Parking Charge DCBL for ex-employee

[Methyl Orange]

Hi all,

Just received a parking charge "notice of debt recovery" for an infraction in June 2017 for someone who actually left the company just after this. They were driving a company car owned/registered to the company.

What's the best way to play this assuming they will go through with a court case and get a judgement?

To complicate matters the employee left under the blackest of clouds and it's possible we don't have any valid contact details for her but I haven't fully investigated this yet. There is no record of the original parking charge. If it helps it was at a motorway services, overstaying, and the original Parking company is CP Plus.

As a matter of principle, all Co. car drivers pay their own fines normally.

 

[Mr D]

Pay it then seek to recover it?

 

[Methyl Orange]

Interestingly the small print on the back states "The driver of the vehicle is responsible for payment...."; I wonder if the debt company will just accept that in writing and reissue their demand.

 

[The Byre]

If the driver is responsible (and he is!) then refer them to him and leave it at that!

 

[DavidWH]

Can you, as an employer, hand over the employee's (or former employees) information. How can you refer them?