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Hi all,
I have a query,
A few months ago one of my company vans was given a ticket for not displaying a valid permit (I have a small family run business). the company is UKPC and have demanded money from my company as it is the registered keeper.
The land was one of our clients car parks and the van must have been delivering something as we weren't working on site that day.
I was not best pleased one of our drivers had a ticket, but on reflection I decided that he was on a delivery so he couldn't have been there very long.
I read a lot of the letters here and decided to fight the ticket, I sent the standard letter, pointing out that our company has no contract with UKPC and that their pcn (invoice) was not going to be paid.
I have had various reminders (2) and two collection agency letters stating that they intend to collect £125 and £135 respectively.
Today I recieved a "Notice of Visit" letter stating that they have passed my file onto a debt collector who will visit my home within the next few days to obtain full payment!
It says further "you can avoid this action by sending payment in full to their office by return of post".
My query is as the company is ltd and run from my home address does this change anything regarding the registered keeper / driver argument?
Also a a matter of interest they are writing to the company at my address but have the company name wrong.
Should I take any action? Or just ignore?
Bored.
Just ignore them. Any alleged contract is between UKPC and the driver at the time. The fact you are a company with a fleet of vans means you'd have a hard job remembering who was driving what van at what time on what day, and would be genuinely unable to demonstrate who was the driver.
That would be useful in court, but chances of that are miniscule.
Not to mention that there is such a thing as an implied right of access for something such as making a delivery. It's not like you were parking and going off shopping.
Completely ignore them. Chances of a visit are miniscule, and if someone did come round they have no powers apart from just asking for the money. Either invite them in for a tea and a biscuit or tell them to get lost. Either way, they're powerless.
Ltd company van ticket is the law the same?
(invoice) was not going to be paid.
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Originally Posted by Al27
