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Looking for some advice regarding two fines I have received from euro car park. This was in a Wetherspoons car park where you have to enter your reg plate into the system once in the building. I believe I always enter this into the system as I do go somewhat regularly. The fines were sent to my previous address once in November & January, I was not aware of these letters until today where I’ve been sent the most recent copies by the new resident of my old address. I did believe only updating my driving license was sufficient, I have since updated my v5c document.

The fines are both for £145, I wondered where I stand. I have receipts from the establishment on both days showing I ordered and was there. Can I appeal these and if so what’s the best way going forward?
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A small point to note is that they are not fines, but parking charges.

The first thing you should do is send a Data Rectification Notice to the Data Protection Officer at Euro Car Parks (their email address should be listed in the privacy policy of their website). You should inform them of your new, correct address for service, and instruct them to delete any old address they have on file.

A good second step would be to speak to the owner/management of the pub to see if they can intervene. You can do so as the registered keeper with no need to tell them who was driving on the occasion.
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Thanks for the response.

Regarding updating the address with euro car parks, I imagine this is admitting to now having receiving letters from DR+. I’ve not had anything sent to my current address but wondered by doing this, does this open me up to anything?

In regard to speaking to management I have seen other similar cases in the same pub and management within the pub have advised to deal direct with euro car parks. Would this be best redirected to someone in head office of Wetherspoons?
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Regarding updating the address with euro car parks, I imagine this is admitting to now having receiving letters from DR+. I’ve not had anything sent to my current address but wondered by doing this, does this open me up to anything?
I'm not sure what you mean by "Now having receiving letters from DR+"

If you don't provide them with your new address, the risk you run is that they will issue a court claim to your old address, which, if not responded to, will result in a default judgement being issued against you and a CCJ appearing on your record, which you would then have to work to set aside.

By providing them your current address, you ensure that any claim reaches you, allowing you to defend it and avoid a judgement in default.

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the pub have advised to deal direct with euro car parks
If you speak to the management of the pub they might not do anything to help you. If you don't speak to them, they definitely won't. If you have no success with them, try the head office.
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Just do the data rectification notice as advised. I twirl be too late to appeal if you've started to receive debt recovery letters. You can safely ignore all DRP and any other debt collector letters.

Eventually, you will receive a Letter of Claim (LoC) which must be responded to. After that you will receive a claim and that definitely has to be responded to. We can provide a suitable defence.

As long as an ECP claim that is issued by DCB Legal is defended, it will eventually be struck out or discontinued, as long as the advice is followed.
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Apologies, I had not received letter direct from debt recovery plus, but have been sent a photo from the new occupier.

Essentially in steps I need to do the following,

1. Update the address with euro car parks so future correspondence is sent to myself.

2. See whether the establishment can do anything themselves, if not I would then have to go to head office.

My only concern is the charges are continuously going up. I believe I have a solid defence, however this is unfamiliar ground for me. I’m unsure what grounds I have to appeal with me not originally updating my v5c.
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The costs will eventually escalate to around £250. However, if you defend, they will eventually discontinue.
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