PPS & Kitsons Solicitors

[essangal]

Hi

 

After receiving several PCNs for one of my work vehicles at the car park at my work. The car park is run by Premier Parking Solutions.

 

After reading the advice on this forum all letters were ignored and thrown away, but today i have now received a letter from Kitsons Solicitors stating that they have been instructed to collect the debt of £600.00.

 

It states that if not paid within 14 days they will advise the client to take further legal action.

 

I have not found any other cases on the forum like this, so some help and advice would be greatly appreciated!

[DBC]

That name is a new one on me but it just looks like another version of a threatogram. Just ignore unless you actually receive proper court papers. Very, very unlikely but you never know with these new kids on the block.

[essangal]

Thanks

 

Its just that Kitsons are genuine solictors firm kitsons-solicitors.co (Dot) uk and also on PPS website at the following link they claim to have won several cases with Kitsons if you look at the links they even go on to state in the second case down.

 

"These judgments agreed with and further cemented previous rulings made in cases at the Bristol and Exeter County Courts and should serve as a warning for those drivers who incorrectly follow erroneous and ultimately expensive "parking advice" contained within the numerous parking forums, money saving websites and blogs on the internet"

 

The link to the PPS website page is premierparkingsolutions (dot) com/all-news

 

Please remove the (Dots) as the forum will not allow me to post links

 

Sorry Just a bit worried that this is going to get expensive

 

Should I reply or just continue ignoring?

[Old Cogger]

Hi

 

After receiving several PCNs for one of my work vehicles at the car park at my work. The car park is run by Premier Parking Solutions.

 

After reading the advice on this forum all letters were ignored and thrown away, but today i have now received a letter from Kitsons Solicitors stating that they have been instructed to collect the debt of £600.00.

 

It states that if not paid within 14 days they will advise the client to take further legal action.

 

I have not found any other cases on the forum like this, so some help and advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

Kitsons of Torbay no doubt??

[essangal]

Yes, looking at the website, Plymouth, Torquay & Exeter

[SURFBOY]

I wonder if Kitsons are also aware of the numerous cases where PPCs have lost in court?

Where the RKs HAVE followed advice of the internet?

[DBC]

Weigh that against more recent court cases where several PPCs have lost. Judges are now getting wise and realising that the only money that can be claimed is for the actual loss suffered by the landowner. So what loss ( for instance) is suffered by having a tyre touch a line? Even the BPA and the Department of Transport are now saying that only a true estimate of loss can be claimed and not some spurious figure plucked out of the air by a PPC.

Edited October 19, 2012 by DBC

[essangal]

As it happens they have not had any loss at we do already pay for a yearly permit for the vehicle but have only got these tickets when we have forgotten to display

[SURFBOY]

As it happens they have not had any loss at we do already pay for a yearly permit for the vehicle but have only got these tickets when we have forgotten to display

 

So you owe them nothing then!

[DBC]

Have you taken this matter up with your employer? If not you should enlighten them with the facts of life regarding private parking companies . Even better, if you are in a union, try and get them involved.

[essangal]

Hi,

 

I am just small business owner struggling to make end meets in the current climate, and are not part of any union.

[DBC]

I misunderstood you. I thought yo were an employee at a big company. So I presume the owner or landlord of the premises have hired the parking company to dish out these parking tickets.

[lamma]

What does your lease/rental agreement say about parking specifically ?