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[paulok123]

Parking fines on private land

 

If you

park on private land without permission (or stay longer than you paid for, for example, in a shop car park), you might get sent a notice telling you to pay a parking fine. This might look like an official fixed penalty but it isn't one. It's a notice that they intend to take you to court for trespassing, and will offer to let you pay some money to settle the case out of court. This isn't a criminal matter.

 

There is no independent appeal process for parking fines on private land. But if the parking operator decides to take you to a county court, the court may decide that you don't have to pay the fine. This might be, for example, because the parking restrictions weren't clear. A parking operator doesn't have a legal right to recover a parking fine without first taking court action against you.

You can also look on the website of the British Parking Association which acts as a trade association for companies that carry out parking enforcement activities on private land. Members of the Association must comply with a Code of Practice on the issuing of parking fines. You can find the Code of Practice on the website at

Welcome to the British Parking Association. Put bluntly IGNOR all there threats i do.

Edited April 1, 2010 by paulok123

[dx100uk]

thats why we have a flourishing parking forum

 

known this for years.

 

dx