Parking Collection Services

This page explains your rights regarding "fines" you receive from Parking Collection Services. See the links at left to navigate this website.

CONTACT DETAILS

Managing Director: Damian Lester

Office address: Suite 5, 75A Angus Street Adelaide SA 5000

Phone number: 0411-179-222

Office email address:admin@parkingcollectionservices.com.au

OTHER INFORMATION

According to ASIC records "Parking Collection Services Pty Ltd" changed its name in 2009 from "Adelaide City Fines Pty Ltd".

According to Records of the Federal Court of Australia, the Federal court declared that "Adelaide City Fines Pty Ltd (ACF) has engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct, or conduct that is likely to mislead and deceive, in contravention of s 52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974"

A facebook group called "Parking Collection Services Pty Ltd is an unethical, intimidating company" has been created.

Law with Tony Kerin, Lawyer, Johnson Withers. Smithson discusses parking notices from Crown Collections and Parking Collection Services - http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=2172 (about half way down the page - do a find on Parking Collection Services).

The Ferderal Court of Australia declares that: Adelaide City Fines Pty Ltd (changed its name to Parking Collection Services in 2009) and Park Fast (SA) Pty Ltd (Park Fast) have each engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct, or conduct that is likely to mislead and deceive, in contravention of s 52 of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) by issuing and authorising the issuing respectively of certain notices to persons (http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/cth/FCA/2009/132.html).

The Adelaide City Council has successfully taken legal action against two companies issuing fake parking fines in the council's name. The companies, Adelaide City Fines (now called Parking Collection Services) and Park Fast, issued the so-called fine notices which looked look similar to parking fines issued by the council. The Lord Mayor, Michael Harbison, says the council has successfully prosecuted the companies in the Federal Court. "Now that council has won this court case, this will prevent this company from issuing these notices which pretend to come from the council and pretend to be parking fines," he said. (http://abcresourcehire.com/news/stories/2009/02/20/2497462.htm)

Parking Collection Services use Parke Laywers for enforcement of their fines. The domain name used by Parking Collection Services (parkingfees.com.au) was created by Jim Parke, the director of Parke Laywers.

There is a facebook group for Parking Collection Services called Parking Collection Services Pty Ltd should be stoppped