Thanks, I'll see if I can get a photo of the sign that's next to the car. I'm pretty sure it's the same thing but it'd be good to make sure.
What should I advise my dad to do in regards to this dodgy parking charge?
Obviously he's not going to pay it and I've told him the only point he'd have to pay anything is if a judge told him to.
For what it’s worth, your dad will be appealing it (or you will, in his name). We’ll give you something to use when you’ve shown the sign mentioned above.
Any appeal is going to be rejected but it puts them on notice that they are not dealing with low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree. An appeal to the IAS is debatable. Personally, I don’t think it’s even worth the effort appealing to this kangaroo court. Others on here will disagree. We have, on the very rare occasion, seen a successful IAS appeal but they’re as rare as hens teeth.
The next phase would be the useless debt collector letters which can all be safely ignored. Debt collectors are powerless to do anything except try and scare the gullible into paying.
Eventually, they may issue a Letter of Claim before issuing a claim in the county court. This is another part of their modus operandi. In the vast majority of cases, they eventually discontinue before any hearing and move on in search of even lower hanging fruit.
