Urgent help please. Small claims court summons from Horizon in scotland

Bourbon1967

There have been tickets issued on my vehicle for parking at a private site in glasgow . Pcn's were ignore then Gordon & Noble started calling again I ignore and barred there number. I have now been issued a summons for a small claims court in February. Can someone advise what I should do next - the sum of the " charges" has totalled £1350 I do not have this money to pay the supposed charges and have no experience with a small claims court.

rosiedawnie123

I want to watch this as I'm at "solicitor" stage with UKPC in Wales and also ignored all to date.

bod1467

Have you actually received a summons? Or is it a threat to raise a claim? (Who has sent the summons?)

Has the summons been served on the Registered Keeper?
If yes, has the driver identity ever been disclosed?

If they're summonsing the RK and no driver is identified then they likely lose ... there is NO registered keeper liability in Scotland.

UKPC raised claims in Dundee but quickly backed out when they realised they were going to get malkied on the No RK Liability point. Search this forum for Dundee UKPC Court to find related threads, like this one:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5080750

ManxRed

Their tactics are completely different in Wales to those in Scotland, so this might not be very relevant to rosiedawnie.

UKPC have issued a number of claims in Scotland, but as far as I can tell, none of them have made it as far as a court yet.

CAB in Scotland were assisting people with claims against them, with some degree of success I think.

Bourbon1967

My partner had to sign this morning for a summons that was sent recorded delivery. It is addressed to the registered keeper and liability of who was driving has never been disclosed.

Bourbon1967

Just to add some info the £1350 charges are for 9 alleged violations of parking of which I believe a full day parking at said site is only £12 ....

Iceweasel

Bourbon1967 wrote: »

My partner had to sign this morning for a summons that was sent recorded delivery. It is addressed to the registered keeper and liability of who was driving has never been disclosed.

Exactly who sent the summons?

Are you sure it really is a proper summons from a court - or did it say a 'summons will be served if .......'

I've received many, many threats of one but never a real one.

Are you familiar with the official court procedures as these debt collectors rely heavily on scaring people - using big bold type and red ink for example.

bod1467

Iceweasel wrote: »

Exactly who sent the summons?

I did ask that earlier but it seems to have been overlooked.

ManxRed

Some interesting reading:

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/uk-parking-control-drops-court-action-against-gallagher-retail-park-drivers-1.670162

The Parking Prankster has also blogged about this.

Also might be worth contacting CAB Scotland, who have assisted motorists with some of these claims previously:

http://www.cas.org.uk/about-us/campaigns/its-not-fine-campaign-unfair-private-parking-charges

Bourbon1967

The summons has been sent naming the local sheriff court and has been issued with horizon parking limited thru a solicitor based in glasgow

Bourbon1967

It says the claim is a decree for payment to the pursuer by the defender and to find the defender liable for expenses of this action,

I need to return the paper work stating if I

1 admit liability for the claim and settle with pursuer now

2 admit liability for the claim and make written application to oay by instalments or differed lump sum

3 admit liability for the claim and attend court to make application to oay by instalments or differed lump sum

4 dispute the claim and attend court