How much do you actually pay if you lose?

ainsleeej

Hi all,

A friend has received a County Court Claim form RE a parking ticket with the following fees:

Amount claimed: £162.30 (£150 + interest)
Court fee: £25
Legal representative's costs: £50
Total : £237.30

So if you lose the case, you are ordered to pay the full total? Are there any other hidden costs? What Legal representative's costs?

Thanks in advance.

Redx

the £50 could be removed so typically around £180 and maybe as high as £250, or the figure above , depending on the judge and the decision

it could even be a lot less , sometimes a judge will award say £10 , so anything between zero and £250 would be typical

beamerguy

ainsleeej wrote: »

Hi all,

A friend has received a County Court Claim form RE a parking ticket with the following fees:

Amount claimed: £162.30 (£150 + interest)
Court fee: £25
Legal representative's costs: £50
Total : £237.30

So if you lose the case, you are ordered to pay the full total? Are there any other hidden costs? What Legal representative's costs?

Thanks in advance.

Who is the PPC ?
What was the ticket value worth when issued ?

ainsleeej

Thanks redx.

@beamerguy:
PPC: Millennium Door and Event Security Ltd with Gladstones as the solicitor.
Ticket value was £60 in 14 days, £100 in 28 days.

Redx

your questions were answered recently in this similar thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5542297

The_Slithy_Tove

ainsleeej wrote: »

Amount claimed: £162.30 (£150 + interest)

Strange how they charge interest on the £50 over the initial charge right from the date of the charge, considering the £50 was either never even incurred as a cost, or even if it was, it was only much later in the process. This attempt at fraud should be pointed out in the defence.

beamerguy

ainsleeej wrote: »

Thanks redx.

@beamerguy:
PPC: Millennium Door and Event Security Ltd with Gladstones as the solicitor.
Ticket value was £60 in 14 days, £100 in 28 days.

Apart from the ticket were debt collector letters received ?

Do you know where the £150 + interest comes from ?

READ THIS, they are IPC/IAS members of the Gladstones money making sham club
http://www.bmpa.eu/companydata/Millennium_Door_and_Event_Security.html

Redx

also read this where parking prankster explains it too

http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/sleepwalking-into-disaster-never-ignore.html

beamerguy

Redx wrote: »

also read this where parking prankster explains it too

http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/sleepwalking-into-disaster-never-ignore.html

Yes, I read that earlier and agree with The Slithy Tove post above

beamerguy

@ainsleeej

You can see from the posts above that your friend could be the victim
of attempted fraud to extort money by Gladstones Solicitors

ainsleeej

Yes debt collectors letters were received. Bounced around multiple collectors (PCS, Zenith, gladstones). Most said £150 but some offered discounts (£80 zenith) .