I ended up paying the thieves £90, so the matter is finally closed Thanks for all the help, seeing as I was not the registered keeper at the time just easier to take the bribe and pay. best wishes all

@FTMDave thanks so much for your last post and apologies for the late response. Yes so the truth is I was the driver and my mum was the registered keeper at the time of the parking notice at the university What do you advise? Kind regards Bb

@FTMDavethere is nothing more that I would like then to tell them to go to ****, the thieving scammerS! Yes please help with a letter @lee19921992Thanks this is great for starters

Care to share, I know its principle but I just don't have the energy to go through all the hoops and hurdles..interested to hear your pov!

@dx100uk THIS IS WHAT I WROTE THE UNI: 'please send the payment link for full and final settlement', never haver I used the word PENALTY, im not that much of a bimbo And yes I realise that I am a mug but I can't be bothered to go through the whole Process again last time I had to write the court and these idiot Gladstones from a mobile phone in Peru and just wasn't worth the time and headache for 90squid, even though is daylight robbery many other things in life are unfair and this is just a private parking scam

@dx100uk THIS IS WHAT I WROTE THE UNI: please send the payment link for full and final settlement THIS WHAT THEY WROTE BACK Payment can be made in any of the following ways. Please allow a few days for the system at Gladstones to update with the correct information so I would advise looking to pay from Monday 10th July Payment Must be made by 17th July 2023 Online www.gladstonessolicitors.co.uk Phone 0333 0230 049 Cheque Payable to ‘Gladstones Solicitors Ltd’ Bank Transfer Name – Gladstones Solicitors Ltd Sort Code – 20-24-09 Account Number – 33028712 Reference - 104262.71025 you must include their reference [104262.71025] when making payment. If you fail to do so, Gladstones may be unable to allocate their payment. This may result in further costs being incurred, for which you will be liable. I hope this brings this matter to conclusion. Mark Burkill Parking and Transport Officer Moulsecoomb University Of Brighton | Estates and Facilities Management

SORRY TO BE A PAIN IN THE BUTT AND CONFUSING BUT that's just where my mind is at the moment, various life matters, sure same for all of us. Would someone be so kind to direct me to a template for a suitable snotty letter that I can amend and post recorded delivery to Gladstones? K regards BBYHB

is this link to the is what I should be using... Received a Court Claim From A Private parking Speculative invoice?? Yes you gathered correctly HB, the registered keeper is getting worried that it will effect their credit rating should it go to court and etc etc, not really aware of the legalities and the frivolity of the claim so I am getting hounded both ends...so thinking just to cut losses and pay the 90 rather than months of this dragging on... Still I have dealt with this before and know how much of a scam it can be. Best wishes BBYHB

I wrote to the University Chancellor and this chap Mark Burkill has picked up the email. I have asked the penalty to be cancelled and we keep going backwards and forwards like a broken record and despite the university's participation in causing harm and distress to the registered keeper this jobsworth relentlessly won't give up. However he has agreed to remove the fee, cough 'Randsom fee' down to £90!

Ok well had a response from University of Brighton jobsworth and seems that have to pay a ransom for the Registered keeper to stop receiving harassment letters from Gladstones and CPM I am sorry to hear that this is causing the registered keeper any distress or detrimental effect on their peace of mind, Had the matter been dealt with at the time the NTK was sent to them back in October 2022 all of this could have been avoided and dealt with then. THE NTK would have clearly stated that if the registered keeper of the vehicle was not the driver of the vehicle at the time the offence was committed the liability should have been transferred at that point. UK Car Park Management - Transfers (uk-carparkmanagement.co.uk) UK-CPM have responded to my email informing me that this PCN was issued by a Mobile operative and not ANPR, the operative would have checked the car to see if there was a blue badge on display (as we have ascertained there wasn’t). They have also stated to me that at no point has this PCN been appealed and no communication has been received from the registered keeper. As a one off gesture UK-CPM have offered to reduce the PCN down to £90 full and final settlement, should you wish to accept this offer then please let me know and I can inform UK-CPM, they will not be reducing it any further. We will not be asking for the PCN to be cancelled. As mentioned in the previous email, we feel that the PCN was in fact issued correctly as per all the signage and our terms and conditions. Mark Burkill Parking and Transport Officer Moulsecoomb University Of Brighton | Estates and Facilities Management

is this the letter to use?

heh HB, yes is a relation and they want Gladstones off their back asap

DRIVER STUDENT: SORT OF... THAT PERSON RK: NEGATIVE RK RELATION TO DRIVER: UNSURE WILL PING EM A SNOTTY LETTER HOW DID GLADSTONES GET THE RK'S MOBILE NUMBER???

REPLY FROM THE UNIVERSITY DEAN'S MANAGEMENT TEAM, 2ND PIECE OF CORRESPONDENCE AND IS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD KEEPS ASKING FOR THE DRIVER AT TIME OF ALLEGED PCN Many thanks for your reply. You mention in your first email that the registered keeper on November 3rd 2022 received a NTK from UK CPM, but in your last email you state that the first they became aware of the PCN was via a text message from Gladstones Solicitors, so I am struggling to understand the events that have occurred here. To clarify, PCNs are sent to the registered keeper, as per the details kept by the DVLA. The driver is not contacted as records are not kept of this, and it is the responsibility of the keeper to manage their vehicle and in the case of this, pass information onto the driver if needed. Unfortunately, it’s unclear who was driving the vehicle and if they were a university student, staff member or visitor. Can you clarify this please? It is also our policy, as detailed on all signage, that an E-Permit is required to park on campus. There are no records of an E-Permit being in place for vehicle registration XXXXX. Blue disabled badges are issued to the person requiring the badge and not to a vehicle so again UK-CPM would have no knowledge that the person using the vehicle was a blue badge holder as the badge was not on display. Without an open dialogue between UK-CPM and the registered keeper of the vehicle, UK-CPM as per their terms and conditions that would have been on the NTK would continue to peruse the PCN and escalate the costs accordingly. Additional costs associated with any further action that UK-CPM have taken or instructed a third party to take are in line with industry guidelines. As previously mentioned in my first email, I have asked UK-CPM for their comments and once they have responded I will of course come back to you with any solutions that may be able to help the situation, but this is currently very difficult without knowing the full details and understanding who was using the vehicle. From the information I have available, it would appear that the PCN has been issued correctly as there was no E-Permit in place and the blue badge was not visible. Mark Burkill Parking and Transport Officer Moulsecoomb University Of Brighton | Estates and Facilities Management

YES SIR, if this doesn't work in the next few days/ end of the week absolutely will be writing to the Gladstones cronies