The Parking Charge Notice will explain how UKPCS deal with representations and appeals. You just have to follow the process.

As far as I can see from their website they're accredited operators as members of the International Parking Community (IPC) although they have a British Parking Association (BPA) logo too. The BPA appeals system still retains a reasonable degree of fairness, though not as good as when it was operated by the London Councils' adjudicators. IPC's though is completely opaque as to identity of its adjudicators or how they work and has a very poor success rate for appellants.

If you lose the appeal they still have to take you to court to obtain recovery at which point you get a hearing with a proper judge.

>>>>>>>where there is a taxi rank, which at the time was virtually empty & was stopped for maybe 50 seconds just to allow her to get out of the car - I did not get out & engine was running & drove away immediately she shut the door.<<<<<<

If you stopped in the area reserved for taxi's then that will be prohibited in the traffic order unless it gives exemption to drop off. Check the order held by local council.

dvd

I realise the law is different up here in Scotland but I’ve had several of these parking invoices over the years and I’ve yet to pay one. On typical form they will follow up with two or three more letters then another couple from a so called debt collection firm but no further action will occur as the cost to reclaim the amount is far higher than they’ll be awarded. Some pay up but most do not. But as I say the law differs in your case so I’m not sure how you would get on with just ignoring it as I have.

AIUI since the Supreme Court decision in Beavis the companies in England and Wales are bullish about issuing County Court proceedings. I'd also add there's anecdotal evidence of District Judges getting impatient with defendants in these cases who 'try it on' with faux legalese defences copied from the internet.

The OP's PCN refers to parking in a disabled bay without a blue badge displayed - if the OP wasn't in a disabled bay the rest is irrelevant.

Quite right RichardW. An official camera for law enforcement is useless unless it displays the location, time and date and any other relevant information, if not it cannot be admitted in evidence. There is so much wrong with this case. No proper location shown, no such address in the vicinity, no disabled bay in a taxi rank. The whole thing is huge try on!

Cheers Concrete