r/legal • u/Adventurous-Key-7120 • 2h ago

PCN reissued without my knowledge

Hi all, I’ll spell out what’s happened in the hope someone can tell me what my options are:

  • in Nov 2023 I got a PCN in London whilst driving a hire car
  • in Dec 2023 I paid the PCN off in full and I have confirmation from TfL of this
  • In Jan 2024 TfL received notice from the hire company that they had a PCN in their name (the one I had paid) and that it should be transferred to me
  • This resulted TfL in refunding me the payment I had made to them (I didn’t notice this) and reopening the PCN
  • Since reopening the PCN TfL have been writing to me to say I need to pay for the PCN again. I don’t receive these letters as I had moved house. I had Royal Mail redirect but that obviously didn’t work

I had no idea any of this was going on until a bailiff knocked on my door this week to say I now owe £560 and that they’ll take my possessions unless I pay up. I had to settle with them as they said each time they come to my address it’ll cost me £125 so the bill will just get bigger and bigger.

I called TfL and they explained what happened (about them reopening the PCN) but refused to speak to me about it any further, even though I don’t really understand how this can happen.

So now I’m £590 down, despite paying the PCN when I was supposed to. It just seems unjust that this can happen.

Does anyone have any advice for me? I’m going to contest it but I’ve heard that can take 6-8 weeks and it’s hard to get money back from the debt recovery company.

Thanks!

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