I had a run in with a CSO once, just for a minor traffic related thing. I acted quickly and got myself and my vehicle back onto my own land, before he could start taking photos of it parked improperly or writing tickets.

This pissed him off cos he knew I'd got him, so he attempted to ask for my details. I told him I didn't accept his authority, would not be telling him anything, and to get off private property.

I was pissed off cos we pay a shit load of taxes and end up with some moron who barely spoke any english supposedly representing the law. He still put a ticket on my car and I still paid it mind you, just to minimise the aggro.

dude, you do know that if they have no evidence of an offense committed and if the vehicle has been moved BEFORE the Authority (or lack of) get there, then legally they can't do shit, even if they've seen that it was parked wrongly.

Now legally he's given you a ticket for you parking on your own private land and that is against the law, unless he can prove that it wasn't your land. This is because a counsel rep/authority cannot issue fines for parking on your own land, this would only come into play if they had a legitimate reason to tow the vehicle i.e. repossession orders.

So if it was me I'd issue the counsel the bill and give them 14 days to reply then hand in a letter to your local MP summoning then to the courthouse.

p.s. you can actually summon anyone to the courthouse anywhere in Europe, this could be that you don't have a judge or anything like that, you could literally just talk to them on the courthouse steps and it's perfectly legal. Then if they don't turn up then you can file them and a non shower to the court which in itself is an offense and a judge/ solicitor would pick that up for prosecution.

Yeh true, at the time though I believed I was right but wasn't completely sure and so didn't feel confident about embroiling myself in all the aggro.

Ultimately it cost me a seventy quid or something, I forget how much, but to me it was worth it to move on and get on with my life. I tend to buy off petty problems like that so I can focus on the big shit like work.

Still annoying mind you.