Hi Silverfox. The camera they used for my "infringement" was a mobile camera on a van. Do they need planning permission for them? How do you suggest I should proceed? Should we continue to ignore the letters from BW Legal or should we repy to them? Thanks Justin.

Hi HB and Co We have now received yet another letter from BW Legal, similar I think to the one Motobrooks has mentioned. It gives us another two weeks to pay up. It lists the additional costs we might have to pay if it goes to court, and mentions the case of ParkingEye Limited V Beavis, saying this case eliminates the main defence we would have in court. Please can you tell me what we should do? Should we continue to ignore BW Legal or reply to them? If we should reply, what should we say? Many thanks.

BW Legal have somehow got hold of my girlfriends mobile phone number and have been trying to call her! This is almost harassment!! Has anyone else had this experience? It seems unfair that they resort to calling people to scare them into paying..... ..are they allowed to do that? We don't even know how they got her number!

Hi All now we've got another letter from BW Legal stating that even though my girlfriend provided details of the driver to VCS, because there's been no payment VCS is entitled to persue the registered keeper for payment under the Protections of Freedom Act 2012. Is this true? They are also saying to avoid further costs we should pay up now. What should we do? Continue to ignore them? Many thannks!

Thanks for the replies and advice! I understand that these letters are just to scare people, but what will happen if we ignore them? Won't they just start legal proceedings? Will we have to defend ourselves in court?

In February 2015 I borrowed my girlfriends car to go to Liverpool Airport where I had parking booked. When I got to the airport I couldn't find the car park company I had booked. After driving round for a while I decided to ask for directions. It was 4:30 in the morning and there was no-one around except for a van parked on the path. I asked the van driver for directions but she would not help. It turns out this van was a mobile camera for Vehicle Control Services and they issued a charge while I was asking their driver for directions! My girlfriend as the registered keeper received the charge notice. After doing lots of research on the internet we took the consensus advice and ignored the notice. We received further threatening notices which we ignored. We then got threatening letters from a company called Debt Recovery Plus who threatened legal action. We did more research and discovered the Protection of freedoms Acts so we then e-mailed both Debt Recovery and VCS to inform them that I was the driver and not my girlfriend so they could not persue her for payment. We heard nothing for several months have now received a letter from a company called BW Legal who are acting for VCS. They want the original charge plus penalty. They are threatening county court proceedings. what I want to know is can they take legal action against the registered owner, even when she wasn't the driver and has informed VCS of that? Should we just pay up? Thanks in advance!