Vince Green Posted December 17, 2020 Report Share Posted December 17, 2020 Pay it, I didn't think parking was a police matter anymore. Its certainly not round here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetree Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 Why would you pay a fine when no-one has explained why you are being told to pay it? That's extortion. Take them on, push it as far as you can, accept nothing less than not paying. Just did the same against a well known company of private parking racketeers and won. Loads of good forums out there specifically for fighting these. They do not have the god given right to extort money from you when they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timps Posted December 22, 2020 Report Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Private parking companies cannot issue fines they issue invoices and it is all to do with contract law and heard by a district judge. I have successfully quashed countless of those for family and friends as they are never argued properly. The police issue fines and they are heard in a criminal magistrate court totally different and in this case either covered under under the road traffic act or the highways act as an offence. Both can be used for parking on a verge. Defending one is easy the other a lot harder. Ignorance of the law is no excuse ignorance of terms and conditions of a private invoice is a very effective defence. Edited December 22, 2020 by timps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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