What options do I have?

Half_way

Have you made any headway in contacting the landowner, as previously mentioned?

You said you contacted the landowner, can you get a letter from them stating that they as principal have contracted the parking out to their agents: parking and property management limited, and they as principal do not support their agents taking this matter through the court system and wasting/using valuable court time

Coupon-mad

To update you. I have received and sent of my DQ.
What is the time frame to expect a court hearing / WS?

Maybe a month or more before you see it actually allocated & passed to the local court and then you will get an Order telling you the date of the hearing (maybe six - ten weeks on from that) and the date by which you need to file your WS and evidence.

I believe I may have also received a letter before claim for the other PCN's I have. If this is to proceed (I expect it will) am I able to use the same defence?

Pretty much, if the details are the same (location, everything?). Gladstones defences can be pretty generic and similar because their roboclaims are so similar.

Also if in court and ruling is made in favour. Am I able to strike out all other potential claims from the outstanding PCN's?

You can write to the local Court (once the case is allocated there) and ask for any other claims to be stayed pending this result because they deal with essentially the same matter and to keep 'rinsing and repeating' claim after claim, instead of filing one about all the 'charges' is an abuse of the court’s process or is otherwise likely to obstruct the just disposal of the proceedings.

This would undoubtedly waste the court's time and cause detriment to an unrepresented defendant, who would otherwise have to keep appearing in court repeatedly, on the whim of a notorious ex-clamper parking firm and their robo-claim solicitors. Gladstones' conflict of interests in wanting to see appeals fail so that cases can proceed to court and intimidate consumers, regardless of the merits of a case, means they do not come to court with clean hands and separate 'drip by drip' torture by claims, shows a disregard for the overriding objective and the registered keeper victim of this harassment.

Joe_Bloggss

Excellent. Thank you for the detailed and quick response.
I have looked at the newby thread regarding WS and where to look. I gather the WS is a carry on from my defence but explained in more details and also includes any evidence i.e. photos, legal docs ect...? I will look into this further as time moves on.

Thank you for your other points made. I will ensure to do this when the time comes. I haven't had a change to look at the LBC yet but will do when home to see what this is saying. As per the Newbie thread is it worth me sending a reply as explained?

On an unrelated note I have received a PCN from a seperate company of which I have challenged and obtained a POPLA code. I have done some search for POPLA appeals. Should I start a new thread to discuss this? or is there a template to use that I can send to win the appeal.

Redx

if the LBC is genuine , its usually best to reply and refute all claims , ask for evidence etc , so check any recent LBC rebuttals over the last 12 months and use those , nothing older though , keep copies and keep free proof of posting certificates from the P O counter (not recorded)

as for the latter, yes start a new thread if you need new unrelated advice

post #3 of the NEWBIES sticky thread has popla templates to follow, plus find and adapt any recent similar popla defence that was approved in the last 6 months or so on here

Joe_Bloggss

How would I know whether it is genuine or not? They have listed 6 PCNs on the LBC. Charges increased from £100 to £160 per PCN making a total of over £900. I will reply to this and slow down the process as much as I can for these but my defence will be the same regardless.

Thank you Redx.

Coupon-mad

Look it up on the BMPA website (name of solicitor and 'BMPA' into Google and you get the BMPA's learned advice on each one).

Joe_Bloggss

Update. Court has been allocated now.

In regards to the other LBC received. I replied to this within the 14 days given. I later received a reply from them responding to my points raised. At the bottom of this response which was dated March 8th it stated I had a further 14 days to response before further proceedings would take place. On the 15th March I received the Claim Form for the amounts they have mentioned in their LBC. It is clear from this that they have proceeded this despite my challenge back to them.

Where do I stand with this?

I am going to take advice from above and contact the Court that has been allocated to ensure any other claims are Stayed pending this result but didn't know as they have processed this claim despite offering 14 days where this stood?

Thanks for any assistance

Coupon-mad

It can be included as a point in your defence, to show the Judge what unreasonable gits he has before him (or her) acting as if they are the 'innocent party' (claimant). In private parking cases, the innocent party is the defendant, I am sure the regulars here would say.

This is a rogue, bottom-feeding industry out of control, like the clampers were.

Joe_Bloggss

I have just received the allocation for my case and the date when it will go ahead. I haven't had a chance to read through the letter properly yet but is this the witness statement part I need to do?
Feel I will need help with this as not sure what goes in this. I have looked on this site and probably could do some more but if anyone has any links to share or suggestions I would be greatful.

Thanks

Coupon-mad

I have just received the allocation for my case and the date when it will go ahead. I haven't had a chance to read through the letter properly yet but is this the witness statement part I need to do?

Yes, that and the evidence you intend to rely upon.

As well as all the examples and info about WS stage in post #2 of the NEWBIES thread you could read Matthew87's recent thread and his worked example too.