Countrywide Parking Management Ltd - Accidently Told Them I Was Driver

beamerguy

Tinurh wrote: »

When did you get your ticket? Just so we know when to expect court papers?

I don't think that user is real.

PPC's often post to disrupt

angel89

April 2017, I was parked in a office block in Southampton. No PCN was left on the windscreen it was sent to me via the post but all the photos were taken by someone, not by a CCTV camera, i was most surprised! Why wouldn't they just put the PCN on my windscreen?

I have appealed it to both Countrywide Parking and the IAS but both have been rejected.

P.S I am a real user - I was trying to find out if anyone else had been taken to court by them when I come across this post.

Quentin

You were answered in #9

Whatever the current status they have 6 years to take legal action against you

waamo

angel89 wrote: »

April 2017, I was parked in a office block in Southampton. No PCN was left on the windscreen it was sent to me via the post but all the photos were taken by someone, not by a CCTV camera, i was most surprised! Why wouldn't they just put the PCN on my windscreen?

I have appealed it to both Countrywide Parking and the IAS but both have been rejected.

P.S I am a real user - I was trying to find out if anyone else had been taken to court by them when I come across this post.

If you have received court papers you need to start your own thread for advice.

Tinurh

Hi I don't know if anyone can still read this thread but I've received a letter before claim from BW Legal, I did send back the forms saying we'd pay but can I change my mind and let it go to court? Even so I don't think we'd have a very good defence. Any advice? Just pay or try and put together some sort of defence when court papers come?

pogofish

Tinurh wrote: »

Any advice?

Yes - Read the Newbies Sticky, then start your own thread!

Hijacking someone else's thread is not-on.

beamerguy

Tinurh wrote: »

Hi I don't know if anyone can still read this thread but I've received a letter before claim from BW Legal, I did send back the forms saying we'd pay but can I change my mind and let it go to court? Even so I don't think we'd have a very good defence. Any advice? Just pay or try and put together some sort of defence when court papers come?

Of course you can change your mind

In this LBC from BWL, does it give you proof of their claim
and give you 30 days to respond

beamerguy

pogofish wrote: »

Yes - Read the Newbies Sticky, then start your own thread!

Hijacking someone else's thread is not-on.

This is his thread from post #1

Tinurh

This is my own thread? Was told to come back once I get court papers but not sure if I want to get that far.

When it says proof of claim what do you mean? And yes 30 days to respond (probs 2 weeks in now)

Umkomaas

Over 9 months have elapsed since I linked you to the BMPA page which showed that this PPC had never proceeded to the small claims court - and despite that time gap, they still haven't.

http://www.parkingappeals.info/companydata/Countrywide_Parking_Management.html

I'd guess that this is just BWL ratcheting up the ante - you need to play the game and respond robustly as if you have received a LBC, as per the NEWBIES FAQ sticky, post #2.

When it says proof of claim what do you mean?

I think beamerguy was asking if the amount claimed had been broken down into component parts, this gives you the opportunity, should it in the unlikely event get to court, to dismantle any spurious claimed costs.

Since Oct 2017, LBCs must follow a strict protocol. Does the letter you've received fully comply with the Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims (PaP)? If not, get back to BWL, in writing, and demand anything and everything you're entitled to under PaP. Check it all out here:

https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/pdf/protocols/debt-pap.pdf

Make yourself difficult to deal with, then they might eventually look for lower hanging fruit to harass.