CEL Court Claim Form

Lionman

Recently I have received a court stamped N1 Claim Form from County Court Money Claim Centre in Salford - The claimant being Civil Enforcement Limited (CEL) with the 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 on a Co-Op store car park in 2013.

The first I was aware of the alleged incident was almost 5 months later when I received a 'Demand for payment' letter from Debt Recovery Plus Limited (DRP) to which I replied stating that I had no intention of paying and disputing that any money was owed, further stating that I have never received a Parking Charge Notice, Letter to Keeper nor any correspondence from CEL indicating the alleged contravention. Since then I have received further demands for payment and an offer of reduction in payment from DRP and a Notice of Assignment of Debt from CEL. I have ignored these letters/threats as advised on other threads.

I will acknowledge the claim, saying that I intend to defend it in full and ask for 28 days to formulate my defence.

I have read through the 'sticky thread for newbies' and found many useful tips. Can anyone help and advise me on how best to formulate my defence and/or prevent further action.

Many thanks for your assistance.

waamo

Reading this should help

http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/have-you-received-court-claim-from.html

Redx

shame you didnt use the forum search tool and the search word CEL

plenty of info on this and the co-op

like this https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4919538

and this https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4916319

not forgetting pranksters blog http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/have-you-received-court-claim-from.html

Lionman

Thanks Redx for the links. I have/did read these posts and will be emailing Mr Murrells tomorrow.


I will have to submit a defence to CEL's Court Claim in any event, in the event that Co-Op decide not to help, so any assistance would be welcome.


Many Thanks

Coupon-mad

Start by reading the NEWBIES thread section on 'small claims court' to see what's what about a decent defence and to see the CEL case won by Ms McCafferty, etc.

Lionman

So, after complaining to the Co-op, I too have had a response from their Customer Care Team confirming their 'intervention on my behalf' and 'ensuring that the matter is fully resolved'


I suppose you could call it a result. It looks like I wont have a day out in court after all

Stroma

Sorry don't rely upon them to sort this out, you must submit a defence otherwise you risk a default judgement against you. Work on the presumption that the coop is not helping

Lionman

Thank you Stroma, I am aware of this as I pointed out in post # 4

Ruthie123

Please could you help. I have had a PCN from a company called Civil Enforcement stating that I have stayed over the time limit in their car park. This car park is for restaurants /cinema and large Tesco, on this date when I am supposed to have 'breached' this time limit I had been for a meal in Nandos and then to the cinema for a 3 and a half hour film (Wolf on Wall Street). This surely cannot be a reasonable charge? I have had 2 letters and now they are saying i have to pay £100 before 28 days or they will take me to court. Please could someone advise me what I should do! Thanks

ColliesCarer

Ruthie,
Please stop posting on other threads - go to the first page of the forum and click the blue New Thread button top left to create your own thread

Lionman

Well it turns out that the Co-op have been true to their word, and have paid CEL the unenforceable £130.00 charge on my behalf, as today I have received a letter from them saying that they have now 'discontinued proceedings and have informed the Court of the same'


Is it any wonder that the Co-op have today reported losses of £1.5 billion !


Thanks for your advice and support and Good luck to you all.