Well worth reading

[mikeymack2002]

Well worth reading a must if you get a parking charge notice (PCN)

 

 

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2015/01/22/could-parking-fines-issued-to-shropshire-drivers-be-illegal/

 

 

Main story from here

http://www.scoop.it/t/lacef-news?page=3

 

 

I have also added now a parking guide from "WHICH"

[mikeymack2002]

This quote from the readers views made me laugh

 

 

intheknow

 

January 22, 2015 21:22

You have the legal high ground but not the moral one. If there is a parking charge as opposed to a "fine" for overstaying you should pay it or park elsewhere. To refuse to pay the lawful charge is the actions of a crook.

[citizenB]

Taken from the first link in mickeymack's post above

 

Could parking fines issued to Shropshire drivers be illegal?

 

For Ron Cotterill, the £60 charge was because his daughter’s disabled badge had slipped out of place. For Ron Lucas, it was because he overstayed his welcome by 88 seconds.

 

For Tracy Newdell, it was simply going to the same supermarket twice in one day.

But how enforceable are these “fines”? And indeed, do private companies actually have the authority to fine anybody?

 

 

 

Not according to 22-year-old Cambridge University law graduate Michael Green, who is taking on the parking companies through the courts. Mr Green says the companies are acting unlawfully, and if his legal challenge succeeds it could mean that every motorist who has been fined could see their charges refunded.

“The only people with the power to fine you for parking offences are the police or the local authority,” he says.

 

“These are not official fines. At best they are claims for breach of contract that only be pursued in a civil court. And almost all of them are simply unlawful.”

 

Mr Green is taking up the case of more than 15,000 motorists across the country who believe they have been unfairly fined, but he says hundreds more are getting in touch with him every day. If his case, which he expects to start in the summer, is successful, it will set a legal precedent.

 

 

Read more

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2015/01/22/could-parking-fines-issued-to-shropshire-drivers-be-illegal/

[mikeymack2002]

Could this be a useful "stickie"?

[citizenB]

I will have a word with the boss, mm