Gladstones - Claim Form Received

The_Deep

Today however, I got a claims from from "County Court Business Centre" asking for £253,


£253 is tantamount to fraud. imo, a lot more than the law allows. The solicitors know this but hope to sucker you into paying.

Even if they won their claim in court, which is unlikely, the most a judge is likely to award would be £175 - £200, the rest is think of a number money.

I suggest that that you complain to the regulatory body, the SRA about this demand for unlawful costs.

http://www.sra.org.uk/home/home.page

Also, complain to your MP

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

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, and others have already been named and shamed in the House of Commons 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. It has even been suggested that some of these companies have links with organised crime.

Watch the video of the Second Reading and committee stage in the House of Commons recently. MPs have a very low opinion of this industry.

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

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-07-19/debates/2b90805c-bff8-4707-8bdc-b0bfae5a7ad5/Parking(CodeOfPractice)Bill(FirstSitting)

and complain in the most robust terms to your MP. With a fair wind they will be out of business in the not too distant future.

motorcarrot

Just a quick update, my defence was filed before the deadline and this morning I have received back a Directions Questionnaire from Gladstones. From reading the newbies guide I understand I should also expect to receive one of these I need to fill out myself? Then as far as I understand it's a waiting game?

motorcarrot

Court date is now set for May 7th with defence pack due to be submitted by March 22nd

KeithP

Your Defence was filed last year.

You now need to be working towards creating a Witness Statement and gathering evidence.

Coupon-mad

motorcarrot wrote: »

Court date is now set for May 7th with defence pack due to be submitted by March 22nd

Show us your draft Witness Statement, as per the examples in the sticky thread.