Woman must pay £24,000 in charges after ignoring parking notices
7 years, 11 months ago

Woman must pay £24,000 in charges after ignoring parking notices

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A woman has been forced to pay a private company a total of £24,500 in charges after a sheriff ordered her to pay multiple parking fines. Sheriff George Way ruled Carly Mackie was in breach of contract after she ignored the parking notices which were given out by Vehicle Control Services. In his ruling Sheriff Way added: "The defender refused to pay the parking charges not because she was unaware of the parking scheme or the terms of the notices or the financial consequences ofparking at any time, but because she did not believe that the charges were valid in law." Debt Recovery Plus acted on behalf of the parking company said it understood the fine was the "highest value" parking charge case in the United Kingdom.

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Parking fines set to increase across London by £30 after councils say they aren’t a deterrent anymore
1 month ago

Parking fines set to increase across London by £30 after councils say they aren’t a deterrent anymore

The Independent  

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Parking firms promise to end ‘unfair’ fine for drivers who use car parks
1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Woman forced to pay ₹2 lakh as fine for taking more than 5 minutes to pay parking fee
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Woman forced to pay ₹2 lakh as fine for taking more than 5 minutes to pay parking fee

Hindustan Times  

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Motorists hit with £5billion in fines since failed crackdown on 'cowboy' car park sharks... and one blames poor internet coverage for her bill of £11,000
7 months, 1 week ago

Motorists hit with £5billion in fines since failed crackdown on 'cowboy' car park sharks... and one blames poor internet coverage for her bill of £11,000

Daily Mail  

Motorists have been hit with up to £5 billion in parking fines since ministers launched a failed crackdown on 'cowboy' firms, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. An MoS investigation reveals: Private firms have dished out £4.8 billion in fines since 2019 when Parliament passed a law that was supposed to rein them in; They are on course to slap …

Private parking fines to be capped at £50 in crackdown on ‘cowboy’ companies
3 years, 1 month ago

Private parking fines to be capped at £50 in crackdown on ‘cowboy’ companies

The Independent  

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I appealed an unfair private parking charge and won
6 years, 7 months ago

I appealed an unfair private parking charge and won

Daily Mail  

Last month, we received a 'parking charge' for apparently waiting at a double yellow line in a BP garage outside Stansted Airport. The charge of £100 would be reduced to £60 if Dani – my fiancée and the registered keeper of the vehicle – paid within 14 days to a firm called MET Parking Services, based in London. Here's how …

NHS nurse ordered to pay £150,000 in fines to private firm for parking at hospital where she works
7 years, 8 months ago

NHS nurse ordered to pay £150,000 in fines to private firm for parking at hospital where she works

The Independent  

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Huddersfield woman hit with £185 fine after overstaying time in car park by 2 SECONDS
8 years, 4 months ago

Huddersfield woman hit with £185 fine after overstaying time in car park by 2 SECONDS

Daily Mail  

A mother-of-two who overstayed her parking time by two seconds in a free car park has been handed a £185 bill after she was taken to court. Liz Taylor, 33, had parked her Skoda Citigo at the Castlegate Retail Park Car Park in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, where cars could stay for two hours without charge. Fine: Liz Taylor, 33, had …

Expensive parking fines issued by private companies are fair, Supreme Court rules
9 years, 4 months ago

Expensive parking fines issued by private companies are fair, Supreme Court rules

The Independent  

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