PCN

Hi, I am new and would appreciate some advice. I regularly park in Epsom (Ashley Centre) and was ticketed having not displayed my Blue Badge correctly while in a Disabled bay. I paid the PCN immediately stating that it is paid on the strict understanding of no admittance of liability. I decided to challenge the local Council about this matter stating that I felt the PNC was illegal. The defence I put to the Council was that on entering the car park I had accepted a token which created contractual relations. The PCN ticket was issued to my car which was showing tax exemption and clearly marked DISABLED typed on the tax disc. I firmly believe that the car was easily identifiable from the outside as a Disabled car permitting me to park in a Disabled bay. I complained about the PCN to the car park office and remonstrated that I had yet to pay the exit fee. I produced the Blue Badge and was allowed the standard concessionary/reduced rate for the Disabled. This then entitled me to leave the car park. My question is a simple one really in that I consider the issuing of PCN's to Disability Scheme vehicles as illegal. The Council have issued over three thousand of these PCN's and I believe where cars are identified as being Disabled Tax Exempt surely makes the Council Liable to refund all PCN charges to those issued and robbed? I really think the Council are on a sticky wicket with this one and would like to know if its worth pursuing as a High Court Application? This is not so much parking regulations law but a contractual one having agreed to pay the parking charge on entry? Any one got some sound advice. Thanks.

PCN

Pcn, Bailiffs, Car towed :( Please help!

Hi there, Firstly what a great site this is!

Ok...so im new to this and just looking for some advice please :)

Ill start from the beginning...

On 29/12/2013 i parked in the front of a line of parked cars and didn't think much of it...a couple of hours later i came out to my car to find a lovely yellow sticker on my windscreen..i was given a PCN because the one place place you are not supposed to park..i stupidly did!

So i appealed it as i felt it was unfair but they rejected it. I didn't bother getting in contact with them again which resulted in a bailiff being sent to my home about Aug 2014. a letter was posted through the door (i cant recall what it said) but i never heard anything again.

...Until Tuesday 4th November 2014. i was at work when another letter was posted saying i have 48 hours to make a payment (£422)!

I have always been told to not interact with any bailiff so i did just that...nothing! yesterday (Thurs 7th Nov) i had been out most of the day with a friend and came home around lunchtime... (i live in a first floor flat and my driveway is at the back of my house) and when i went upstairs i noticed someone parked right behind my car...i assumed this was the bailiff and he knocked again but i didn't answer. he sat there for about an hour whilst i was at home then he left about 2pm. At 3pm i left my house to walk to the school nearby to collect my children and he was stood at the front of my house...I looked around the back and i could see he had parked his car right behind mine again! He said how hes been trying to get hold of me and ive just been ignoring him (Ive only had 2 letters!!) He then said a recovery truck is on its way and he has clamped my car..i didn't notice the clamp until he mentioned it!! and within that a huge truck comes down my street, goes around the back and starts taking my car away!! i tried to explain i didn't have the money, crying, pleading with him but he wouldn't listen! the fees then went up to about £535, my other half has that paperwork with him so i cant look at it right now.

I then had to borrow the money from my mother in law and pay the bailiff and collect the car from the impounding place as i had work the next day and need the car!

A few questions i have are...The bailiffs name was Mr. T Wright. I have done a check and there is no bailiff of that name that works for Truro County Court. there is a Mr. T Wright that works for Birkenhead County Court. Can a bailiff from a different county come and work in this county?

I was never informed the car had even been levyed.

I was never informed the car was going to be towed away.

I have never received a breakdown of charges.

No distress warrant?? (not sure what this means but i have seen it on other forums but i have never received one)

Do the court need to issue a clamping order? i asked the bailiff and he said no.

My car was clamped for approx 2.5 hours before being towed...can this be done?

I never received a receipt for the money i paid.



It all feels a bit dodgy...i don't know, maybe im wrong and the bailiff did everything above board and im just trying to find excuses, but its playing on my mind and i would really appreciate some help, im sorry it is so long-winded but i like to explain properly lol xxx

Pcn, Bailiffs, Car towed :( Please help!