Third party lied after an accident that wasn't my fault - what can I do?

My 76-year old wife was driving along a street when the driver of a parked car flung the door open, causing considerable damage to both cars. There was a witness, a local policeman who helped my wife to...

What should I do with a PCN?

Two days ago I found a parking ticket on my windscreen from UKPC parking control at a TK Max store for not parking correctly within the markings of the parking space (my car was an inch or two over the...

Is it illegal for a car sales company to sell a car when they can't transfer ownership immediately?

In May I ordered a new car from an internet car broker who then went into liquidation and could not be contacted. Fortunately I paid the deposit by credit card and claimed my money back from the credit...

This parking penalty is extremely unfair - what are your views?

I recently parked in a hotel for a meeting and, in the absence of seeing any signage (albeit it was going dark and I was a few minutes late) went straight into the hotel. Last week I was horrified to receive...

How can I defend myself against a wrongly-issued parking ticket?

I paid £9 at Oxford station ticket office for a car parking ticket and the receipt was timed at 9.25am. I travelled to London by train and, on my return, found that I had a Civil Parking Notice from APCOA...

Overstayed in a car park and got a fine - should I pay?

My wife parked her car in a shopping centre in Lincoln which serves many large shops. She was there for four hours and discovered a parking fine of £70 for overstaying. She was not aware that there was...

Is it illegal to flash your headlights at oncoming drivers to warn of speed traps?

I understand that motorists have been apprehended recently for flashing their light to warn oncoming drivers of a radar camera. Some years ago Mr Charles Glendinning was taken to the High Court by the...

Charged £55 for leaving a car park - can I appeal?

I have been parking on Peel Park Shopping in Blackburn for quite a few years for the permitted four hours. Last Friday I received a penalty ticket as I had left the site, and when I read the small sign...

Received a parking charge for a hire car I'd returned a week earlier - what redress do I have?

Today I received a parking charge from Parking Eye. The date of the 'offence' was 19 May 2012 but the car was a loan car that I had borrowed from Stoneacre Ford on 11 May 2012 for one day only. I can only...

Can Parking Eye actually enforce their 'fines' in a court of law?

I too got a notification from Parking Eye, the usual £90 or £45 if paid in 15 days. I did some research and found that the best advice is to ignore the second and third letters. The third one is quite...