SIP Parking / Gladstones Court Claim / Defence Stage

thismakemesad

Hi everybody,

I hope this is okay, I am in need of a defence for a claim Gladstones are making regarding to a SIP Parking ticket a driver received in Manchester October 2016.
I was issued a court claim letter 02/05/17 and have 14 days to submit a defence but haven't heard anything back from my other thread I figured maybe it was too far down the list as it's an older post? Sorry if this isn't okay to repost.

Summary:
The driver paid for 3 hours parking, was held up half an hour with work and couldn't get back in time, thus receiving a ticket. The signage at this car park (as shown in google maps, Cable Street, Manchester) is really poor and the driver was parked where the silver Toyota can be seen here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4859901,-2.2340452,3a,75y,40.01h,84.45t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8jv4wnZjukjFIpl5dHaDdg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

The driver was parked facing the road and there were no direct signs in front and the signs in the main car park were very scarce.
I'm not sure however if the case can be won on that basis as a ticket WAS purchased and that kind of suggests the driver saw and and accepted the terms?

I have drafted a defence against the Gladstones claim which I shall stick in a separate post below. But I don't have anything about the signs in there. I have until the 16th to submit this defence (14 days after the letters was dated).

Any help would be greatly received!
I did see recently that somebody had lost against SIP Parking and Gladstones so I'm a bit nervous now

Thanks in advance

Redx

just add the post above to the original thread, no need for a new thread at all

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5591969

thismakemesad

Apologies, I wasn't sure why there were no replies or it was something wrong with the thread