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Hi all thanks for any help in advance. In Jan this year I parked on double yellow lines on private non adopted road, which is part of St Catherine's Retail Park in Perth, the parking is enforced by Town & City Parking Ltd. I received the first demand letter on 15 Apr 09, I did not respond.
Today I received a letter from A. A Hotton LLP I guess they are the debt collection agency. The letter is very strongly worded and states further action will be taken to recover the £70 charge if it not paid within 7 days.
Any advice would be appreciated, should I respond or just ignore it?
Thanks so far. So you reckon that Hutton are basically using scare tactics and I should do nothing about this letter, I guess their next letter would be summons to small claims court? What would be the advice if that were to happen?
I have not acknowledge any of the correspondence from T & C Parking and have no intention of paying any parking charge.
The only party who can instigate small claims would be Town and City.
debt collectors literally have no powers. They can't collect money and they can't even take anyone to court. All they do is write letters - they only 'collect' when people pay up out of complete ignorance.
The next letter will probably be a 'Final Demand', and that will probably be followed by a 'Final final demand' - do you see where this is going?
Once they've given up, that's it. Chance of court by Town & City = 0%
Never ever seen any small claims court action by anyone about yellow lines. They're just grafitti on private land - where's the contract????
Thanks A127, Does that mean that restrictions like single and double yellow lines on private land like retail parks are not enforceable. Is there any point at which I should enter into any correspondence with T & C Parking or Huttons?
The above advice is very valid and true. If you have a look around the forum youll see what the posters are on about. DCAs like to send thier threatograms to scare people. This works primarily as people are uneducated and believe that baliffs will turn up at thier door etc.
You will get your 'final demand in 7 days letter' then 'final, final...you must pay in 24 hours' letter you might even get the 'court documents are being prepared..' letter! They will disappear after a few letters although some resurface after 6 months if they get desperate. Ignore them
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Hi All thanks for the advice previously. Just a quick update, yesterday I received my second letter from Hutton:
"We refer to our previous correspondence in relation to the above outstanding debt. Unless settlement or a suitable repayment arrangement is received by us within 7 days, we shall have no alternative but to consider instructing legal proceedings against you in relation to this matter.
You should be aware that if a Court Order (Degree) is granted against you, you may incur additional legal costs. The recording of a Decree against you is a matter of public record and your credit status could be affected.
To arrange settlement or a repayment arrangement, please contact us immediately on the above number"
I still have no intention or replying to them or paying the parking charge, but just in case does anyone know of a good reprsentative for me if they take it to court?
Two letters from Hutton is standard. As Hutton have no 'standing' how on earth could they take you to court ? They are not the 'principal'. Its just part of the standard mail [problem].
You should be aware that if a Court Order (Degree) is granted against you, you may incur additional legal costs. The recording of a Decree against you is a matter of public record and your credit status could be affected.
To arrange settlement or a repayment arrangement, please contact us immediately on the above number"
I still have no intention or replying to them or paying the parking charge, but just in case does anyone know of a good reprsentative for me if they take it to court?
They fail to mention that they have no chance of obtaining a 'court order' because they have no case.
Idiots.
Chance of court 0.1%, in which case you'd just defend yourself. Small claims is really just sitting around a table in a room.
We refer to the above outstanding parking charge NOTICE and to our previous unanswered letters on the subject.
As this amount is still outstanding, unless you contact this office by return we shall no alternative but to proceed with legal action against you without further notice.
To stop this from happening you should either contact our office now on telephone number 0845 833 4503, phone our auromated telephone payments system on 0845 833 4502 or log on to our website at www.aahutton.co.ukto make payment.
(Cheques should be made payable to AA Hutton LLP)
NO FURTHER INTIMATION WILL BE GIVEN AND YOU WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY COURT EXPENSES INCURRED:
Yours faithfully,
AA Hutton LLP
I am still inclined not to do anything and I have no intention of paying anything. Is the advice still ignore any letters from these gimps?
If it should go to court (small claims or county) I hope I can count on appropriate advice, thanks in advance.
I think may have got one more from A A Hutton a couple of weeks after the one in June and since then I have heard nothing further. Just keep on ignoring they will give up and go away.
Advice on demand letter pls
agency. The letter is very strongly worded and states further action will be taken to recover the £70 charge if it not paid within 7 days.
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