Home › View all posts by Parking Cowboys
Blog Archives

Link Parking lose in Bristol (again)

Posted on by Parking Cowboys — No Comments ↓

Case Case No. D8GF2F8Z Claimant – Link Parking Ltd. Defendant – Mr. A Background The PCN was issued at a private block of apartments in Bristol city center. Basically, the property management company temporarily introduced a parking management scheme owing…

Read more ›

Posted in blog

Parking (Code of Practice) Bill Committee meeting (Video)

Posted on by Parking Cowboys

On Thursday this week the Parking (Code of Practice) Bill Committee met to discuss the new legislation. The parking companies were again torn to shreds by MPs, being described as “rogues, extortionists, scammers, and scoundrels who cannot be trusted to…

Read more ›

Posted in blog, Parking companies

Hospital worker wins court case against Gemini

Posted on by Parking Cowboys

From: Jason Hi, just wanted to tell you about my experience in small claims in Manchester today. I was being taken to court by Gemini for allegedly parking at Stepping Hill Hospital and not paying for a ticket. I started…

Read more ›

Posted in Parking companies, readers emails

A clever tip to prove you didn’t ‘double dip’

Posted on by Parking Cowboys

From: Darren Hi, I notice that you have some bits on your site about “Double Dipping” and some advise that might help people who have had this scam tried. I recently was double dipped in Sainsbury’s in Kidderminster. I went…

Read more ›

Posted in blog, readers emails

Smart motorist calls MIL’s bluff

Posted on by Parking Cowboys

From: Robert Hi. Just thought I’d chip in with my case regarding MIL Collections Ltd. Thanks to your website, I decided to ignore all correspondence from these chancers regarding a parking notice debt that they had bought off DRP (debt…

Read more ›

Posted in blog

Readers’ emails: Link Parking beaten in Bristol

Posted on by Parking Cowboys

From: Alan I have just successfully defended a case in Bristol CC brought against me by Link Parking. The judge was very critical of them relying on the Beavis case for a car park that is enclosed behind security fencing…

Read more ›

Posted in blog, readers emails

GP ‘unhappy with ruthlessness’ of Creative Parking

Posted on by Parking Cowboys

From: Scott Hi there, We have an area of our town that has a hospital and two GP practices, but there is no alternative on street parking or other alternatives anywhere near them, even though they are out of the…

Read more ›

Posted in blog, Parking companies

Readers’ emails: Two Smart Parking tickets, two successfully defended

Posted on by Parking Cowboys

From: Jez Hi. Just wanted to say thank you for the information on this site. I fell victim to the Fistral Beach racket twice while on holiday last October. I contested one on the grounds the signage is contrary to…

Read more ›

Posted in blog, readers emails

Readers’ emails: No defence against cowboy parkers!

Posted on by Parking Cowboys

From: Ron At your page https://www.parkingcowboys.co.uk/fighting-beavis-argument/ you have a paragraph on “No authority”, which states: “If the leaseholder leases the space, then the management company does not have rights over it to contract in a parking company.” If you are correct,…

Read more ›

Posted in blog

If you’ve had a ticket at Fistral Beach…

Posted on by Parking Cowboys

Top tip if you’ve had a ticket from Smart Parking at Fistral Beach. They have a 15 minute grace period, so if your ticket was issued for an overstay of less than 15 they will cancel it. Call them on…

Read more ›

Posted in blog

Support this site!

All of the information on this site is provided for free. However, it does cost money to develop and run the website. If you have found the information on here helpful, please consider a small donation. Thank you!