Court Claim - Horizon Parking / Gladstone Solicitors

brianj1991

Many thanks again for your help Coupon-mad.

Lianne123

Got a ticket in June 2015- it was a penalty charge notice so I ignored it. Gladstones started contacting me on Horizon's behalf- I still ignored it (the letters didn't look legit and the prices would escalate drastically after every letter). It's not an excuse but I was going through a busy period at the time and had read a lot about these 'Cowboys' so I persisted to ignore. I received a court letter and again thought it couldn't be serious (in my naïvety). Well, a year later I tried to get a home and found out I had a CCJ against me from Horizon parking. I was shocked, angry and distressed. After crying and crying some more (I was refused the house because of this) and a long time spent on the phone to credit agencies and the court, I'm hoping to get it removed so I can start my property search again.
I know I should've paid the Penalty charge notice but as I was parked on a tiny side road for few minutes, I didn't think they could charge me £40!!! Well, I've ended up paying almost £300 to Gladstone/Horizon/Court/Experian. Absolutely disgusting.

beamerguy

Lianne123 wrote: »

Got a ticket in June 2015- it was a penalty charge notice so I ignored it. Gladstones started contacting me on Horizon's behalf- I still ignored it (the letters didn't look legit and the prices would escalate drastically after every letter). It's not an excuse but I was going through a busy period at the time and had read a lot about these 'Cowboys' so I persisted to ignore. I received a court letter and again thought it couldn't be serious (in my naïvety). Well, a year later I tried to get a home and found out I had a CCJ against me from Horizon parking. I was shocked, angry and distressed. After crying and crying some more (I was refused the house because of this) and a long time spent on the phone to credit agencies and the court, I'm hoping to get it removed so I can start my property search again.
I know I should've paid the Penalty charge notice but as I was parked on a tiny side road for few minutes, I didn't think they could charge me £40!!! Well, I've ended up paying almost £300 to Gladstone/Horizon/Court/Experian. Absolutely disgusting.

Please start by creating your own thread on here and make sure you read the Newbies thread.

It sounds like this went to court and you did not

The_Deep

I know I should've paid the Penalty charge notice ... few minutes

No, you should have appealed the PCN. . You can ask for it to be set aside, but it is costly and you may not be successful.

https://www.gov.uk/county-court-judgments-ccj-for-debt/if-you-dont-owe-the-money

brianj1991

UPDATE:

I submitted my defence, which was acknowledged. I have now received a notice of proposed allocation to the small claims track.

The notice includes the small claims directions questionnaire, which I shall complete allocating it to my local court.

I presume that I should NOT ask for the mediation service being that I am disputing the whole thing?

Many thanks all.

Redx

correct, read the bargepole thread again as it talks you through these things

macka79

Did you have a resolution on this?

brianj1991

macka79 wrote: »

Did you have a resolution on this?

Hi Macka,

Sorry for the long delay, I've been out of the country for a number of weeks.

The claim has been allocated to the small claims track and the hearing is set for 22nd November 2016.

I have little idea what I am doing.....so I will be doing some intensive reading and panicking over the forthcoming

brianj1991

I have located the photographs from the area and posted them here including the signage (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4mwc7ym75jdwx2u/AADFDToYzUWjI09kOvCJxYW8a?dl=0)

If I post up a full defence which I will serve on the claimant, will somebody help me and look at it? I understand this needs to be the same as my initial defence, but builds on it / explains it.

brianj1991

My notice of allocation orders that
2. each party shall serve on the other party all the documents on which he relies by 4pm on 2 November 2016.
3. the parties shall exchange witness statements of fact by 4pm on 16 November 2016.

SO my initial defence I have submitted outlines all of my points on why I think I shouldn't pay / this should be thrown out.
And I was going to write a witness statement which backs up / talks about these points.
What do they mean by "all the documents"........I don't want to miss filing anything I need to file!!

For "all the documents", do I send my pictures of the area + any previous cases i am going to talk about in my WS?

Thanks again.