CEL N1 claims form court stamped

moodmix

Hi all,

This morning I have received a courted stamped N1 form - details of claim 'damages arising from breach of contract and Payment by the defendant to the claimant of the total amount £165

This arose from parking in the co-op 17/03/2012. I have ignored all previous letters/threats as advised on other threads. I would really appreciate any help/advice with this as I thought the company were just scammers - but I guess it just got serious

Many thanks in advance

Redx

seems to be a massive flurry of these this week, all CEL and about co-op car parks

have a look through some of the other threads here and on pepipoo to see similar cases and advice

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4913498

good luck

ps:- have a look at the parking prankster PE court guides, different PPC but all the info is there

Stroma

If you wish to defend this, you need to acknowledge the claim, say you will defend in full and ask for 28 days to formulate your defence. Is this through MCOL or the bulk centre?

moodmix

Hi, thanks for your replies. I'm not sure what you mean by mcol or bulk centre? I need to send it to the claims centre,is that what you mean? sorry - not ever so clued up with this

Redx

moodmix wrote: »

Hi, thanks for your replies. I'm not sure what you mean by mcol or bulk centre? I need to send it to the claims centre,is that what you mean? sorry - not ever so clued up with this

MCOL = Money Claim On Line

bulk centre = northampton court does the bulk court claims for businesses etc to use when they are issuing a lot of claims like yours

try google when you dont know something, its a big help

in your case, what people were asking is the address of the court from whence you got your court papers

moodmix

thankyou - it' from County court money claims centre, po box 527, salford. It says to either return admission form to claimant or send other docs to them

Redx

it would have been helpful if you had included those details in your first post

so its the manchester MCOL then

as in here https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money/overview

Coupon-mad

moodmix wrote: »

Hi, thanks for your replies. I'm not sure what you mean by mcol or bulk centre? I need to send it to the claims centre,is that what you mean? sorry - not ever so clued up with this

You will know a bit more when you read the sticky thread for NEWBIES. I have a section in it about small claims and it tells you in links what happens when.

bargepole

Redx wrote: »

it would have been helpful if you had included those details in your first post

so its the manchester MCOL then

as in here https://www.gov.uk/make-court-claim-for-money/overview

There's no such thing.

MCOL (Money Claim OnLine) is done online through Northampton. Manual claim forms are submitted through the bulk centre at Salford, and can't be responded to online, you have to post all documents.

CEL do all their claims manually, so MCOL is irrelevant.

moodmix

Can anyone advise on how I should best defend this/ stop it going further. Many Thanks

Slow_response

Hi all. I too have been sent a N1 claim form from Northampton. Ironically, this is from parking in a Co-Op car park in November 2012. It seems that as a lot of the Co-op stores are being taken over by Waitrose, they are trying to tidy things up.
I have ignored all previous correspondence so really they are stabbing in the dark as they have no confirmation as to my address.
I feel that by responding, I am showing my hand.
Also, I understand the PCN, if issued via an ANPR camera, must be issued within 14 days of the offence. I received mine after 16 days. Does this make this completely invalid..??
Also, it states that I had 28 days to either appeal/pay/give driver details but they sent a second demand after 21 days. Surely this is tantamount to harassment.
My question is, should I ignore or respond and have my day in court.