21/11/2025
Sent in by one of our followers as a very handy template regarding parking issues.
We thank them very much for it.
Please keep anonymous.
For private parking charges, the following can be issued to the provider, which i have successfully used to appeal previously.
I am the registered keeper of the vehicle and I dispute your 'parking charge'. I deny any liability or contractual agreement and will be making a formal complaint to your client landowner regarding your misleading and predatory conduct.
This parking event occurred in Northern Ireland, where the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 does not apply. You are fully aware that PoFA has no legal force in Northern Ireland, and as such, there is no statutory provision that allows you to pursue the registered keeper. Liability for a parking charge in Northern Ireland rests solely with the driver, who in this case will not be identified as there is no legal obligation to do so to an unregulated private parking company.
There will be no admission as to who was driving. No assumptions or inferences can be made, and the keeper cannot be held liable under any misapplication of the law of agency, nor under any supposed implied admission. You have no lawful basis to pursue the keeper for payment.
Furthermore, your Notice to Keeper misleadingly states that the keeper can appeal to POPLA. You are fully aware that POPLA only accepts appeals from drivers in Northern Ireland. As I am the registered keeper and have not identified the driver, POPLA is not available to me. Including such a reference misrepresents the legal position and constitutes a misleading business practice, contrary to the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
You are therefore urged to cancel this charge, cease and desist from processing my personal data, and ensure that any future communications accurately reflect the legal framework applicable to Northern Ireland.
