Hi All I parked on Private Land Car Park 30/04/2016 when I went to the cinema with my son and his mate. I worked out that the film should finish and give us time to get back to the car park in time so as not to get charged for additional parking ie £60. However on getting back to the cars we both received(my sons mates car) parking tickets. Well we were furious as the 3 of us checked the tickets and the time it was issued and it said it was issued at 19.22 and time first observed at 19.12 (tickets were 3 hours £2.80)and expiry was 19.11. my sons mate got his ticket at exactly the same exact times as well. we were both parked next to each other. However I wasn't prepared to pay £60 or £100 or an additional 11 minutes not when I could have paid an additional 90 pence for an additional hour. The 3 of us also checked our phones as they stated it was 19.22 so the ticket wasn't issued at 19.22 as it states on the PCN. So I wrote to them politely explaining this (Er yes I didn't know about not telling them).and stating the fact that the government had said there should be some leeway regarding parking.But I'M NOT PAYING £60 FOR 11 MINUTES OR 1 MINUTE.I have kept all the information regarding this as I knew it would come back to haunt me, I have received a letter from Debt Recovery Plus regarding the charges but i'm STILL not prepared to pay the £160 but I am prepared to go to court over this, Any one with advice as to what to do now?

Received a Parking Charge Notice from UKPCS at a car park in the east of England. Didn’t reply waited for any movement on their side, Employer received NtK and wanted to pay it and charge me. I objected, and was advised that under the POFA they would have to inform UKPCS that I was the driver. Ticket issued --/03/14 employer alerted me around two weeks ago received a notice to keeper/Driver/Hirer dated --/05/14 (prying eyes) just formulated the following reply/appeal to UKPCS Any constructive comments before despatch would be appreciated. Dear Sir/Madam. I wish to appeal the notice issued on the --/03/2014 at --:-- your invoice number ------. May I draw your attention to your letter dated -- May 2014, which clearly displays the logo of the BPA and the logo indicating that your company is a BPA Approved Operator. Under the British Parking Association Code of Practice section B 18.2 it clearly states. “Entrance signs play an important part in establishing a parking contract and deterring trespassers. Therefore, as well as the signs you must have telling drivers about the terms and conditions for parking, you must also have a standard form of entrance sign at the entrance to the parking area. Entrance signs must tell drivers that the car park is managed and that there are terms and conditions that they must be aware of.” Sadly the car park at ---- ---- ----- is singularly lacking in any such sign. Furthermore the signs on site indicating the specific terms and conditions and parking charges (there are no parking charges) are ill lit and unintelligible at night in March. I was certainly not aware of the signs until I returned to my vehicle to find your invoice on the windscreen. THE AMOUNT DEMANDED IS NOT A 'GENUINE PRE-ESTIMATE OF LOSS' The parking charge of £100 does not represent a genuine pre-estimate of loss to yourself or the landowner. Car park is free, all visible units were closed at the time and there were only a few cars present, thus neither businesses nor customers at the site suffered any loss or were even inconvenienced. I believe that UKCPS are actually pursuing a claim for their own profit as opposed to quantifying an actual breach and loss. This is contrary to the BPA AOS Code of Practice recommendations, section 19.5, which states: "If the parking charge that the driver is being asked to pay is for a breach of contract or act of trespass, this charge must be based on the genuine pre-estimate of loss that you suffer." UKCPS NOT ENTITLED TO PURSUE CHARGES UKCPS has not showed that it has a contract with the landowner to grant them the right to form contracts with drivers and to pursue charges in their own name in the courts. I require UKCPS to produce a copy of the contract with the landowner as without it, UKCPS is not compliant with section 7 of the BPA AOS Code of Practice and has no legal authority at this site. THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT 1970. Section 40 of the act provides that a person commits an offence if, with the object of coercing another person to pay money claimed from the other as a debt due under contract, if he or she: (d) utters a document falsely represented by him to have some official character or purporting to have some official character which he knows it has not. UKPCS Parking Charge Notice states “UNAUTHORISED REMOVAL OR INTERFERENCE IS AN OFFENCE” Therefore by stating that is an offence to remove the said notice UKPCS has committed a criminal offence. I fully expect this appeal to be upheld and notice of withdrawal issued forthwith. Yours.