VCS "This is not a parking charge notice" - guidance please

Wildsound

Have made a couple of minor alterations, but have printed it, signed it and dated it and have re-scanned back as a pdf, ready to go tomorrow morning. I will phone the court a little later in the day to make sure it has been received and is being processed.

If anyone has any striking last minute observations, please say now or forever hold your peace.

Coupon-mad

Nice.

I assume it has the usual headings and a statement of truth above your signature/date?

Wildsound

Coupon-mad wrote: »

Nice.

I assume it has the usual headings and a statement of truth above your signature/date?

Yup - missed it out for simplicity

Wildsound

Questionnaires came in the post today:

I have got to "section D3 - Witnesses" and have a few questions.

My partner is with me in the flat, is named on the tenancy agreement and thus able to use the allocated parking spot. Should I be using them as a witness, and if so, what is their statement likely to include?

Wildsound

Came home today to finish my questionnaires for sending off tomorrow.

Got home and have received a letter from the parking company, quoting one of my court claim numbers saying "a letter titled X was sent to you incorrectly regarding this matter due to a technical error. We confirm that a Judgment has not been entered regarding the Claim and we apologise for any confusion this may have caused".

Now - as I only received this for one of the cases and not the other, I have checked on MCOL and nothing appears to have changed, I have had no contact from the courts, I am treating this letter with a pinch of salt.

This could be a letter to add confusion perhaps, or they are backing out of one of the claims, hoping I will think it is to do with the other one so that I fail the court procedure and they get a judgment against me on the other one.

Has anyone had a similar experience? Is this normal? Are they allowed to just do this at this stage? As far as I am concerned, I still intend to follow the correct court procedure until I hear directly from the courts that I don't need to do anything.

KeithP

"A letter titled X"??

Difficult to comment on that.

Wildsound

The supposed letter is something I have never received.

Coupon-mad

You should use it against them when you compile your WS and evidence before the hearing, and try to paint a picture of unreasonableness, by:

- failure to follow the PAP for Debt Claims before the claim was filed, then

- issued a robo-claim with no cause of action or detail about the alleged breach,

- nor did they even put state the terms of the alleged contract in the POC,

- then played fast and loose with the CPRs afterwards by sending you a misleading letter alarming you that you'd somehow lost and got a CCJ. I assume that was the letter...

This IS worth mounting as a list of their failures in pre-action and post-litigation protocols - just look at sassii's recent thread about the person who got a 4 figure sum in punitive costs on 'the indemnity basis' simply by setting out the list of unreasonable conduct.

The supposed letter is something I have never received.

Don't say that!

Send the solicitor a SAR and ask for all letters sent including the rogue one!

You want a copy of it - do not say you didn't get it. Send a SAR for all data/letters.

Wildsound

Coupon-mad wrote: »

You should use it against them when you compile your WS and evidence before the hearing, and try to paint a picture of unreasonableness, by:

- then played fast and loose with the CPRs afterwards by sending you a misleading letter alarming you that you'd somehow lost and got a CCJ. I assume that was the letter...

This IS worth mounting as a list of their failures in pre-action and post-litigation protocols - just look at sassii's recent thread about the person who got a 4 figure sum in punitive costs on 'the indemnity basis' simply by setting out the list of unreasonable conduct.
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This is exactly the letter and I received it today (2nd class post of course... the apology letter I got yesterday was sent first class...)

Questionnaires have gone now to the court. With regards sending the copies of the questionnaires to the PPC, should this be by recorded or just proof of postage?

When am I likely going to hear back from the courts about a hearing date? I know the hearing date could potentially be months away, but will I know about this soon?

Am I free to send a SAR at any point in this process or are there any restrictions on me doing this during a court hearing situation? What is the timescale the PPC have to respond fully to my SAR? I'm unsure whether there is any benefit in delaying this or to have it done straight away?

Many thanks everyone so far for getting me to this point. I can't see how any judge in their right mind could side with these cowboys!?!

waamo

Just proof of posting is fine. Timescales can vary so just keep an eye out for paperwork.

You can send a SAR at anytime. They have 28 days to respond. I see no benefit in delaying sending one.