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They sent me a claim form for £322.02!
Kenni66
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As keeper of the vehicle, i got a PCN from Civil Enforcement Ltd for overstaying at a car park outside a casino. Anyway long story short. they sent me a PCN which i ignored because they spelt my surname wrong by 1 letter. After months of letters they sent me it started to annoy me, so I told the casino about it and sent the a copy of the letter to them by email. 2 months passed and I haven't received anymore so I thought the casino had sorted it out. This morning I received a claim form from county court but civil enforcement ltd. what do I do now? Even on the claim form they still mispell my surname.
I know I need to register at moneyclaim to reply to them, but do I register using my correct spelling name or the mispell name they used?
I know I need to register at moneyclaim to reply to them, but do I register using my correct spelling name or the mispell name they used?
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but do I register using my correct spelling name
Your name. The misspelling may have come from the DVLA Keeper registration so check that and amend if needed.
Once the Acknowledgement of Service has come through then do a defence.
Background: Claims take 30 weeks to get to the hearing stage. 30 weeks from now is Xmas when they know people will fold which is why the parking companies time this surge in claims to particular periods in the year.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
Yawn, do we think CEL do this on purpose so numpties might ignore claims, or write like a victim and say 'you've spelt my name wrong' and not actually defend? I wouldn't put that past CEL.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5665142
Same as your case. Happily, every time a CEL claim is well defended they discontinue or the case is stayed due to their inaction, so why are we repeating this on every thread every day? Just use the forum as intended and search it.
The answer is here, on every CEL defence thread. Easy to copy from.PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD0 -
Do i say that they spelt my name wrong so technically its not address to me as defense?0
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£322 sounds rather excessive for one alleged overstay. Do they not know that there are limits for the amount they can claim? In any case, why has not the casino sorted this out.
CEL seems to be sailing pretty close to the wind court-wise, when is a judge going to do them some serious damage?You never know how far you can go until you go too far.0 -
Do i say that they spelt my name wrong so technically its not address to me as defense?
Forget that, as Emanresu says it's likely your DVLA details are 'wrong' by one letter. It is no showstopper in a defence (please note correct spelling - especially as you are so concerned about a letter being incorrect!
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This needs a full and proper defence. Please read current CEL threads that are presently littering the first page of this forum.Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .
I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.#Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street0 -
I have checked and the name on my V5 is in fact spelt wrong and it has now been corrected. Reading some defenses, some has mention to use 3rd party wordings. In the event that both the driver and keeper are the same person, how should the defense be written. How should i search for this on MSE?0
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Edit your post to remove details of who was driving. The ppcs monitor this forum and can use your posts against you0
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So how do 1 defense this?0
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You need to edit #7 to remove details of who was driving.
When submitting a defence the keeper should refer to the driver in the third person as in "the driver did this......"0
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