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Laura Ashley parking

On 11 Sep 2014 at 4:51pm Jeff wrote:

HELP I got done earlier this week. I'm an out of towner and it never occurred to me I would get a ticket at 7pm. I did not see the warning signs - high up, and looking nothing like a normal parking notice
Is the agreed best practice still to just ignore their letters?
Many thanks

On 11 Sep 2014 at 5:11pm Al Haq wrote:

It's a private parking space, so is different from local authority parking.
In a private parking space it is the responsibility of the driver, not the owner, to pay any fees demanded.
In most cases you will receive a letter asking you who the driver was. If you do not respond to any letters the owner's only option is to take you to court. To do this they would need to prove that you were the driver, to do this they would need to have a witness or CCTV footage.
If you ignore their letters most property owners won't take it any further.

On 11 Sep 2014 at 5:36pm Cowboy Clamper wrote:

Nah M8 yew GOTTA pay up - or us boys will be after yew

On 11 Sep 2014 at 6:17pm Stealers Wheels wrote:

Lucky it wasn't in Liverpool - you'd have no hub caps
Or wheels

On 11 Sep 2014 at 9:11pm Stuck in the middle wrote:

Jeff - I called in to the Boot sale on Sunday ( also an out of towner) and I noted that area was completely empty of cars . people appeared to be using Waitrose car park , but to be honest I was ill at ease being in there because I`d heard so much about the ridiculous parking scenarios in Lewes . I won`t be visiting the town much. Your assumption of best practice is correct

On 11 Sep 2014 at 9:46pm WTF wrote:

Don't pay, they wont pursue it because the DVLA will have to sell your details to the ticket issuer in order for them to find out where you live. This practice has not been tested in an English court of law and never will be. I have had 4 tickets outside Laura Ashley so far since the clampers were outlawed, I never heard a thing from them.

On 12 Sep 2014 at 12:49pm Dave wrote:

At last!
Somewhere free to park other than Cliffe High Street.
Don't tell anyone though.

On 15 Sep 2014 at 6:41am jeff wrote:

Thanks so much everyone!

On 15 Sep 2014 at 11:57am Dave wrote:

Clamping and the Law
This is a very interesting read about what you can legally do if you're clamped

Check it out here »

On 2 Mar 2016 at 6:31am Ramalam wrote:

Signs have been put trying to warn not to park but they get removed as those parking spaces are a money generating trap. Allegedly owned by a rather well known landlord who's been abroad for a long time.