Not paying parking fine

Use option B, and give the details of the garage.

My car was in the garage last week and they parked the car when they had it on a car park. I recieved a parking charge notice as a result. I had no ticket or anything like that on my windscreen.

I received a parking charge notice. This is not a council or government penalty charge notice. This is from a private company. So I'm not going to pay this fine as it's difficult and costly for them to enforce. However us there cases of them being able to take people to court over parking?

I will try to get the garage to pay for the ticket as they were the ones who made me get the ticket. If not then I'll appeal it.

I'll see if I can post pictures of it

I'll do that, but I'm not sure. This is my first private parking charge

My car was in the garage last week and they parked the car when they had it on a car park. I recieved a parking charge notice as a result. I had no ticket or anything like that on my windscreen.

I received a parking charge notice. This is not a council or government penalty charge notice. This is from a private company. So I'm not going to pay this fine as it's difficult and costly for them to enforce. However us there cases of them being able to take people to court over parking?

I will try to get the garage to pay for the ticket as they were the ones who made me get the ticket. If not then I'll appeal it.

I'll see if I can post pictures of it

My car was in the garage last week and they parked the car when they had it on a car park. I recieved a parking charge notice as a result. I had no ticket or anything like that on my windscreen.

I received a parking charge notice. This is not a council or government penalty charge notice. This is from a private company. So I'm not going to pay this fine as it's difficult and costly for them to enforce. However us there cases of them being able to take people to court over parking?

I will try to get the garage to pay for the ticket as they were the ones who made me get the ticket. If not then I'll appeal it.

I'll see if I can post pictures of it

Not quite clear what you meant in your first paragraph, are you saying it was left with a parking service (such as an airport parking company) and they parked it someplace where it got a private enforcement ticket?

My car was getting some work done by a garage. They then drove the car and parked it in a car park. That's where the ticket is from

Generally the advice if you get a private parking ticket and don't intend to pay it is to be completely silent on the matter. Don't respond in any way at all. They will send increasingly aggressive letters about paying, but eventually they will give up. If you don't intend to pay, then there is no benefit at all for you to communicate with them, it will just extend the argument. They will continue to communicate with you as long as you reply.

However, you should speak to the garage about their liability. This has probably happened before if they do this regularly.

Really? This is garbage advice.

Do not ignore the parking tickets, it's a civil matter yes - but once it gets through the courts, you're toast.

OP, don't ignore it and appeal saying you weren't responsible for it. Then await their reply.

I'm not a legal professional, but any search online, and personal experience, indicates that the current situation is summarised as below -

"Many people assume all parking tickets are the same however there are a number of important differences between parking tickets from the local council, and those enforced by private companies.
Understanding these differences is vital in working out whether it is worth challenging the fine, and how to go about winning your case.
Public parking tickets are issued for breaching parking rules on public land - such as on the road or in a public car park. While private parking tickets are issued for breaching the rules on private land, such as in a supermarket car park.
Local authorities, police, or Transport for London enforce public parking tickets which usually will come with fines in the form of a Penalty Charge Notice, or PCN.

But private parking firms have no power to issue fines or enforce private parking tickets. Instead they fine the drivers and are technically issuing invoices for an alleged breach of contract."

The OP indicated that is was a private parking ticket, not a PCN. That being the case, it isn't worth the company's time in proceeding to court on an alleged breach of contract. If you choose to ignore them, they will give up chasing when in stops being cost effective.

Correct, it's not a PCN. Incorrect about the company not following it up. I suggest if you have insufficient knowledge on this topic, I recommend you stay in your assigned area as a FH.

Private tickets can be enforced in courts using sufficient evidence, it's a huge gamble to just ignore a notice like that - you don't know if they're bluffing or not. If they're not bluffing you'd have wished you paid the fine in the first place with all the court costs incurred.

I'm not a legal professional, but any search online, and personal experience, indicates that the current situation is summarised as below -

"Many people assume all parking tickets are the same however there are a number of important differences between parking tickets from the local council, and those enforced by private companies.
Understanding these differences is vital in working out whether it is worth challenging the fine, and how to go about winning your case.
Public parking tickets are issued for breaching parking rules on public land - such as on the road or in a public car park. While private parking tickets are issued for breaching the rules on private land, such as in a supermarket car park.
Local authorities, police, or Transport for London enforce public parking tickets which usually will come with fines in the form of a Penalty Charge Notice, or PCN.

But private parking firms have no power to issue fines or enforce private parking tickets. Instead they fine the drivers and are technically issuing invoices for an alleged breach of contract."

The OP indicated that is was a private parking ticket, not a PCN. That being the case, it isn't worth the company's time in proceeding to court on an alleged breach of contract. If you choose to ignore them, they will give up chasing when in stops being cost effective.

My car was in the garage last week and they parked the car when they had it on a car park. I recieved a parking charge notice as a result. I had no ticket or anything like that on my windscreen.

I received a parking charge notice. This is not a council or government penalty charge notice. This is from a private company. So I'm not going to pay this fine as it's difficult and costly for them to enforce. However us there cases of them being able to take people to court over parking?

I will try to get the garage to pay for the ticket as they were the ones who made me get the ticket. If not then I'll appeal it.

I'll see if I can post pictures of it

Generally the advice if you get a private parking ticket and don't intend to pay it is to be completely silent on the matter. Don't respond in any way at all. They will send increasingly aggressive letters about paying, but eventually they will give up. If you don't intend to pay, then there is no benefit at all for you to communicate with them, it will just extend the argument. They will continue to communicate with you as long as you reply.

However, you should speak to the garage about their liability. This has probably happened before if they do this regularly.