HI All -

I have just received a Notice of Legal Proceedings from ICC Legal Services for a ticket in supermarket carpark - months ago...

.Ticket was purchased but I overstayed by minutes.

Threat is failure to take action by 30th September will results in IMMEDIATE legal proceedings.

..However, I have heard nothing...

..Do I now assume that this is the end?.

I have never responded to any paperwork previously sent.

Just really need reassurance that the position still remains the same

- i.e. this is a speculative invoice..

..Many thanks....

Hi and welcome

The position is generally still the same. Some will say write and deny any liability, others will say ignore. The only time to be worried is if court papers actually turn up (unlikely)

I will ask the site team to move your post to a thread of its own

Hi Heatherlou

I have created a new thread for you here. Please continue to use this thread to discuss your issue.

Good morning and thanks silverfox

One thing is for certain,

a debt collection company doesnt have the right to pursue you

they arent going to issue anything other than threats

but beware of further correspondence from the parking control company

who claim to manage the car park on behalf of whichever supermarket it was.

If this is the first correspondence on this matter then the company has shot themselves in the foot regarding the Code of Practice

they are supposed to adhere to and may well have obtained your details fraudulently by misrepresentation to the DVLA.

It is likely that this will be the last you ever hear about the matter

because they cannot properly go any further with their claim

but read the other threads here and familiarise yourself with the wordings commonly used

and the companies that do like to try their luck.

If you do get any letters other than more of the same then come back here

and tell us exactly what they say and you will be told how to respond.

Thank you so much Ericsbrother - I do feel that this is the last that I hear but as some threads are a little old, I wondered if the law had changed in any way....If I hear anything else, I will be straight on....and again, thank you for your time.....

No, the Protection of Freedoms Act, much quoted by these parking companies gives them the right to pursue the registered keeper of a vehicle under certain circumstances if the driver cannot be identified. They have to follow a procedure to make this claim and many do not, they just write to the RK using data obtained from the DVLA and tell them that they are obliged to cough up, which isnt the case, fixed steps have to be followed first.