Thankyou so much for the info. I was beginning to get v anxious about it. Now I feel much more in control and a lot less worried. 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.

Hello, I've been following some of your advice on how to deal with unfair private parking fines after I recieved a ticket from New Generation Parking LTD over christmas. So far I have ignored several soliicitors letters and one from a balliff. They originally wanted £70 for exeeding a 30 min free period by 7min 14 secs. Needless to say it's doubled since then. I really resent having to pay this one as the sign informing me of the concequences of exceeding the time limit is written in small print under much larger wording informing me that the car park is FREE. This sign is placed prominentley on entrance but it is of a busy roundabout and bus station so you just don't have the time to read the small print. I was not driving the car at the time but I was the passenger. I am the RK. Does this make me liable? Also we had to strap two kids into their car seats so we would have been back at the car on time. I have just recieved another letter requesting I give them the details of who was driving or they will apply to the courts for for an 'Application to the court under 'Civil Procedures Rule 31.16 - Disclosure Before Preceedings Start.'