I’m being dragged to court for parking outside my mum’s house for a SECOND time – it’s unfair and I’ll fight it

A MAN has been left fuming after claiming he is being unfairly dragged to court for parking outside his mum’s house for a second time. Benjamin Greenblatt, 34, has already had a previous claim against him dismissed by a county court judge. However, the parking company concerned, Parking and Property Management Ltd are now having […]

A MAN has been left fuming after claiming he is being unfairly dragged to court for parking outside his mum’s house for a second time.

Benjamin Greenblatt, 34, has already had a previous claim against him dismissed by a county court judge.

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Benjamin Greenblatt claims he is being unfairly dragged to court for parking outside his mum’s house for a second time[/caption]

However, the parking company concerned, Parking and Property Management Ltd are now having another go at him, reports The Guardian.

Benjamin will be taking to the stand in a few days time to once again defend himself in court.

The 34-year-old says that in 2018 his mother was taken to court by the estate’s previous parking company for “parking on her own land” in Whetstone, north London.

And Benjamin says that case was also dismissed.

He said: “I believe these private parking firms are getting away with murder … This is going to be the third court hearing.”

Benjamin, who lives near Braintree, Essex, says that when he drives over to his mother’s home he parks in one of the visitor spaces outside her house.

And he is adamant that he is perfectly entitled to do that without needing to display a permit.

He says that the lease for his mother’s property explicitly mentions “the right to use … any parking spaces marked ‘V’ on the plan … for the temporary parking of visitors’ private motor vehicles”.

Going back to 2019, Parking and Property Management issued a county court claim against him, saying he had parked “in breach of the terms … stipulated on the signage”, thereby incurring a parking penalty, which he had failed to pay.

As a result, it demanded a total of £246.

But, in January 2020 a judge threw out the claim and ordered the parking firm to pay Benjamin’s costs.

Then, last October, he had a fresh claim issued against him by the same firm for parking at the same location on 5 June 2020. This time the total amount being demanded was £254.

This case is due to be heard at Chelmsford county court on Friday.

Benjamin says that the parking firm is wasting the court’s time and abusing the legal system by submitting another claim, despite the first case being decided in his favour.

He says he wants the judge to serve an injunction order on the parking firm so that it cannot keep pursuing him.

And he even has the backing of his MP Kemi Badenoch – who recently ran for the Tory leadership.

She emailed the firm to say she noted that Greenblatt had won against the firm in court previously, adding: “I am therefore writing to ask whether you will consider dropping your legal action against Mr Greenblatt given the strength of his defence and likely outcome.”

Parking and Property Management said that it would be inappropriate for them to comment as the matter is subject to ongoing litigation.

The government has promised action over parking fines and in February this year it announced a code of practice for parking firms, that would provide new higher standards and give better protection to drivers.

Ministers said the code would result in parking fines being cut by up to 50% in the majority of cases, saving motorists millions of pounds each year.