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It’s worth going to court to challenge unfair private parking fines, says Alexander TrerythPrivate parking companies like to threaten county court judgments, but they are only issued if a case actually goes to court and the judge decides in favour of the parking company (Private car parks: UK drivers seek justice as penalties hit record, 18 January).My experience of this process was sitting in a court for 40 minutes, trying not to laugh as the judge gave the parking company’s lawyer a severe telling-off. The company was ordered to pay me £150, and the defeat was so humiliating for them that they opted against pursuing another claim six months later. Continue reading…
It’s worth going to court to challenge unfair private parking fines, says Alexander Treryth
Private parking companies like to threaten county court judgments, but they are only issued if a case actually goes to court and the judge decides in favour of the parking company (Private car parks: UK drivers seek justice as penalties hit record, 18 January).
My experience of this process was sitting in a court for 40 minutes, trying not to laugh as the judge gave the parking company’s lawyer a severe telling-off. The company was ordered to pay me £150, and the defeat was so humiliating for them that they opted against pursuing another claim six months later.
