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BW Legal Letter of Claim
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redviking
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Hi,
I have recently received a letter of claim from BW Legal regarding a parking/stopping offence at Liverpool John Lennon Airport
The date of the alleged offence is February 2015. The letter states I must reply by a certain date, otherwise we instruct a claim against you in the County Court, if you dispute this debt please tell us why, etc etc
I appealed the original invoice early 2015 on many different grounds, signage read from moving vehicle, planning permission for signage, local byelaws, etc etc
They also contacted me in 2016 asking for the details of the driver at the time of the contravention, but I didn't reply to them in the 14 day time frame.
I moved house last year, and only received this letter by chance of seeing the owners of my old house!
I have an old post on here that I could link to regarding my original invoice.
Any info much appreciated regarding the next step, i.e. time since original offence and moving house 12 months ago
Thank you
I have recently received a letter of claim from BW Legal regarding a parking/stopping offence at Liverpool John Lennon Airport
The date of the alleged offence is February 2015. The letter states I must reply by a certain date, otherwise we instruct a claim against you in the County Court, if you dispute this debt please tell us why, etc etc
I appealed the original invoice early 2015 on many different grounds, signage read from moving vehicle, planning permission for signage, local byelaws, etc etc
They also contacted me in 2016 asking for the details of the driver at the time of the contravention, but I didn't reply to them in the 14 day time frame.
I moved house last year, and only received this letter by chance of seeing the owners of my old house!
I have an old post on here that I could link to regarding my original invoice.
Any info much appreciated regarding the next step, i.e. time since original offence and moving house 12 months ago
Thank you
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I have an old post on here that I could link to regarding my original invoice.
Better to close this one and post on the old one.You never know how far you can go until you go too far.0 -
As your older thread is closed, you will of course need to continue here.
I don't understand why, for the sake of continuity, you didn't simply link to it anyway.
You need to write to VCS and BWL immediately advising them of your current address.
If you don't do that you run a very great risk of getting a County Court Judgment against you without having the opportunity to defend yourself.
Is the letter from BWL a Letter of Claim?
If so you need to robustly respond as described in post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread.0 -
I have an old post on here that I could link to regarding my original invoice.
Better to close this one and post on the old one.
This is the other one
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=67733909#post67733909
The thread is closed so I started a new one0 -
As your older thread is closed, you will of course need to continue here.
I don't understand why, for the sake of continuity, you didn't simply link to it anyway.
You need to write to VCS and BWL immediately advising them of your current address.
If you don't do that you run a very great risk of getting a County Court Judgment against you without having the opportunity to defend yourself.
Is the letter from BWL a Letter of Claim?
If so you need to robustly respond as described in post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread.
it is a letter of claim as mentioned in my original post yes.0 -
Letter of Claim, Letter Before Claim, Letter Before Action, Letter Before Court Action, Letter Before Court Claim and Letter Before County Court Claim are all different names for exactly the same thing. There may be more.I don't think telling BW Legal my financial situation is right, or legal
However, you have no obligation to tell them your financial situation.
They have sent you the Financial Statement form because it is suggested they do so in para 3.1(d) of The Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims which is linked from post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread.0 -
I'll have to have a good read from the stickys as there is a fair bit of conflicting information on the next step, I will acknowledge their letter and inform them of my change of address first0
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I'll have to have a good read from the stickys as there is a fair bit of conflicting information on the next step,
But I'm sure we'll put it right if there is.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 don't think telling BW Legal my financial situation is right, or legal
If you're going to defend it in full, then no need to complete it all.0
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