£70 parking fine for 15 mins.
Discussion
allergictocheese said:
Red Devil said:
Sorry but I think you're living in a some sort of Utopian bubble. The real world issue is how willing the principals really are to get tough with their sub-contractors. Look what happened to Somerfield when they discovered how disastrous for their reputation getting into bed with a greedy PPC was and wanted to kick them into the long grass.
He who sups with the Devil...
You will be aware , therefore, that in their contract with Parking Eye, Somerfield had the right to set parking time limits and exemptions. You would also know that PE complied with Somerfield's store-by-store requests to alter time limits as and when those requests came about. Somerfield lost their case in the High Court and then in the Court of Appeal.He who sups with the Devil...
Like I said, retailers need to be careful who they get into bed with.
StottyEvo said:
herewego said:
StottyEvo said:
When did this change? I've racked up about 5 of these "fines" over the past couple of years and I've simply ignored their letters. I didn't realise they could actually be enforced.
Why did this happen more than once?I lived at my brothers for 2 weeks, he parked out on the road and let me park in his flats parking spot. Because I didn't have a permit I received a fine for that.
All private companies so I ignored the fines. I expect I'll need to receive a court letter before I could be black marked/CCJ?
allergictocheese said:
You ought to read the High Court judgment that preceded the appeal. It's available on Bailli. It'll give you chapter and verse!
Most interesting, thanks.The Somerfield contact was entered into over 9 years ago and less than 12 months after PE was incorporated. I have little doubt that Mr McKerney was more than willing back then to be accommodating to a major corporate client so soon after his company began trading. However those days are long gone.
The judgements in both places are a warning to retail stores to be extremely careful about how they seek to extricate themselves from the negative impact of bringing in PPCs whose primary driver is making as much money as possible rather than actual car park management. It explains why some retailers will do little or nothing to compel their sub-contracted PPC to cancel tickets (preferring to absolve themselves from taking any action). Allowing the tail to wag the dog is never a sound idea. Especially if your new pet is riddled with fleas.
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