ParkingEye Fine

JockeysBird

I received a fine, or invoice should I say, from ParkingEye back end of last year and after searching the forums on here I ignored it along with the other three letters that followed. I thought it had gone away but I have just received a Court Claim Form and thought I'd check on here again. Since I last looked it seems new advice has been added due to changes in law now saying don't pay but don't ignore so now I'm worried sick as I never responded to the letters and now I have this from court. I have to say that doesn't look too legit as the court stamp isn't an ink stamp it's printed but perhaps that's how they do it now. Can anyone please offer me any advice at this late stage so I can sleep tonight? Thanks

Stroma

Can I ask in light of your username, is this in scotland? Or did the event happen in say england but you live up north?

Thanks

Redx

its definitely not a fine, its deffo an invoice that you initially received

the advice on here for the last 12 months is not to ignore if in england or wales . and certainly wasnt IGNORE a few months ago as I was dealing with 2 last summer with advice from here , where APPEAL was the word used

if its an LBCCC from PE then you resoind that way, if its from northampton then its a court paper and should not be ignored

check the 2 parking-prankster court guides to PE that were recently published

check if its an authentic court action document from the northampton bulk office ( an MCOL ? ) bearing in mind PE are taking thousands to court each year over this

bearing in mind stromas reply, if its scotland ; its different

JockeysBird

Thanks for your replies. I'm in England and yes it's Northampton. So I should definitely reply/ pay and using the court forms?

Redx

so you havent read the pranksters court guides yet ?

JockeysBird

Ooh no sorry I'll take a look at them now, thank you

Redx

all detailed in post #1 here , halfway down https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822 , with other advice too

Coupon-mad

JockeysBird wrote: »

Thanks for your replies. I'm in England and yes it's Northampton. So I should definitely reply/ pay and using the court forms?

Have you read the small claims information in the NEWBIES thread now and got the Prankster's Guide? Acknowledge the claim saying you will defend in full and then prepare your defence based on what you learn from the links already in the NEWBIES thread (the ones under 'Small claims') and what you further learn from the Prankster.

Which county court is your local please? May be relevant to other claims.

JockeysBird

I have a fresh query now. I contacted the company I was visiting when parked in the car park in question and they confirmed to ParkingEye that I was indeed in their premises so the charge should not have been incurred. I responded to the court with that as my defence. All fine. Then I get a further letter from Parking Eye saying that as I left it so late to respond ie not to the first four letters, waited for the court papers, I now owe them £50 in costs. Is this correct? They say if I don't pay within 7 days it will be back to court and the full amount will be applied for again!

Coupon-mad

Yep that's what they do when told to cancel - it's a 'without prejudice' offer so not connected with the court claim. You can offer less, say £25 - or go to court. But you'd know that if you'd read the prankster's guide and other threads like yours.

I do hope you didn't ONLY defend it on that one point? That's not the advice given above!!

JockeysBird

So if it goes to court because I offer them say £25 and they decline, do they have a case?