© Mail on Sunday Motorists were hit with demands for £85 by UK Parking Enforcement Agency who complained that the Company's name gave them the impression it had some kind of official status. In fact the Company had assets of just £2! Thousands of notices were issued in Royal Free Hospital in London, Reading University, Weatherspoons and a shopping centre in Banbury

" I do feel tempted to return to the carpark with some red nail varnish and underline the small print so no one else gets unwittingly caught out. Thanks again. " LOL I wouldn't do that as you could be prosecuted for Criminal Damage. The fact that you are stating that it isn't prominent speaks for itself and even more lessens their defence that the driver was aware of the alledged breach of trespass claimed.

A better course of action is to contact your Local MP. ACS Law operating a similar model making over a Million pounds in the process before people power put a stop to it and landed the Solicitor in front of a disciplinary panel and getting Him struck off. The CEO of Iceland won't care about this, but your local MP will. The bigger picture is to make this whole process illlegal.

More gutless threats then. Note the careful use of the word MAY. I MAY win the lottery at the Weekend. I MAY run naked up and down the street outside my house LOLIt's all complete b*llocks and you are under no obligation to give out any information without a Court Summons. That isn't going to happen though as they have to prove who was driving at the time, that they understood that they understood the T&Cs of parking there and there was an act of trespass so bad that they remedies demanded match said breach.Write to your local MP and let's get this legal con sorted out once and for all.

Everyone has their own opinion on this. Some say to ignore and carry on receiving letters and probably phone calls and eventually on the balance of probability they will go away. Others prefer to engage them. Personally I've wrote them a single time telling them to get stuffed, invoicing them for wasting my time and advising them that any correspondance will be returned at their own costs. I've then gone on to return undelivered everything they have sent me. It's no more than a civil claim for monies based upon the civil tort of trespass. They are chancers basing on the probability that the vast majority will pay up thinking it's an official parking charge. They are in it for the money nothing else. Whether you reply or ignore is purely down to yourself.

To put this "legal" [problem] in context, we received a letter from CCS Collect Debt Collectors yesterday. Fancying a wind up I called them to be put on hold (yeah I know it cost me to call them, but couldn't resist). Some young lad finally answered and apologised for keeping me waiting as they had been very busy that day. He's attitude was very unworried and uncarring when I eventually asked for an address to invoice them for wasting my time. This smacks of ACS Law all over again who were in the press recently. I suggest that we all start to get together, speak to our Local MP, etc to put these Cowboys out of business. People power destroyed ACS Law and landed the Solicitor in front of a Disciplinary Tribunal.

My preferred option was to return all correspondance to them without postage, crossing out their letter and writing "no junk mail" in captial letters. Funnily enough the letters have dried up.

Stanny, if you are that worried then pay up like they want you to. Like DBC said no one will turn up, they have no powers to unless the unlikely event of a Court Order being issued after they are awarded damages in Court. This is highly unlikely though and even if there was CCJ issued, judgement is very unlikely to go to G24 as their evidence is so weak.Remember that so far you've received a single request for monies, made to look all official. It's cost G24 the price of a postage stamp, an envelope, the use of a standard template and a nominal fee for obtaining the registered keeper details from DVLA. Most people cough up without asking questions as to whether the invoice is justified or enforceable. All the time that happens they won't need to take you to Court.Will it help if I invoice you to for my time in writing this post?

Or better still just IGNORING the begging letters at no cost whatsoever.No cost to me so far. Just added the standard PO Box address that these cowards hide behind, cross out the original address and return to sender.

Any Penalty Charge Notice is about as enforecable as the sign itself. But, it looks official enough to deter most from parking there and a large majority into paying up I suspect. It's about time the law was changed to deal with these "legal" cowboys.

As has been said on this thread and many others, it is NOT a Fixed Penalty Notice, only the Police, Traffic Wardens and similar can issue those. Those are backed up by criminal law.The only remedy open in your case is the civil tort of trespass. Most of this private parking companies work on the balance of probability that by making the letters look official enough that the victim will pay up, as most do. I return any such letters unopened to sender.

If you feel that the FPN was issued incorrectly and for the wrong offence then you may win the appeal. Either way you have nothing to lose by appealing, it's 50-50.

These people are very very clever wording their letters in a way to look official. It works as from what I've read a large majority think they are dealing with something official.The Company is private and nothing to do with the legal system or The Police. They operate by getting people to pay up.It is nothing more then an invoice for monies which anyone could do. I could do it for you taking the time to read this post.I've received close to ten of these now and all have been returned to sender at their own expense.In the unlikely event that you receive a Court Summons, then is the time to take it seriously and seek proper legal advice.It ain't gonna happen all the time people are paying up anyway for the expense to them of a few first clase stamps and the use of a templated letters.

"Your closing remark is untrue. The police cannot issue a FPN for a drink drive offence, it has to be dealt with by mags court if he is charged with the offence."I was referring it Magistrates Sam.

A NIP is normally used by Traffic Officers who report motorists in person with a caution. I'd write to them asking for photographic evidence as you are claiming that it couldn't be your vehicle and see what comes back with.