County court claim

Quentin

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lolaive

Ok great thank you.

The_Deep

Irrespective of your 100000 thanks, this is wildly unrealistic

In your opinion. In my opinion your opinion has little merit.

KeithP

lolaive, what is the Issue Date on your Claim Form?

lolaive

Hello. Well.... I arrived home last night to find ANOTHER court claim form from the same court and claimant but this time claiming for roughly £425 for the alleged same offence.Again , first ive heard of it.The first claim is dated 7 November and yesterdays one is dated 8 November.They allege the driver has committed the alleged breach.How can I know who was driving 11 months ago and why a different amount this time?These people really are sharks.

NeilCr

I think you need to check with your wife what she has been throwing out. As @Quentin suggested earlier she may have lobbed out quite a lot

Otherwise, you do need to get into gear with responding. I assume from your earlier reply that you don't have a permit? Is that because there aren't enough spaces for all the residents?

lolaive

Yes that is basically it. I plan to respond online on Monday once I have spoken to neighbours to see how they are playing it . I think im just going to notify the court if my defence and not bother with writing any defence notes YET and see what becomes of that.

NeilCr

Is there anything in your tenancy agreement about parking?

Without wishing to sound like the voice of doom if you have been parking regularly without a permit and your wife has been trashing correspondence there may be more out there.

I am not defending the PPC and agree with what has been said about the extortionate amounts involved. Just trying to be realistic and to understand your full position.

The_Deep

You said

I owe £246 roughly for a parking contravention on the land where I live.

you then went on to say

I arrived home last night to find ANOTHER court claim form from the same court and claimant but this time claiming for roughly £425 for the alleged same offence

So, they are alleging that your wonton disregard for their overweening terms and conditions has so damaged them that they need £670 to put the matter right, outageous. I wonder what a judge would think of the claim. What precisely have you done, set fire to their head office?

Involve your MP immediately. Also, if they are a registered charity, (most HAs are), complain long and loud to HM Charity Commissioners,

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission

Charities should not be getting into bed with this scum.

Have you contacted your local radio station and paper, also, the Daily Mail is vey interested in these scams. Does the HA have a webpage or Facebook page? If so write bad stuff on it.

I too own a HA property, and know how arrogant and obstructive they can be. I am involved in a parking dispute with them, presently with the Housing Ombudsman, and, if I prevail it will cost the ££££s.

KeithP

lolaive wrote: »

The first claim is dated 7 November and yesterdays one is dated 8 November.

With a Claim Issue Date of 7th November, you have until Monday 26th November to do the Acknowledgement of Service, but there is nothing to be gained by delaying it. To do the AoS, follow the guidance offered in a Dropbox link from post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread.

Having done the AoS, you then have until 4pm on Monday 10th December 2018 to file your Defence.

Over a month away. Loads of time to produce a perfect Defence, but don't leave it to the very last minute.


When you are happy with the content, your Defence should be filed via email as described here:

1) Print your Defence.
2) Sign it and date it.
3) Scan the signed document back in and save it as a pdf.
4) Send that pdf as an email attachment to CCBCAQ@Justice.gov.uk
5) Just put the claim number and the word Defence in the email title, and in the body of the email something like 'Please find my Defence attached'.
6) Log into MCOL after a few days to see if the Claim is marked "defended". If not chase the CCBC until it is.
7) Wait for your Directions Questionnaire and then re-read post #2 of the NEWBIES thread to find out exactly what to do with it.


For the second claim - 8th November - as you might guess, add one day to the dates above.