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Don't do a SAR unless and until after a claim has been issued. These days, we rely on the claimant issuing PoC that are so woefully inadequate as to render the claim deficient and that it should be struck out. If/when a claim is issued, you are only responding to the PoC and if you are fully informed before the claim is issued, you run the risk of them claiming that, despite the PoC being deficient, you had received a SAR and were fully aware of what the claim was about.

Anyway, please stop referring to it as a "fine". If you can find that word anywhere on your correspondence, I will pay it for you. What they are referring to is a speculative invoice from an unregulated private parking company for an alleged breach of contract with the driver.

Debt collectors can indeed be ignored, they are powerless, but Gemini may in the future decide to take the matter to court, which would need acting upon. You should keep an eye out for anything marked Letter of Claim or similar. If you go on the Gemini website there may be some information available on there about the parking charge in question.

Quote from: Jay Sparxx on July 16, 2024, 02:26:11 pm

Therefore the fact they mention "You may have not responded to previous letters...." is a total lie and false.

The use of the word 'may' suggests a possible reason for them not receiving a response, it's not necessarily a lie for them to say they have not received a response, although of course it's rather hard to respond to something one hasn't received.

Have you got out the physical V5C to check the address is correct? I don't say this to cast doubt on your version of events, but we've seen countless examples of people on the forum swearing blind that their address is correct, then when they check the document spotting some sort of error that explains the various bits of post going missing.

80 minutes' overstay (10.34pm to 11.54pm) when the sign (see GSV) restricted to 10 minutes 'outside of store hours'. 'Store hours' as such aren't stated, but the clear implication is that these are the hours in brackets on the sign i.e. in this case 10pm to 6pm.

OP, as a thought, is the car electric or plug-in hybrid?

That NOR is rubbish.  We usually advise: I rely upon my formal representations and will file full submissions upon receipt of the council's evidence pack.  Choose ground: procedural impropriety.

If you want representation, I am happy to do so.

Quote from: Jay Sparxx on November 01, 2023, 10:36:16 am

I did notice you stated the PCN was served on 31 October, which I believe was typo. However, I did correct this to the 27 October as per the PCN.

It's not a typo, a PCN issued on 27 October is deemed to be served two working days later, i.e. on 31 October. This is because you don't get it the day they put it in the post (and "served" is not the same as "issued").

In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter, but as a general rule if you think something is a typo it's best to ask rather than to make an assumption. We are not infallible by any stretch of the imagination, but we do normally proofread draft wording.