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Private Company Parking Fine
We have had a parking fine imposed to a car, by a private company.
Are there any rules at to the signage being visible and not open to dubiety, and also,
How can we check their legal status for interfering with the vehicle.
When you enter the housing area from one road there are prominent signage, but when you come from the other end of the scheme, there is one small sign on RHS at the base of a tree, saying residents parking, but this cannot bee seen when cars are parked.
On the LHS of the road there are three signs, which are placed at the entrance to a car park. There is nothing marked on the actual bays on the main route though the scheme, though there is signage further up the road, where the road splits.
The bays on the main route are not marked private or numbered in any way.
They have issued a �60 penalty, with it increasing to �85 if not paid promptly.
We appealed, as this was there for a legitimate reason and on the instructions of the property owner. (We are contractor working on the property, with carrage of materials)
Because the vehicle is not sign-written they said that the fine stands and if it was not paid within 10 days, they would increase it to �135 pounds plus administrative cost, (amounts not stated)
Can they legally do this?
Are there any rules at to the signage being visible and not open to dubiety, and also,
How can we check their legal status for interfering with the vehicle.
When you enter the housing area from one road there are prominent signage, but when you come from the other end of the scheme, there is one small sign on RHS at the base of a tree, saying residents parking, but this cannot bee seen when cars are parked.
On the LHS of the road there are three signs, which are placed at the entrance to a car park. There is nothing marked on the actual bays on the main route though the scheme, though there is signage further up the road, where the road splits.
The bays on the main route are not marked private or numbered in any way.
They have issued a �60 penalty, with it increasing to �85 if not paid promptly.
We appealed, as this was there for a legitimate reason and on the instructions of the property owner. (We are contractor working on the property, with carrage of materials)
Because the vehicle is not sign-written they said that the fine stands and if it was not paid within 10 days, they would increase it to �135 pounds plus administrative cost, (amounts not stated)
Can they legally do this?
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New judge is right they could sue through a civil proceeding, but they can only sue for the loss that they have incurred, which is what exactly? Nothing!. They cannot sue for any 'fines' or 'penalties' that they themselves have imposed as this is simply not allowed.
They also have to prove that a contract existed between themselves and who else? The driver of the car who parked it presumably and not the registered keeper of the vehicle whos details they got from the DVLA. Do they know who the driver of the car was? No of course they dont!
They also have to prove that a contract existed between themselves and who else? The driver of the car who parked it presumably and not the registered keeper of the vehicle whos details they got from the DVLA. Do they know who the driver of the car was? No of course they dont!
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