Claim Form after PCNs, DRP

georgeg12

Hi,


I took everyone's advice and ignored all of the DRP threats, UKPC PCNs and now I have een issued an official Claim Form from the Country Court Business Centre.


They have added both court fees and legal representative fees to the original amount claimed.


What do I do now? Do I pay?


Slightly on edge as I have my final year exams for the next few weeks which are very important and I don't want to worry about paying this ridiculous amount of £235 and having to attend court.


What should I do now please?


Thanks


George

Umkomaas

Who advised you to ignore UKPC parking charges?

The correct advice was given to you in relation to dealing with debt collectors, which was to ignore unless you receive county court papers from UKPC (which has now happened).

You were asked and you said you would upload a photo of the letter you received from SCS - which did not materialise and your thread fizzled out.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5435804

Are these court papers from the Northampton County Court Bulk Handling Centre with a seal mark? If so you must acknowledge service of these to give you 14 more days to develop your defence. You do not put anything at this stage in the defence box - nothing means just that, no 'N/A' or 'To Follow' NOTHING! BLANK!

Then you need to read post #1 of the newbies sticky (and follow the links) in the section headed SMALL CLAIM? to put you on the right lines for taking this forward.

pogofish

georgeg12 wrote: »

I took everyone's advice and ignored all of the DRP threats, UKPC PCNs and now I have een issued an official Claim Form from the Country Court Business Centre.

Ignoring most PPCs has not been advised since 2012!

And is this a different case or in any way related to the thread you already have going?

georgeg12

pogofish wrote: »

Ignoring most PPCs has not been advised since 2012!

And is this a different case or in any way related to the thread you already have going?

This is the same case, the letter is from the county court business centre which is titled claim form.


Shall I try and upload the forms? so you can advice?


It has an acknowledgment of service section which I am not sure what I should do. You suggested that I should not write anything, meaning no name no signature etc?


Following that section is a section headed admission which is another form I am not sure about, all of this is overwhelming.


The thread suggested, is hard to understand for myself reason why I wanted extra advice.


Thanks


George

The_Deep

Be sure that the judge is aware of this


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]UKPC are former clampers who have been involved in quite a number of sordid scams, for example[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Hull Trading Standards took them to court on 15 counts of fraud. UKPC won all but one, but only because they had a better lawyer, a Q.C. If I recall correctly[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=63597[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]They were bested by a Winchester barrister [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?377246-UKPC-liable-for-trespass-**SUCCESS**[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]They were involved in a large scale scam which resulted in a DVLA suspension[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11858473/Parking-firm-UKPC-admits-faking-tickets-to-fine-drivers.html[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Then they had another go, this one is still being investigated[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5390608[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]And then of course there was Tracey Kiss[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]htttp://www.tracykiss.com/product-reviews/my-ukpc-parking-charge/[/FONT]

georgeg12

Umkomaas wrote: »

Who advised you to ignore UKPC parking charges?

The correct advice was given to you in relation to dealing with debt collectors, which was to ignore unless you receive county court papers from UKPC (which has now happened).

You were asked and you said you would upload a photo of the letter you received from SCS - which did not materialise and your thread fizzled out.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5435804

Are these court papers from the Northampton County Court Bulk Handling Centre with a seal mark? If so you must acknowledge service of these to give you 14 more days to develop your defence. You do not put anything at this stage in the defence box - nothing means just that, no 'N/A' or 'To Follow' NOTHING! BLANK!

Then you need to read post #1 of the newbies sticky (and follow the links) in the section headed SMALL CLAIM? to put you on the right lines for taking this forward.

The papers are from County Court Business Centre, it is based in Northampton when I google them.

Umkomaas

It has an acknowledgment of service section which I am not sure what I should do. You suggested that I should not write anything, meaning no name no signature etc?

You don't put any form of defence in at this stage. It didn't mean not to put your name and address!

Have you read the sticky yet? You will need to do a good bit of work yourself to bat this off.

georgeg12

Umkomaas wrote: »

You don't put any form of defence in at this stage. It didn't mean not to put your name and address!

Have you read the sticky yet? You will need to do a good bit of work yourself to bat this off.

Yes I have read the sticky, I'm not sure what I should do tbh. I am unclear on what to do and what happens and why I do for acknowledgement.

Fruitcake

georgeg12 wrote: »

Yes I have read the sticky, I'm not sure what I should do tbh. I am unclear on what to do and what happens and why I do for acknowledgement.

Post 2 of this thread tells you where to start. Follow the links that tell you what to do. You can also purchase a guide to court from the Parking-Prankster from his blog website for a few quid.

georgeg12

Fruitcake wrote: »

Post 2 of this thread tells you where to start. Follow the links that tell you what to do. You can also purchase a guide to court from the Parking-Prankster from his blog website for a few quid.

ok so it would be silly of me to pay to just get it out of my hair?

The_Slithy_Tove

georgeg12 wrote: »

ok so it would be silly of me to pay to just get it out of my hair?

Yes!

Their claim, particularly the amount they are wanting, is completely unwarranted. If you want to get rid of it, you could try offering a smaller amount (Parking Eye have been known to settle for as little as £25). DO NOT pay the full amount - it's been artificially inflated to suit their greed. Even if you were to defend in court and lose, it's highly unlikely you'd end up paying the full amount.