We had a problem 14 months ago when
met a colleague at a Motorway service station for a meeting in the Costa coffee. Her colleague had arrived 15 minutes earlier & when Jill went to leave she had a 'parking invoice' and the colleague who had been there longer hadn't. The vehicle was actually in my name.
I went on to Martin Lewis Moneysavingsexpert.com website for advice. Only the police and councils can legally enforce parking penalties. Otherwise the charge is actually a request for payment. If I recall correctly, they have to prove who the driver of the vehicle was at the time the incident took place and also prove what the 'economic loss' is for Jon payment. I wrote a letter to the parking company telling them that we would not be paying the charge as the drive of the vehicle was spending money on site. I did not disclose who the driver of the vehicle was although they wrote wanting confirmation. The total charge for parking outside the 2 hours was supposed to be £10 so if they took it to court the most they could successfully claim for would be £10 and the judge would also take into consideration that if the car park was very large and only ever half fill that really the parking company had no real financial loss.
I kept getting loads of debt collection letters and texts and having told them I would not contact them again after the first letter correspondence stopped about a couple of months ago. Other friends who have had similar car parks I have advised the same and not been pursued.
