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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: marxman on September 09, 2025, 09:41:30 am
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But it wasn't a "fine"! It was simply a speculative invoice for an alleged breach of contract by the driver. What a waste of money. You din't have to pay anything.
Only the driver could have been liable for that contractual invoice and they had absolutely no idea who the driver was. You. as the Keeper, are under no legal obligation to identify the driver. Without the identity of the driver, they had nowhere to go with this as their 'invoice' did not comply with all the requirements of PoFA and so they were unable too transfer liability from the unknown driver to you, the known Keeper.
Yet one more piece of low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree, paying the scammers out of ignorance and fear.
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Yes it's my car. Thanks for the info. I've paid the parking fine now. I thought I could deflect based on the photos. Thanks for the advice. Much appreciated
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Was it your car?
If it was, simply saying "prove it was my car" won't get you far - for it to be someone else's, the operative would have had to take a photo of your vehicle at 18:34:49, run over to another vehicle and take a photo of that just 10 seconds later, then run back to your car to snap a further picture some 15 seconds later. That simply doesn't sound at all credible.
If you are prepared to fight this all the way (potentially to court), there's an argument to be made that they have not proved the vehicle was there beyond the relevant consideration period.
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There could be other cars with the same colour. But the photo doesn't suggest it's my car. My car has the same colour. Should I appeal based on this? What should I email?
Thanks so much!
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Whose car is the one in the photos? There is one photo showing a car of the same colour parked in front of a fence with a disabled sign on it:
(https://i.imgur.com/usP5tuz.jpeg)
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Hi,
I had added embedded images but it somehow doesn't show in the post. could you please check again I've added link to the imgur.
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Post the pictures and PCN o we can help you. Read THIS first.https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/
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Hi Ftla,
I received a PCN saying that the car was parked in a disable bay area however the pictures doesn't show that my car (with reg) was actually parked in the disable bay area. What should I do? link to the images (https://imgur.com/a/FU4if1r)
Link to the PCN (https://imgur.com/a/gNP4jBi)
(https://imgur.com/a/gNP4jBi)
(https://imgur.com/a/FU4if1r)