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Private parking tickets / HM Courts & Tribunal Service Letter SMART PARKING/DCB Legal Help Needed Please (Disabled User)
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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
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