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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: CloverOverDover on December 11, 2025, 02:32:49 pm
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How effective it is varies wildly depending on the landowner, but trying costs nothing, so is nearly always a no-brainer.
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Your first port of call should be the GPs surgery.
Seconded - my recent experience at the hands of private parking companies confirms this 100% - within minutes of me emailing the landowner and telling them to call their hounds off I received not only an apology but confirmation the "fine" had been cancelled.
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Please show us the back of the notice. Civil Enforcement just want your money and will not uphold an appeal along the grounds you suggest. Your first port of call should be the GPs surgery.
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The car park is free for patrons of the surgery (obviously on the basis that they register). It was my understanding that it was not lawful to seek such high penalty charges for these breaches and that they can only charge for the lack of remuneration caused by the infraction.
The Supreme Court ruled the opposite in 2015, ie that it’s lawful to charge without having to demonstrate an actual loss.
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2015-0116
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Please show us the back of the notice. Civil Enforcement just want your money and will not uphold an appeal along the grounds you suggest. Your first port of call should be the GPs surgery.
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Hey guys, another former Pepipoo patron here.
Last Monday 01/12/2025 I was unwell and arranged to get a GP appointment whose carpark is managed by Civil Enforcement. I was aware that I would need to register my vehicle inside but on entering the car park, which was full but for one space, I maneuvered my car to reverse into the space and some a55h0le drove into it behind me.
I was stuck, feeling unwell, panicked about he parking issue and no where to go. I briefly parked my car directly in front of the offending **** and went in to check in so as not to miss my appointment with the intention of then registering the vehicle and returning to my car to move it.
The receptionist grunted at me to use a wall-mounted electronic check-in device which I did, but I noticed that some patients were leaving and I wanted to grab their parking space so as not to be a further obstruction. I went out, moved the car and came in for my appointment. It was only on the way home I realised that the device had not asked me for my vehicle details and I then realised that while I had checked in, I hadn't registered the vehicle.
The Parking Charge notice came in today quoting: 'Failed to obtain a permit in accordance with the notified terms'.
I'm happy to upload the PCN along with a photo of the signage, but in the first instance wondered if this could be appealed on the basis that I can prove that I had an appointment and that the company has not been financially impacted by my inadvertent breaking of the contract.
The car park is free for patrons of the surgery (obviously on the basis that they register). It was my understanding that it was not lawful to seek such high penalty charges for these breaches and that they can only charge for the lack of remuneration caused by the infraction. I also thought that if I could prove I was expected and not maliciously abusing the space without justification, that it might be difficult to enforce the charge.
Your thoughts. Happy to get an image of the signs if required.
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