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How to defend a County Court Claim from Parking Eye
BeccaPerf
Posts: 1 Newbie
Hello. I've read the Newbies thread but still unsure of how to proceed.
I’m looking for some advice as to the best way to defend a County Court Claim. The claimant is Parking Eye Ltd.
Parking Eye claims, that as the registered keeper of the vehicle (this is true) that I was in breach of the t&cs for parking on private land (Leisure World car park in Southampton). The ‘Particulars of Claim’ state ‘in relation to a Parking Charge, issued 25/02/2017’.
These are the basic facts: I parked in the said car park on 21/02/17 and went to the cinema. I entered my vehicle registration in the onsite terminal and have a witness who saw me do this. I didn’t overstay the time period. I have a copy of my friend’s bank statement which shows the tickets purchased for the cinema on that day. I don’t have the actual cinema tickets anymore.
I received a first letter with the photographic evidence from Parking Eye informing me of the fine. I ignored this (silly, I know), and then a second letter stating the fine had increased to £100.
I sent a letter of appeal (recorded delivery on 24/04/2017) to Parking Eye Appeals Dept, after the second letter, asking to have the original fine retracted stating the above facts.
I then received a final letter (which I ignored because I’d already sent an appeal) and then a Country Court Claim came through.
The Claim Form states ‘a Parking Charge, issued 25/02/2017’ which was not the date I parked at Leisure World.
I’ve read the threads about defending but not before the Claim Form arrived. I don’t know what to do for the best. I genuinely entered my registration details – although of course I can’t prove I entered them correctly.
I'm thinking of writing to my local MP, and I've read the advice about writing to the Landowner, but am I too late to do that?
Thank you
I’m looking for some advice as to the best way to defend a County Court Claim. The claimant is Parking Eye Ltd.
Parking Eye claims, that as the registered keeper of the vehicle (this is true) that I was in breach of the t&cs for parking on private land (Leisure World car park in Southampton). The ‘Particulars of Claim’ state ‘in relation to a Parking Charge, issued 25/02/2017’.
These are the basic facts: I parked in the said car park on 21/02/17 and went to the cinema. I entered my vehicle registration in the onsite terminal and have a witness who saw me do this. I didn’t overstay the time period. I have a copy of my friend’s bank statement which shows the tickets purchased for the cinema on that day. I don’t have the actual cinema tickets anymore.
I received a first letter with the photographic evidence from Parking Eye informing me of the fine. I ignored this (silly, I know), and then a second letter stating the fine had increased to £100.
I sent a letter of appeal (recorded delivery on 24/04/2017) to Parking Eye Appeals Dept, after the second letter, asking to have the original fine retracted stating the above facts.
I then received a final letter (which I ignored because I’d already sent an appeal) and then a Country Court Claim came through.
The Claim Form states ‘a Parking Charge, issued 25/02/2017’ which was not the date I parked at Leisure World.
I’ve read the threads about defending but not before the Claim Form arrived. I don’t know what to do for the best. I genuinely entered my registration details – although of course I can’t prove I entered them correctly.
I'm thinking of writing to my local MP, and I've read the advice about writing to the Landowner, but am I too late to do that?
Thank you
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follow the advice in post #2 of the NEWBIES sticky thread
and read other recent court case threads until you get an idea of how to defend , then start your own draft defence
yes complain to your MP
yes complain to the landholder asap
its never too late0
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