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I have a £100 parking charge for spending two hours and 17 minutes in a car park when I had paid for two hours. The car park charges £1 per hour, so the fine is clearly exorbitant. ShouldI I pay them about...
I have just had my second appeal dismissed by Independent Appeal Service. I’m in my 70s, disabled and have a seriously ill husband who is also disabled. We went to our local health centre for an appointment...
In September my wife parked in a Minster Baywatch controlled car park in Sheffield. The parking fee was payed, by telephone via an automated system, by our future daughter-in-law. A few days later my wife...
Are parking charges of £70 enforceable when the only reason I didn't get a ticket is because the machine wasn't working? I'm 82 years of age and could not possible have walked to another floor to purchase...
I've been charged £100 for overstaying in a McDonalds car park on the A12. I've appealed both to McDonalds (I was in the "restaurant" the whole time) and MET parking. They claimed there were time limit...
I recently left my car parked in a car park for an hour and a half while I went shopping. I've now received a parking charge for £100. Is this fair?
My husband dropped me off in my car one evening to purchase do some shopping. He left the car parked to collect another purchase from nearby, then returned to collect me some 20 minutes later. I had to...
I recently received a parking charge for overstaying at the Heathrow Sainsburys Esso service station. The ticket says the limit is 20 minutes and the signs, which I have now checked, say 45 minutes. The...
I got a PCN because of an expired ticket. The parking machine didn't accept the new pound coins and there is no note saying that this machine does not accept the new pound coins. Because the machine didn't...
I've been taken to court for non-payment of a parking fine by a private company. While there is lots of information available about how to get out of paying a parking fine, I can't find much information...
 

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