Parking fine taken to county court

lexali

I have been issued a parking charge notice by Gemini, as they got my number plate one character wrong I decide not to pay, as I wasn't sure if needed to pay, since then it has been passed on to Gladtones solicitors and now it's gone to county court can someone please help me thanks

catfunt

Start by reading the NEWBIES thread, then read other threads about county court action, and you will get a decent grasp of what you will need to do.

You will get some help on here, but you need to do a lot of the legwork yourself as no-one will have time to hold your hand through this.
There is already a lot of information on this forum.

Have you had a claim form from Northampton? If so, when?
You will need to acknowlege the claim within 14 days, but leave the defence blank for now.

But spend some time doing some reading first!

Redx

there are dozens and dozens of similar court case threads from gladstones you can read on here over the last 6 months or so, please do so and learn what you have to do from the advice given to them as yours will be similar

and read the court section of the NEWBIES sticky thread as well , plus any links , these tell you what to do and the timeline too

Coupon-mad

lexali wrote: »

I have been issued a parking charge notice by Gemini, as they got my number plate one character wrong I decide not to pay, as I wasn't sure if needed to pay, since then it has been passed on to Gladtones solicitors and now it's gone to county court can someone please help me thanks

Why did you let it get to court stage? You would have EASILY beaten Gemini at POPLA stage, with templates copied from here.

Oh well, now it is harder but Gladstones cases are beatable. Read the section in the NEWBIES thread headed 'Small Claim?' and tell us when you have done the AOS on MCOL using the password in the claim form (front page bottom right).

Show us then, your defence (and no, you don't write it in your own words from scratch). There are literally dozens of Gladstones Defences to crib from here!

lexali

Thanks for the reply how do I access the NEWBIES

pappa_golf

3rd thread down on parking forum https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822

Coupon-mad

lexali wrote: »

Thanks for the reply how do I access the NEWBIES

Errrm...it was in my signature.

lexali

I've been reading online people claiming these private companies they just scare you so you end up paying they can't take you to court, but Gladstone solicitors

lexali

Gladtones Solicitors sent me county court notices how come they done it. Any thoughts

catfunt

Have you read the Newbies thread as suggested?

Fruitcake

lexali wrote: »

I've been reading online people claiming these private companies they just scare you so you end up paying they can't take you to court, but Gladstone solicitors

Whoever said they can't take you to court is wrong. Stop looking at rubbish and read the NEWBIES thread about court.

lexali wrote: »

Gladtones Solicitors sent me county court notices how come they done it. Any thoughts

Because they can. Because they make money from it.