CCJ issued after paying full claim amount - GLADSTONES

raserfabi

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some advice as a few weeks ago I received a county court claim form asking me to pay £160 for a parking ticket I didn't pay.

As per the instructions on the letter, I sent a payment in the form of a cheque to the claimant's address. I posted the payment about 2 weeks before the deadline on the letter. Despite this, I received a letter again yesterday from the courts informing me that a judgement had been made against me because I had not replied to the claim form.

However, upon checking my bank statements, I can see that Gladstones did cash the cheque that I sent.

So my question now is, what do I do next? Is it worth contacting Gladstones or should I contact the courts directly?

Thanks in advance.

Umkomaas

What deadline has the court given by which you must pay the judgment?

How much has it ordered you to pay?

raserfabi

Original amount on claim form was £106.06. Amount on judgement is now £258.95. Letter says I have 30 days to pay the judgement.

twhitehousescat

I received a letter again yesterday from the courts informing me that a judgement had been made against me because I had not replied to the claim form

correct , you did not reply to court claim , you sent money to gladrags

gladrags sent you a letter BEFORE claim for £160 , you dud not pay thid so gladrags ucurred extra costs to start court claim

at the minimum , there would have been £25 un court fees and maybe £50 in solicitor fees

dud your cheque include those?

raserfabi

That is what the claim form said to do?

DoaM

Claim form? Are you sure it wasn't a Letter Before Action that you responded to?

If you've paid on the basis of the instructions received (you still have this letter, yes?) then the claimant has filed a spurious claim without justification. IMHO you need to hit back at them ... HARD!

The difference in amounts being claimed doesn't make sense though ... a court claim wouldn't go from £106.06 to £258.95 ... sounds like it was:

£100.00 PCN?
£6.06 interest?
£60 debt recovery charge?
£92.89 claim filing and hearing/judgment fee?

The_Deep

Amount on judgement is now £258.95. Letter says I have 30 days to pay the judgement.

This is more than the law allows in contested cases, read this

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6014081/abuse-of-process-district-judge-tells-bwlegal

Write to the SRA complaining about this down market law firm.

https://www.sra.org.uk/

twhitehousescat

The_Deep wrote: »

Amount on judgement is now £258.95. Letter says I have 30 days to pay the judgement.

This is more than the law allows in contested cases, read this

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6014081/abuse-of-process-district-judge-tells-bwlegal

Write to the SRA complaining about this down market law firm.

https://www.sra.org.uk/

wasnt contested or heard by a judge tho

The_Deep

Which is why I included the word "contested".

twhitehousescat

its a default ccj , OP was offered chance to pay £160 (letter before claim) , he dud not , gladrags paid court fees , he did not enclose enough

ok asking for setaside , but what reason ? the court papers stated amount and he sent less ,

either way gladrags are £160 in there back pocket , one might ask , why was it not returned , why was it cashed

Half_way

To the unaware there is a huge amount of confusion as to what private parking charges actually are.
There is also a huge amount of confusion as to what can and can not be done at court, what a CCJ letter is, threats of CCJ's so called debt collectors and so on.
When all the above is taken into consideration, getting the right information to offer the correct advice can be extremely difficult to impossible




so lets start at the beginning......
Why did the vehicle get a parking charge notice in the first place?
Who's car park was it parked in?
How long did it take before the parking charge letter arrived?
was this followed by so called debt collection letters?
What were the letters that followed called, who sent them and on who's behalf?
Were any official court letters/documents received


You said you sent a cheque, has this been processed by the bank and has the money left your account?