Contesting Parking Charge Notice

If you receive a parking charge notice from a private parking company which you believe being issued unfairly, DO NOT JUST PAY IT.

Debt Recovery cannot send a bailiff without a judgement from the Court and Parking Charges Notice cannot directly affect your credit rating unless a private company has obtained a default judgment against you.

Even if a default judgement is obtained against you, you have the option to either pay it in full within a month from the date of the order or make a prompt application to set aside without affecting your credit score.

As a general rule, parking companies can only pursue drivers under the law of contract within. However, parking companies may under strict compliance of the provisions set out in Schedule 4, paragraph 4  of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 known as POFA pursue the registered keeper.

THERE IS NO LEGAL OBLIGATION ON THE REGISTERED KEEPER TO NOMINATE THE DRIVER AND THERE IS NO PRESUMPTION IN LAW THAT THE REGISTERED KEEPER IS ALSO THE DRIVER.

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