I’m in England and ignored parking notice but now I want to pay it.
However it’s been taken to debt recovery plus and it’s gone up to £170. I heard this extra 70 fee is not legally binding but when I try pay the pcn now it says the case is with legal representatives.
How can I pay the PCN without having to pay the debt recovery plus additional fee?
You can’t. Your choices now are to either pay what they are trying to extort from you or wait and see if they try to take you to court over the alleged debt.
They may never take it that far and even if they did, they may simply discontinue before any hearing when they realise that you are not backing down. Then again, you could defend against any claim and be successful and not pay a penny to them. If it does go to a claim, you will have an opportunity for compulsory mediation with them and see whether they would accept an offer that is less than the claim amount.
If you want advice on the best course of action to take, please provide some background as to why you have changed your mind after ignoring all the previous notices. Please show us the original NtK and tell us the location.
You can safely ignore DRP as they are just a debt collector and have no powers to do anything. Never, ever, ever, communicate with a debt collector. They are a third party unconnected to any alleged contractual breach by the driver.
So, do you need assistance and advice or not?
You can’t. Your choices now are to either pay what they are trying to extort from you or wait and see if they try to take you to court over the alleged debt.
They may never take it that far and even if they did, they may simply discontinue before any hearing when they realise that you are not backing down. Then again, you could defend against any claim and be successful and not pay a penny to them. If it does go to a claim, you will have an opportunity for compulsory mediation with them and see whether they would accept an offer that is less than the claim amount.
If you want advice on the best course of action to take, please provide some background as to why you have changed your mind after ignoring all the previous notices. Please show us the original NtK and tell us the location.
You can safely ignore DRP as they are just a debt collector and have no powers to do anything. Never, ever, ever, communicate with a debt collector. They are a third party unconnected to any alleged contractual breach by the driver.
So, do you need assistance and advice or not?
Hey. I got this parking ticket by parking on a private road in London. The signage was quite unclear as it wasn’t just a straight road and the sign was adjacent to the strip I parked and was quite a distance away (like 40 metres). I appealed this because of unclear signage but the appeal got rejected. At this point I may just take my chances with what they decide to do. If they do take it to court and win I can just pay a bigger fee (like 300?) to get the CCJ removed right, if I apply to the court and pay within 30 days?
I do wonder what % of cases are taken to court and won though.
It doesn’t work like that. They may not bother to take you to court. If they do, for a single PCN it will be for around £250 all in. If you are successful, doesn’t cost you anything. If you are unsuccessful, ~£180-~£200. No CCJ if paid in full within 30 days of judgment.
They may take you to court but discontinue. They have up to 6 years to decide whether to bother.
If you want to fight it, then we need more detail. It’s what we do.
Show us the Notice to Keeper (NtK) leaving all dates, times and location showing. Both sides.
Very few go all the way to a hearing. Of those that go to a claim, most are discontinued.
I got a letter before claim. So to save me the headache I paid ticket and not the fee as they gave me the bank details. I have until 6th October so I haven't heard anything thing as yet. The company was CPM but the solicitor was Gladstone
If you haven't paid what they asked and just sent what you think they'll accept, good luck. You've admitted liability by paying so nothing we can do for you here.