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You won't be paying a penny to UKCPM if you follow the advice. Are you sure you did not receive the original NtK? It would be worthwhile seeing both sides of that as it is the key document to be able to see whether all the legal requirements to hold you liable as the keeper.

A few more questions though first. Was the driver or passenger in possession of a blue badge, irrespective of whether it was shown or not? At what time of day was this? Daylight or darkness?

The first thing that stand out are the signage is terrible. It is almost impossible to read that wall of text and there is no way that the charge is adequately brought to the attention of the driver. Secondly, loading/unloading or picking up/dropping off a passenger is not parking and that is defined in the persuasive appeal court judgment of Jopson v Homeguard B9GF09AE [2016].

Unfortunately, you are dealing with a particularly vexatious company of ex-clamper thugs and it is too late to do any appeals. You will have to weather a storm of debt collector letter which you can safely ignore. They are powerless to do anything, no matter how nasty they threaten you. Just file them or use them as kindling.

You will have to wait until/if/when they decide to make a claim against you. Whilst we haven't seen the original NtK, it is advised that any communication we suggest is made as the keeper of the vehicle. UKPCM have no idea of the drivers identity unless you, the keeper tells them. The keeper and the driver are two separate entities in civil law and no inference or assumptions can be made that the keeper was also the driver.

Was the person that was dropped off at the location an owner or tenant? If so, what does their lease/AST say about parking? What it doesn't say is equally important.

Anyway, a few questions for you to answer in there before we move on.

The sign clearly says the driver is liable. If the RK doesn't reveal who the driver was then there's nothin they can do about it.

The driver is always liable. If the PPC issues an NtK to the keeper that is fully compliant with the strict requirements of PoFA, then they can transfer that liability from the driver to the keeper.

We always tell victims to not identify the driver as almost always there is a technical flaw in the NtKs that can invalidate the compliance with the requirements of PoFA.

If you think you can get them to send you a copy of the original NtK, then by all means do so but I doubt the'll be that cooperative unless you do it as a SAR and then they have 30 days with which to provide it.

I'm glad you are prepared to fight the in court if necessary. That is where you ultimately win anyway. It is very straightforward and easy to respond and defend any claim.We will be assisting you every step of the way. They will only go all the way to a hearing if they think you are low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree. If you're here getting advice, then you aren't.

As one of the occupants of the vehicle had a blue badge and the driver was only dropping off a passenger, there should be a letter of complaint to PCM for the record. They will then be on notice that if they continue to pursue the keeper, they will know that the occupant had protected characteristics and extra time should have been allowed as required under the Equality Act 2010.

If you want to draft something to show us and we can then advise on any changes. Any correspondence is to be as the keeper only. It is a learning experience for you.

Also I doubt I can find proof positive that the disabled passenger in question was there on that date and time. I don't think there's a record that I can get hold of (from past experience, this school's sign-in system is hit and miss). So it would be my word against theirs in court.