Gladstones Solicitors Letter Before Claim - Residents Own Space Parking

bennyandtheworld

Hello all,

I'm new here, but have been reading all your helpful threads for a while now while fighting my parking problems! So thank you for all your advice already. I couldn't find anything as specific as my problem, hence the new thread.

We received the dreaded Gladstone Solicitors Letter Before Claim - to which I replied with the help of these forums. We have now received a second letter with the "proof" I requested... simply photos of our car in OUR space.

A little background: We bought a Shared Ownership flat 2 years ago and have been renting the parking space outside our door from a fellow resident. In January 2018 Barrats decided to bring in a permit system for all spaces - if you did not have the permit on show you would get an immediate ticket, even in your own parking space! Sounds silly, I know. Barrats being Barrats, terribly slow at everything, took their time getting the permits out to residents. The day the permit system began, our permit was still not ready for collection and guess what, an immediate ticket was found on our car! 3 days in a row in fact, until our permit was ready for collection.
We ignored the private parking tickets, as was advised by most, hoping it would all just go away now we had the permit on show.

And here we are with a second letter from Gladstones... any advice on what ground I have to stand on? We are shared ownership - so our lease doesn't protect us with regards to parking, same goes for the fact that we rent the space from a fellow resident (as do a lot of people in the development).

As usual, Gladstone's threaten legal action, court etc. I just find it ridiculous how they can claim we were illegally parking in our OWN space!

Any advice on what I should be putting in my second response? I would be so grateful!

beamerguy

Assume the parking company is UKCPM

Is the last letter from Gladstones an LBA, Letter before claim,
or is asking to pay either a debt collector or Gladstones

The courts by the way don't like cheapo solicitors bringing
claims for your own parking space, Gladstones get involved
in this rubbish

Not your fault that your permit was delayed

You must get very serious with Barrats as their incompetence
is now giving you grief.

You need to explain to Barrats that you will involve them
in any court action so they can explain to a judge their actions

At the very least, due to the delays, they should have
told the PPC

Umkomaas

Have you referred this to the solicitor you instructed in the purchase of your property? To me this is much more about the legal ramifications of the introduction of the parking restrictions, well beyond and much more far-reaching than the mere fighting of a parking ticket.

Even if you successfully win your parking case (or Gladstones discontinue), this ain't going away, so you either put up with it and duck and dive every time you park to avoid more tickets, for the duration of your occupation - or you sell up and move to avoid this daily crap.

Any idea what the presence of a PPC is doing to the future value of your property? I'm sure it's not making it any more attractive to a would-be buyer. I've already advised my kids to never consider the purchase of a property where a parasite parking company is engaged.

bennyandtheworld

So, going to court! Gladstones ignored all correspondence we sent, discussed with Barratts who agreed we are in the right, however seem to be completely incompetent at communicating.
How would you advise we get Barratts involved in the claim? It is THEIR fault we are in this situation.

KeithP

bennyandtheworld wrote: »

So, going to court!

Can you please translate that for us.

Do you have a Claim Form from the County Court Business Centre, or perhaps something else?
If so, can you please tell us the Issue Date on that Claim Form?
Who is the Claimant?


Or have you perhaps issued a Claim against someone?