https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2015-0116.html They will certainly try to rip everyone off. After all, that's their business model. It'll be a case of arguing how the ruling does not apply, case by case. E.g. no contract anyway, different circumstances which do not pass the relevant tests (see http://www.hardwicke.co.uk/insights/articles/the-law-on-penalties-after-parkingeye-v-beavis), amount charged is unconscionable and extravagant, ...

Complete rubbish. No amount of signage and permit schemes can trump the written right to use the allocated space as set out in the property's lease. See Formister's comments in post #18.

And start/keep a written diary of events. Will be useful if anything ends up in court.

If you haven't yet paid up, then you need to go in very hard and robustly with the management company, indicating that their agents (the towing company) have acted unlawfully in trespassing on your space and removing your car, and that THEY (the management company) will be liable. Don't put up with some low-level drone - speak to someone high up the chain. Don't take any s**t about how it's not their problem, or how it's your fault not dispaying a permit. As I think is clear to you, you know it's rubbish. Do create an absolute merry stink with them, make it clear it's going to cost them a lot of money if they don't have your car returned NOW. If they are local, visit in person and raise hell. You may be able to force them into getting your car returned without having to go the legal route.

If the VRN is wrong on the ticket, it's game over for the council, no amount of photos will help them. You can't ignore completely, though. I think you still have to respond when (if) you get an NTO (you may not as they won't get a match for the reg number they have). Lots of threads on pepipoo.com about this - search for "wrong vrn" or "incorrect vrn". Or start your own new thread there with the details, and you'll be pointed the right way.

That just shows how ignorant they are. It's utter tosh. The only people who can take your car etc are bailiffs. To get that far, Searchlight would have to take you to court (which is unbelievably unlikely to happen), them to win (even less likely), and for you not to pay, at which point we're onto CCJs and potential bailiffs. In other words, DO NOT PAY A PENNY, and just ignore these jokers. Just because they are a registered company, and claim that they conform to BPA code of conduct, doesn't stop them being dodgy, as you initially discovered.

And how are you supposed to know if it's a match day? First, you may have to get out to read the signs and the phone number to call to check. Then, in order not to break the law, you need to phone from a stationary, parked car. Sounds like a catch 22. You have to drive somewhere else you can park in order to phone to see if it's a match day and you can park where you wanted to in the first place (or something). BTW, the OP never said what time of day it was he "parked".

It's reasonable that the OP was attempting to pay (presumably) within a minite or so of parking, and that they were in the process of registering/paying when the ticket was issued.

You actually own them the grand sum of £1, assuming the debit has not been made. But there again, I think they should owe you as compensation for having to use such a cumbersome method of paying.

All that the owner/leasee of the car park, or their agents, can ask you to pay is their losses due to your alleged contravention of their terms and conditions. As it's a free car park, their losses are zero, so all they can claim from you is zero. End of.

Yes they do. Your case is no different from hundreds here. In essence, a ticket issued by a PPC is worthless junk , and should be ignore. Even more so when it was a free car park.

The Cheques Act (or something like that) means you need no evidence more than the fact that the cheque has been cashed. You need to pursue this with TEC (who are TEC anyway?) to ensure the baillifs don't come back.

EzyChic, I have to agree with your earlier post, suggesting your neighbour must be a bit nuts. The stuff about planning permission, police involvement, etc is clearly pure fiction. However, one thing to be careful of. When it comes to selling, you are supposed to declare any disputes you have with your neighbours. I am not sure what constitutes a "dispute", but you need to be careful to ensure it doesn't escalate too far, or selling could get hard if you have to own up to having looney neighbours who argue over everything. (Lying or failing to own up can also lead you into legal hot water further down the line.)

Your employer cannot arbitrarily make deductions from your pay (though check your employment contract and any company handbook that your contract refers to). As for the letter, it's laughable. They are still pursuing a clamp release fee, yet they admit that the service of releasing the clamp was not provided, so how can they justify a fee? And how can they say you owe £200, when in the same sentence they say their "loss" is £185 + court fees (that they haven't yet paid)?

£95 of which were costs. And NOT costs that were incurred from sending out the original tickets & chasing letters (which you are attempting to claim are reasonable), but purely the costs for one solicitor (they sent 4!) to attend court that day. Believe it or not, he endured the hassle for the "greater good", i.e. to show that the PPCs cannot legitimately claim the charges they do, and on that count, he succeeded.