Parking fine due to failure to accept payment at ticket machine.

PARKINGISSUE123

19th June

thanks

KeithP

PARKINGISSUE123 wrote: »

19th June

thanks

I'll assume that is the Issue Date on your Claim Form.

With a Claim Issue Date of 19th June, you have until Monday 8th July 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 file linked from post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread. About ten minutes work - no thinking required.

Having done the AoS, you have until 4pm on Monday 22nd July 2019 to file your Defence.

That's four weeks away. Loads of time to produce a perfect Defence, but please don't leave it to the last minute.


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

Print your Defence.
1. Sign it and date it.
   
2. Scan the signed document back in and save it as a pdf.
   
3. Send that pdf as an email attachment to CCBCAQ@Justice.gov.uk
   
4. 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'.
   
5. Log into MCOL after a few days to see if the Claim is marked "defence received". If not chase the CCBC until it is.
   
6. Do not be surprised to receive an early copy of the Claimant's Directions Questionnaire, they are just trying to keep you under pressure.
   
7. Wait for your DQ from the CCBC, or download one from the internet, and then re-read post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread to find out exactly what to do with it.

Coupon-mad

I have called bwlegal

Why? Before you came here and learnt not to call PPC scammers?

PARKINGISSUE123

Yes, before i came here!

Coupon-mad

So, same as all other Britannia cases, use bargepole's concise defence from the NEWBIES thread post #2, and add your own facts:

At the time a ticket was attempted to be purchased from one of two pay machines. Several failed attempts were made until moving to the second pay machine. This machine eventually gave a ticket after 2-3 attempts. The ticket was displayed which was believed to be valid at the time.

A few weeks later a letter was received from bw legal stating that the vehicle was parked without payment. The ticket was quickly recovered from the car only to discover that a void ticket was issued not a parking ticket. It looked the same as a parking ticket upon a quick look.

And then change to ending to the longer version (ADD PARAGRAPH NUMBERS!) about disproportionate costs, that you read in all the recent defence threads.

PARKINGISSUE123

thanks for this, really appreciate the guidance..