Thread: PPC Ticket: 'Court Action' Threat Letter but threw away ticket as it was months ago!

Dear all,

Last year my girlfriend parked on a pub car park that had recently been turned in to a Private Car Park. Upon returning to her car, she had received a ticket that looked very similar to the Official Penalty Notices (Yellow/Black, pcn or NPC, letters to that effect).

She was upset and on the verge of paying what is a lot of money for a student but I came across the site and persuaded her not to pay, or reply to the company at all ("Do not initiate correspondence"!).

Many months passed and we believed the company had given up (or not completed their records when they issued the ticket, because it was raining heavily at the time). After this, we decided to throw the ticket out when paper shifting(tut tut!)

I've just had a call from my girlfriend saying they have now written a letter stating she is the reg'd keeper etc. and the fine (£100+) must be payed within 14 days or Court Proceedings will be initiated etc.(apologies for lack of details, I can't read the letter till I'm home tomorrow)

I'm wondering how solid our case is without the actual ticket, what with the illegal replica nature of the ticket being one line to take with the PPC.

Am I correct in thinking we're still ok from contract law (only owe the company a few quid as that's what wasn't paid), and that they have to prove she drove the car?

In the meantime, I'll prob write the first letter confirming her status as the reg'd keeper of the car in the next week or so, unless you suggest anything else.

Many thanks for your time, and the information already available on here!

TMG

Ignore them - they have no case.

You will get a few desperate letters asking for payment, then they give up.

Ignore the [problem]mers!!

Don't write anything.

Do not contact them
Do not telephone them
Do not pay them

They have took a long whille to get to this first hurdle but that doesn't change your stance on it. i.e. Do nothing

if they have said that the Registered keeper is liable then they are committing Fraud.

"We WILL take you to court" letters are bluff and bluster.

See how you're worried - it's all part of the [problem].

The weaker willed people will cave in at this point. It's a mail [problem] based on a percentages game.