Papers only claim

uselesspleasehelp

Please can someone help, I can’t find anything on here about people getting a letter from Gladstones, with court forms attached asking for a papers only hearing. I saw,on Parking
Pranksters site not do this and go for oral hearing, however my son was using my husbands car so the letters have been intercepted so he didnt see the fines. There were 4 that were ignored basically thinking it was a scam. My husband can’t go to court, he would go beserk if he knew, I have sent claim forms back prior to this stating in the defence that the keeper wasn’t the driver, but now have this come through, what will happen if I don’t accept a papers claim? Will it still go to court?

Redx

read the BARGEPOLE posts linked in the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread , post #2 , plus the other info in that same post, because your question was answered months or years ago (its been asked and answered hundreds of times over the years here)

it will only "go to court" if the claimant pays the court hearing fee

it can be dealt with "on papers" anytime until say a week before the hearing (but dont quote me as I may have got this timeframe wrong)

for now, proceed as if its going to a court hearing

Coupon-mad

I can’t find anything on here about people getting a letter from Gladstones, with court forms attached asking for a papers only hearing.

What, you mean the letter that gets discussed on every Gladstones thread and can even be Googled using the words:

Gladstones letter relatively straightforward

...the one that is fully covered in the second post of the NEWBIES thread in a link to a post by bargepole in the section:

'IMPORTANT - KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN'.

uselesspleasehelp

Please excuse my ignorance, I have spent so many hours trying to get help I’m confused with all
The information. As I can’t let this get to an oral hearing I’m terrified of how I stop it getting to that. Everyone’s defence is so good but I don’t know how to do that kind of thing I’m afraid, and nothing is the same as my situation as they all seem to be ok with going to court. Thankyou so much for your help

uselesspleasehelp

I’m sorry if the help I need is there, I just can’t find it, I will search newbies again but don’t even have luck with that, I don’t understand where I’m going
Wrong, I know I must seem stupid but this is like a minefield to me and I’m getting very confused 😔

uselesspleasehelp

Can I ask how I find this newbies thread? I type it in the search and nothing comes up! 🙈

Fruitcake

The NEWBIES is on the main parking forum page just under where you clicked on the button.

You can get to it by clicking your back button/arrow, or click on the Forum Jump "Go" button you will find near the top or bottom right of this page you are on now.

It's advisable to read it all, but Post 2 has a guide to court that takes you through step by step.

Court is a judge in smart clothes with the claimant and defendant in a smallish room. No drama and no reputations shredded.

twhitehousescat

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822/newbies-private-parking-ticket-old-or-new-read-these-faqs-first-thankyou


**NEWBIES!! PRIVATE PARKING TICKET? OLD OR NEW? **READ THESE FAQS FIRST!** Thankyou!

The_Deep

My husband can’t go to court, he would go beserk

Why? Your son is the victim here. These people are out and out scammers, acting at the very fringes of, and occasionally beyond, the law. It is no shame to receive an invoice from them for an alleged breach of contract. Your husband needs to do a bit of reading and help your son get these parasites off his back.

See what MPS think about the private parking racket, watch the video.

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, and another company have already been named and shamed in the house as have Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each week, hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned. They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P.
for unprofessional conduct

The problem has become so widespread that MPs have agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers. Watch the video of the Second Reading in the House of Commons recently

http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41

and complain in the most robust terms to your MP. With a fair wind they will be out of business by Christmas.

bargepole

uselesspleasehelp wrote: »

Please can someone help, I can’t find anything on here about people getting a letter from Gladstones, with court forms attached asking for a papers only hearing. I saw,on Parking
Pranksters site not do this and go for oral hearing, however my son was using my husbands car so the letters have been intercepted so he didnt see the fines. There were 4 that were ignored basically thinking it was a scam. My husband can’t go to court, he would go beserk if he knew, I have sent claim forms back prior to this stating in the defence that the keeper wasn’t the driver, but now have this come through, what will happen if I don’t accept a papers claim? Will it still go to court?

So, your husband is the registered keeper, and the named Defendant in the Court Claim.

You appear to have filed a Defence stating that the keeper wasn't driving. That is no defence at all, unless you can establish that the Claimant failed to comply with POFA 2012.

You have then forged your husband's signature on the Defence, and are now proposing to do the same on the Directions Questionnaire.

Do you not think your husband might go slightly more berserk when he gets arrested for perverting the course of justice, or when the bailiffs turn up on your doorstep to remove your TV?

I suggest you come clean about this now, and let him deal with it properly.

The_Deep

Indeed

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/mar/11/chris-huhne-vicky-pryce