an old penalty they were trying to chase me for.
I was a Blue Badge Holder who parked in a disabled bay and did not know I had to pay.
I asked at the venue reception because I was unsure, and they said I should be ok.
SMART Parking did not want to listen to me and said I was in breach of the terms of the signs.
They are now seeking £213.28, Court Fee £35, Legal Costs £50.
I don't know how the court process works, and I feel that no one wants to listen to or take my case seriously, other than charging me.
There was no way I intended to dodge paying a small parking fee. That would have been stupid, and I was honestly under the belief that I was ok after asking.
What can I do?
Thanks