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When you appealed, did you identify yourself, the Hirer, also being the driver?

Are you aware that the driver and the Hirer/Keeper are separate legal entities and there is no legal obligation on the Hirer/Keeper to identify the driver to an unregulated private parking company?

As it was a hire car, PPS will have failed to fully comply with all the requirements of PoFA 2012 and thus rendered them unable to hold the Hirer liable for the charge. They had no idea who was driving unless the Hirer (you) told them, inadvertently or otherwise. Only the driver is liable.

So, have you, metaphorically, blown both feet off, leaving you with not a lot to stand on if you intend to progress this to litigation? If so, the only saving grace is that they will most likely use a bulk litigator to issue the claim and, with our advice, we would try and see it through to a discontinuation.

I'm aware that identifying myself as the driver was a mistake now. At the time I was trying to resolve the issue in good faith, I had no idea these people were basically conmen.



I've started getting text messages from "BW legal" saying they want £170 and are willing to help me with an instalment plan. Is there really nothing I can do about this kind of harassment? Can I at least block their number?

I parked a hire car in a PPS carpark. Bought a ticket. I can't remember if there was an issue with the ticket itself but I have a vague memory of the licence plate being truncated on the ticket. Either way, I don't have the ticket anymore.

PPS sent me a fine four weeks later. I appealed through IAS (which I now know is basically run by PPS). I didn't have the ticket anymore, but I did have a bank statement showing I had paid. They admitted I had paid, but claimed I hadn't entered the licence properly so my appeal was rejected.

Now I'm getting emails saying the fee has gone up to £170. As far as I'm concerned I have paid for a ticket, and they have accepted that fact, so that should be the end of the matter.
 


So I have a few questions:

• I would like to send them a cease and desist with the threat of legal action if they continue contacting me. Is this advisable?
  
• I would also like to send them a request to remove all information they have on me via GDPR. Again, is this viable?
  
• I may be moving address soon, should I inform them of the address change?
  

Thanks,