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Fast feud - parking dispute at McDonalds
After more correspondence with Met Parking and their escalation of penalty charges for ‘overstaying’ at MacDonalds, I have now received a Notice of Proposed Litigation from Debt Recovery Plus.
I have replied and stated that I am still prepared the originally offered amount of £10 for minor infringement of contract but will not pay the full amount unless compelled to do so by a County Court judgement. So I am hoping that I have done the correct thing and that this latest correspondence is sent to urge me to surrender and pay up in order to avoid court action.
I have replied and stated that I am still prepared the originally offered amount of £10 for minor infringement of contract but will not pay the full amount unless compelled to do so by a County Court judgement. So I am hoping that I have done the correct thing and that this latest correspondence is sent to urge me to surrender and pay up in order to avoid court action.
Asked on 14 March 2010 by TD, via email
Answered by
Honest John
Your next step is to invoke the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and tell these people that they either take you to court (which must be a county court convenient to you) or they must cease to harass you, which is a criminal offence under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
A very worrying new development is the Protection of Freedoms bill now before Parliament that seeks to make registered keepers of vehicles responsible for paying all private parking penalties and will thus be a licence to print money for these nasty pariahs who upset the lives of tens of thousands of drivers every week.
The best thing we can all do in protest is to stay away and never shop anywhere that imposes onerous restrictions and penalties on parking. They don’t all. Some, like Tesco at Hexham Northumberland, allow a generous 3 hours and all penalty income goes to charity rather than to some fat cat’s yacht moored in his tax haven.
See: www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/parking-fines/
A very worrying new development is the Protection of Freedoms bill now before Parliament that seeks to make registered keepers of vehicles responsible for paying all private parking penalties and will thus be a licence to print money for these nasty pariahs who upset the lives of tens of thousands of drivers every week.
The best thing we can all do in protest is to stay away and never shop anywhere that imposes onerous restrictions and penalties on parking. They don’t all. Some, like Tesco at Hexham Northumberland, allow a generous 3 hours and all penalty income goes to charity rather than to some fat cat’s yacht moored in his tax haven.
See: www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/parking-fines/
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