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Received PCN - I'm not the driver nor the keeper of the vehicle

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  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,561 Forumite
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    NEVER EVER phone Gladstones or any parking firm! They are not your friends.
    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 THREAD
  • tati
    tati Posts: 56 Forumite
    Today I received a letter



    PCM would like to proceed with the claim and they request the case to be dealt with on the papers.


    What to do next, can anyone advise please?


    Thank you
  • Fruitcake
    Fruitcake Posts: 59,479 Forumite
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    No to papers in my opinion. Follow the bargepole guide to court on how to do this.
    I married my cousin. I had to...
    I don't have a sister. :D
    All my screwdrivers are cordless.
    "You're Safety Is My Primary Concern Dear" - Laks
  • Parkingfines
    Parkingfines Posts: 161 Forumite
    You tell the court you require an oral hearing
  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 41,296 Forumite
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    tati wrote: »
    PCM would like to proceed with the claim and they request the case to be dealt with on the papers.


    What to do next, can anyone advise please?
    How disappointing to read that.

    Wasn't point 8 in the list in post #23 above clear enough?
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,561 Forumite
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    This standard Gladstones letter is already mentioned in the NEWBIES thread, with info on how to deal with it. You need to be ready & prepared for each stage.
    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 THREAD
  • Parkingfines
    Parkingfines Posts: 161 Forumite
    Gladstones want every case to be dealt with on papers, its a standard line
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    Heard on papers is not in your interests.

    Every day more and more judges are understanding the way Gladstones operate and the scam they represent

    BUT, it would be "sods law" if it was heard by a judge who was clueless ... there are still some around.

    Face to face with the judge is the only way
    Recently, Gladstones played truant on cases and never turned up
  • tati
    tati Posts: 56 Forumite
    KeithP wrote: »
    How disappointing to read that.

    Wasn't point 8 in the list in post #23 above clear enough?




    I really do appreciate all of the advice and, above all, that you devote so much time to helping strangers with more or less the same issues over and over again.



    So I promise to read all of the relevant information and hopefully not ask unnecessary questions in the future. However, off-screen I am in it totally on my own so it is very reassuring to be given a confirmation even of what I have already read..

    :A
  • The_Deep
    The_Deep Posts: 16,830 Forumite
    Tati, judges are not fools. They know what is going on with these companies, 10 to 1 they will be on your side.

    Have you complained to your MP?
    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
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