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Alliance Parking PCN - Overstay - Seaview Carpark, Polzeath, Cornwall
Hi

I've searched this very helpful forum and searched for "Scotland" and read some other (similar) cases.

Our company has received a Parking Charge Notice from Alliance Parking, as the registered keeper.

We are based (and registered) in Scotland.
The carpark in question is in Seaview Carpark, Polzeath, Cornwall

I've read several comments on this forum about PoFA and that there is no "keeper liability" that can be enforced.

The PCN does not specifically refer to PoFA but simply:

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Please be warned that if, after the period of 28 days,  beginning with the date after that on which this notice is given (i) the amount of the unpaid Parking Charge specified in this notice has not been paid in full, and (ii) we do not know both the name and current service address for the driver, we have the right to recover from you so much of that Parking Charge that remains unpaid.

In such cases,  enforcement action may be taken in order to recover any outstanding balance.  Enforcement action may include (but not limited to) County Court proceedings.  Non-payment of County Court Judgements may adversely affect your credit rating.

This only landed on my desk on Thursday and today is the last day for the "discount" if paid.

Our ask:

1) Should we ignore this letter and any subsequent ones which may be passed to a debt collection agency
2) Is there any value in replying to Alliance Parking as the Registered Keeper or go with 1) above and ignore?


Many thanks

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I've read several comments on this forum about PoFA and that there is no "keeper liability" that can be enforced.
Whilst they cannot 'enforce' on the RK that doesn't mean they can't try...

If the company doesn't feel like they want to divulge the driver (they don't have to) then they could still pursue the company (in the Scottish Courts).  They might want to try and argue the company is liable under agency.

See what others think...

Thanks JLC

Guess we have to decide whether to pay the reduced rate on behalf of our driver today or if the consensus is that due to being in an English car park and being that we are a Scottish company, and there is no requirement for us to hand over the driver's name ...

For heavens sake... They would never try and pursue this in the Scottish courts. It would cost them ten times more than they could ever hope to recover, assuming they were not so intellectually malnourished to even try in the first place.

They are claiming Keeper liability which is impossible in Scotland, for now. They have no idea who the driver is and that is the only party they can pursue in Scotland, even if they were stupid enough to even try, which I'd place a £100 bet one will never happen.

They are hoping you are low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree and will pay up out of ignorance and fear.

You can just ignore the PCN and all subsequent useless debt recovery demands. Debt collectors are powerless to do any thing except to hope to pluck the ripe fruit off the gullible tree. No claim will be forthcoming, especially for anything less than about £1,000 or more.

If the Keeper is a company, then even better. A company cannot have been the driver, no matter how moronic the parking company tries to be.

If the alleged contravention occurred in Scotland or the Keeper is resident in Scotland, nothing can happen.

An English company trying to sue a company, not an individual, in the Scottish courts under the Simple Procedure would never happen and I am prepared to accept any bets on this. Just ignore it and it will eventually go away.
Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience” - Mark Twain

@b789

Thank you very much for your reply and for  the time you take across the whole forum helping so many people. It is very much appreciated