Here is a copy of the letter below: NOTICE OF INTENDED LEGAL ACTION You were written to by UK parking control LTD and their agent Roxburghe requesting the settlement of a parking Contravention Charge Notice. Due to the absence of payment, or a valid appeal, our client has instructed us to proceed to legal action to recover the wmount due. Therefore it is a legal requirement to send a notice of INTENDED LITIGATION before legal proceedings are issued in the county court. This letter fulfills this requirement. Take note; the costs associated with issuing a claim is as follows: claim fee £30 Solicitors costs: £50 judgement cossts: £25 Warrant issue fee: £35 Solicitors cost for issuing warrant: £2.25 Total: £142.25 Any judgemnet registered against you could seriously affect your chances of obtaining credit in the future, as this information can be made available to any interested parties via the Register of Judgements, Orders & Fines, and remains there for 6 years. In th event of a judgment order not being adhered to, we may instruct Bailiffs to attend your address who are authorised to seize goods for sale at public auction in the amount claimed plus all stautuatory interest. Please contact us for your proposals for settlement within 7 days to avoid the possibility of this action. Yours etc etc Well there we have it.... It is dated the 8th October so I feel I need to act fairly swiftly but what to do I have no idea. I certainly don't ant to pay but then my partner would go insane if she had seen the solicitors letter! Any ideas?

well much has happened since I chose to not bother sending any more letters to UKPC... I returned from my holiday a week ago and had a debt collectors letter waiting for me. Asking me to pay an amount of £125 within 7 days. Some 2 days later I have now recieved a letter from a solicitors entitled 'notice of intended legal action'. There are additional costs asociated with this totalling £142.2, so now I apparently owe £267.25. Help! Surely this was not supposed to happen! UKPC failed to answer any of my queries when I first wrote to them... is this legal? The soliciors letter also warns of damage to my credit lasting 6 years if I do not pay up and that they may instruct bayliffs to attend my property. I'm not sure ignoring this parking fine was the best move, any help appreciated...

Will certainly spread the word. Tis the least we can all do.. cheers.

well thanks very much people. Excellent advice and I certainly feel reassured in the fact that they will not be getting a penny out of me. Incidentally, I checked yesterday evening and from the point I park my car and then exit the car park via steps, there are no visible signs at all while on foot. Of course I have to pass signs with small print on the way in but I doubt this can be considered adequate warning by any stretch of the imagination. I have already admitted being the driver but absolutely there is no loss on there part so any financial penalty could certainly be considerd exorbitant. Great site.. I have a feeling I will be saving quite a bit of money in the future it's just a shame most other people really don't even consider the actual facts of penalties like this!

Well thanks for advice. I will not be paying and will probably send them another letter just purely for my own benefit. It will be better researched this time around! I wonder how this would hold up in court if they ever bothered to persue it...

Hello people I have read the excellent sticky at the top and many of the other threads, certainly made for some interesting reading and in hindsight I wish I had found them before firing off a knee jerk letter last week! However I will briefly outline my situation and maybe somebody could shed some light on where I stand... I have parked in aspects leisure car park in bristol using the same spaces for over 5 years without any problems at all. I have a favourite space simply due to the fact that it is free from other cars and avids the classic car door denting scenario. A few weeks back I had a ticket left on my window out of the blue. A UKPC ticket (notification of unauthorised parking). Apparently I was 'parked out of marked bay'. Is there a law which describes what constitutes a bay? The space in question has and is used on a daily basis and is in no way causing an obstruction to any other vehicle. It has a white line on one short side and a wall and curb around the other 2 sides leaving a clear opening for a vehicle. If there is no parking permitted here is it not their reponsibilty to make this clear? Disabled spaces are clearly marked as are other areas with cross hatched yellow lines so why not this area? Since my ticket 2 weeks ago I have seen another 5 cars with tickets on their windows in exactly this position. The car park has not been busy yet obviously everyone thinks this is a legitimate space. In my opinion its clearly profiteering by deception by how does this stand in the eyes of the law? I have since located signs around the car park with information regarding penalties if not parked in the designated bays but what is the legal definition of a designated bay? I have already written to UKPC and asked them to clarify this and as to why I have never been penalised over the last 5 years yet both questions have been ignored and lucky me, I have been given a further 7 days to cough up the bargian sum of £45 which has now risen to £90 as I have not paid. I have no intention of paying as it's simply unfair. I am not paying simple as. But... What are the consequnces? Can I end up with a CCJ against me just for persuing what I believe to be right and legal and asking for proof? I certainly don't want to affect my future in obtaining credit etc but I really can't give in to bullies. Any help, advice, support or otherwise would certainly be much appreciated! PS.. not sure if it's important or not but the ticket left on my car had no warden number when there is space for it. Thanks in advance...