hi, i have just recieved my first Graham White letter which states: "you were written to by CENTRAL TICKETING LIMITED 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 amount due. therefore, it os a legal requirement to send a notice of INTENDED LITIGATION before legal proceedings are issued in the county court. this letter fulfils this requirement". (then a list of charges totalling additional costs how any judgement registered aganisnt me could serioudsly affect my chances of credit etc) and giving me 7 days to settle to to avoid the posibility of this action. is this the bog standard wording of a graham white letter because it does look very scary! i still have no intention of paying the £320+ they state i now owe them but i would appreciate some reassurance that this is all standard proceedure. does anyone know if they actually have taken someone to court and got a judgement? thank you

is it best to just ignore everything then, rather than to send even one letter stating that i wont be paying and why? reading through all the posts on here it seems to vary from replying once to say that i wont pay and then ignoring everything else so that they cant say i didnt respond, to ignoring them completely?

hi - please can i have some advice, i have recently recieved a parking charge from central ticketing for parking in a disabled bay - i inadvertantly thought it was a mother and child space - in a private car park belonging to a shopping outlet in cheshire, and have been told to pay £85. i do not want to pay this as the carpark is normally completely free and i was only there for less than 10 minutes. i have a friend who is a private bailiff and he says that as the wording on the back of the ticket says they "may" take court action it is unlikely that they will - his company wouldnt, but he cant be 100% sure. i also need to know whether to respond to them now or wait until i get their first letter and what to say. also do i actually have a defence as it was for parking in a disabled bay? any help gratefully appreciated!