Any views on whether i have a right to appeal now that it has reached the charge certificate stage? Also, given that we never received the Notice to Owner the charge has now gone upto £120 - do the Council have to prove that the Notice to Owner was sent out? Anyone got any advice or is it a case of we just have to pay up? thanks

On 12 July i had a very depressing experience with a parking attendant in wandsworth outside my house. We have residents parking in our street from 9.30-10.30am every day. At 9.30am i parked just outside my house on a yellow line for about 2 minutes as i had forgotten my phone. When i had got the phone and went outside again, i found a parking attendant standing looking at my car and his watch. I apologised to him, explained i was in the process of moving house etc etc and was shocked when he did not even acknowledge my presence but continued to look at his watch. Realising what was up (aren't I allowed 5 minutes leyway before a ticket is issued?), I got in the car, did a 3 point turn and pulled over on the adjacent street to look at my map (car still running). The parking attendant started printing out a ticket and started to chase after me so I pulled away. The ticket was not stuck to my car and therefore I assumed that it had not been issued. Today I received a charge certificate from Wandsworth Borough Council demanding £120 in reference to the ticket that was never issued. In addition, they are saying that a Notice to Owner was issued on 10 August which I never received. i am now in the very depressing situation that I have 14 days to act before legal action is taken with apparently no right to appeal as apparently this can only done at the PCN stage. I'm clearly not keen to have bailiffs knocking on the door but it will irritate me enormously to pay up. Anyone with any thoughts on my legal position would be most welcome. Help!