Deal In Court Soon

lousie3004

Hi
Parking fine from a alleged overstay at a Coop in 2010 chose to ignore it .now have court date for July . I have already done a defence before it was allocated to my local court. Using not confirming who the driver was
Signage. using information given. I wrote to them offering 20 pounds. not.admitting any liability to save time.and costs. Got a letter back ( dated a.month before I sent mine saying.they would accept 90 pounds. I have checked and they have paid the hearing cost so am getting a bit wobbly at what to do now
Any help appreciated

Redx

they rarely turn up in court

plus keeper liability didnt apply in 2010 , so unless you admitted to being the driver they cannot invoke POFA 2012

plus there are 2 coop cases pending so a stay may be in order too

read post #5 of the NEWBIES sticky thread

also look at parking pranksters blogs about the COOP and DEAL and CEL

also do the forum search on here for similar coop and deal cases, its been posted many times already

dont accept any other calls, or intimidatory letters etc

make sure you turn up on the day to defend yourself, checking with the court if anybody tells you the case has been cancelled (other than the court itself)

get your ducks in order , so that you have every chance to succeed, plus get your costs in order so you can get money from them when you win

some more reading and case studies

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5249317

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5129824

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5185263

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5120476

waamo

Deal have a habit of telling defendants the case has been discontinued but "forgetting" to inform the court. In those cases the defendant loses by default. If they tell you not to bother turning up check and double check with the court.

Normally costs are limited in small claims but recently deal have been made to pay rather generous costs to defendants due to their unreasonable behaviour. If you've had a letter (you probably haven't had it yet but will) that claims their costs have gone up to around the £500 mark keep it safe as it's good evidence of their unreasonable claims.

lousie3004

Thanks will do some more reading have not admitted being the driver so kind of aware of this ( I think) and have been looking at parking prankster with. relation to the contract with the Coop and also the teat case pending just a bit scared of actually going to court.
Will costs be allowed.for many hours of research ?

waamo

Yes you can claim reasonable costs for research. £18/hour IIRC. Current cost awards have been around the £160 mark.

Redx

you could do as the guy did in the links I posted, with the youtube video , contact PPAL on parking cowboys, pay for a defence, scan the receipt for the costs and claim this plus any other costs they think you can claim

so you could pay for a defence , claim for it, win, plus get various other costs like parking charges on the day, a few hours costs at £18 an hour etc

somebody else may advise you better on the costs you can claim, as I havent been to court, but have read may threads about it

its worth some thought anyway (and no I am not affiliated with them in any way)

bear in mind they dont know the drivers details and you dont have to disclose them, POFA 2012 wasnt in force so no RK liability (I assume you are the RK, dont mention if you were the driver or not, we dont need to know)