Gladstone Solictors - Court action imminent

Redx

posts #3 , #10 & #14 tell you what needs doing, a rebuttal and a SAR

THEY CAN DEMAND WHAT THEY LIKE, YOU DONT HAVE TO COMPLETE THEIR FORMS AS I ALREADY TOLD YOU ON PAGE
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LBC and LBA are the same thing (as is an LBCCC)

danjacj21

I am in the same boat, Paid for ticket, machine did not register full reg, received £100 fine even though I displayed ticket and left before it expired. One way to stop this scam would be to force the DVLA to stop sharing peoples details to private land owners and their agents. It is not the DVLA`s remit to police private land. By sharing your details your risk of ID theft and card fraud increases. I have taken them to task over this. Contact them and your MP. The DVLA is complicit.

Neil_j

thanks for your help redx, I have requested a SAR from ES.

As for the LBC rebuttal, does what GS has sent me constitute a letter before claim? It is not clear from their email and their attachment that this it is LBC. After comparing with the newbies guide the LBC's examples look a lot different. The content of my email was as follows:

"Please find the PAP Information Sheet and Reply Form attached.

Please return before 23 December 2018.

In the event payment nor a response is received before this date, a claim will be issued.

Kind regards"

The actual attachment is a series of tick boxes and areas to fill in name and address details. Some of the content of this letter:

"ANNEX 1 INFORMATION SHEET
You have received this notice because a business intends to take you to court
in relation to a debt. This notice tells you what to do next, including how to
avoid court action. Please read it carefully.
What should I do now to make sure I am not taken to court unnecessarily?
Read the enclosed letter from the business very carefully. Think about whether you
owe the debt and whether the amount is correct. The letter should provide
information about how much money you owe and any interest and fees added to the
debt. If it doesn’t, ask the business for more information.
Once you have read the letter, consider the following options.

How long do I have to fill in the Reply Form?
You only have 30 days from the date at the top of the letter from the business to
send back the Reply Form. If the business does not get your Reply Form within 30
days, it could take you to court in relation to the debt. Make sure you allow time for
posting.
If a court orders you to pay an amount of money (called “having judgment entered
against you”), details of the judgment will usually be entered on the Register of
Judgments, Orders and Fines. Most entries stay on the Register for six years unless
you pay the amount you owe within one month of the judgment.
Organisations such as banks, building societies and credit companies use the
information on the Register when someone applies for credit, such as a loan or
overdraft. It helps them decide whether or not that person would be able to pay off a
debt.

SECTION 1: Do you owe the debt?
Fill in one of the boxes in this section. Use more pages if you need to.
It is recommended that you get debt advice if you have any doubt about
whether you owe the debt and whether you can pay it now, or if you want
advice on any rights and protections you may have.
Box G below asks about debt advice.

SECTION 2: How will you pay?
Only complete this section if you ticked Box A or Box B in Section 1 and you want to pay now.
The letter from the business will tell you how to pay. Keep a record of the
payments you make.

SECTION 3: Do you intend to get, or are you already getting, debt advice?
Only complete this section if you are getting debt advice about whether you owe the debt or
whether you can afford to pay

SECTION 4: What documents are you sending with this form? What
information do you need?
Complete the boxes below if you want to provide or get more information. "