County court

missy2018

Hi


I received a county court claim from one of the parking companies
I have read the newbie post as advised.
After reading it, I still have a query and I was hoping if someone could advise. The parking event they are taking to me to court for, happened almost 1 year and a half ago. It cites a leisure complex, there are restaurants, cinema, bowling, etc. I very rarely go there and have not been for months and months, it could have been xxxx driving or xxxx, I really am not sure, of course I am the registered keeper
My question is, how do you defend it? saying it was too long ago and you cant remember and refuse to give the details of others that could have been driving? if it gets to court, do you insist in that to the judge?


Many thanks for any help

grumpyawldwifey

Is this the first communication you have had regarding this?

Quentin

Everyone is politely asked to read up on this in the Newbies FAQ thread near the top of the forum before starting a new thread

Go there now to learn about the game you are now caught up in and how to defend this

Post #2:there covers Court claims from the receipt of the lbcca right through to the hearing

After getting acquainted with the process your first job is AOS.

A step by step guide to this is set out in the same post

Throughout here you are advised never to reveal who was driving

You need to edit your post to remove details of who the driver may have been

The ppcs monitor this forum and can use posts in your thread against you

missy2018

Hi
I have read the newbies post and I am at the stage of responding to court.
Sorry maybe I cant see clearly in the newbies post the reply to my query

Fruitcake

missy2018 wrote: »

Hi
I have read the newbies post and I am at the stage of responding to court.
Sorry maybe I cant see clearly in the newbies post the reply to my query

The guide to court is in post 2 of the NEWBIES, written by a poster called bargepole. That's what you should be looking for, and following the step by step guide therein.

Quentin

Have you done AOS?

That post does show you how to go about constructing your defence with links to others.

You are defending as keeper, but your suggested defence in your OP won't work!

Creditors have 6 years to start legal proceedings

grumpyawldwifey

I am going to court with a similar situation where the driver could be one of three people. I have witness statements from them stating that they also can't remember dates they might have driven but verifying that they were legally entitled to drive the vehicle e.g. providing copies of insurance etc. If the PC attempts to chase those people then they will have the same issue - identifying the driver with whom the 'contract' was made on each particular occasion.

missy2018

Thank you I will re read newbies thread again in case I have missed it. I don't want other people to be chased by these people

Quentin

Not knowing who was driver is covered by POFA!


So be sure you know whether or not the PPC is using POFA (and doing so correctly) to pursue the keeper before using "not knowing who was driver" as your only defence point!

KeithP

What is the Date of Issue on your Claim Form?

missy2018

Hi
It was 17th July, completed AOS, 3 days later