Country Court Business Centre ...Claim form, please help!

nicola_green78

I have an autistic son and the old doctors practise we used had no real parking, there was a temple parking next door, no temple in site, from memory there may have been a vague sign saying no parking or something of that nature. Now i know its not their problem but i would have missed my sons GP appointment had i not parked there, i would have happily given someone even a tenner i was so stressed out at the time.
Now as per advice here i ignored the unreasonable inflated parking fine demands and have now go this.
I would like to know how can i fight this online, what is my first step? I read some examples on the newbie forums but how do i register with MCOL? is there a weblink? 
I will post the essential parts of what i  have been sent by the "County Court"
Many thanks in advance for your kind help.

Claim form, Claim NO G6GM6XXX

Civil Enforcement Limited

Horton House 

Liverpool

L2 3PF

Court Address 

County Court Business Centre

4th Floor St Katherine's House

Northampton

NN1 2LH

Particulars of Claim:

Claims to monies relating to a Parking Charge for parking in a private car park managed by claimant in breach of the terms and conditions.

Drivers are allowed to park in accordance of the T +Cs of use. ANPR cameras and or manual patrols are used to monitor vehicles entering and exiting the site.

Debt and Damages claimed sum of 170.00

Violation date 12/03/2019

Time in 16:22

Time out 16:45

Total Due 170.00

The claimant claims the sum of 182.07 for relating to a parking charge per above including 12.07 interest to S.69 of county courts act 1984 Rate 8.00 pa from dates above to 

30/01/20

Same rate to judgement or (sooner) payment 

Daily rate to judgement 0.04

Total debt and interest due 182.07

Amount Claimed 182.07

Court Fee 25.00

Legal Representative Costs 50.00

Total amount 257.07

Signed S Wilson, Head of Legal Department

Le_Kirk

You need a Government Gateway account to use MCOL, the one you use for HMRC purposes.  There is a walk-through for AoS if you follow the drop box link in the NEWBIE sticky in what used to be post # 2, now it is just the second post in the thread.

1505grandad

What is the issue date of the claim form?

nicola_green78

thanks le kirk, i have found that...thanks

1505 grandad, the issue date  31 jan 2020

KeithP

nicola_green78 said:

the issue date  31 jan 2020

With a Claim Issue Date of 31st January, you have until Wednesday 19th February to file an Acknowledgement of Service, but there is nothing to be gained by delaying it. To file an AoS, follow the guidance offered in a Dropbox file linked from post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822/newbies-private-parking-ticket-old-or-new-read-these-faqs-first-thankyou 

About ten minutes work - no thinking required.

Having filed an AoS, you have until 4pm on Wednesday 4th March 2020 to file your Defence.

That's over three weeks away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence, but please don't leave it to the last minute.

When you are happy with the content, your Defence could be filed via email as suggested 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. No need to do anything on MCOL, but do check it after a few days to see if the Claim is marked "defence received". If not, chase the CCBC until it is.
   
   After filing your Defence, there is more to do...
   
   
7. Do not be surprised to receive an early copy of the Claimant's Directions Questionnaire. Nothing of interest there. Just file it.
   
8. Wait for your own Directions Questionnaire from the CCBC, or download one from the internet - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/form-n180-directions-questionnaire-small-claims-track , and then complete it as described by bargepole in his 'what happens when' post linked from post #2 of he NEWBIES thread - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/64350585#Comment_64350585
   
9. The completed DQ should be returned by email to the CCBC to the same address and in the same way as your Defence was filed earlier.
   
10. Send a copy of your completed DQ to the Claimant - to their address on your Claim Form.

nicola_green78

Thanks, 
I will post my defence here once I reach that stage. Thanks all for help so far. Very much appreciated. 

nosferatu1001

Remember you wil not get reminded of your deadline. 
Have you acknowledged online yet?

D_P_Dance

there may have been a vague sign saying no parking or something of that nature. 

In matters such as this accuracy is a sine qua non.

Nine times out of ten these tickets are scams, so consider complaining to your MP, it can cause the scammer extra costs and work, and has been known to get the charge cancelled.

Parliament is well aware of the MO of these private parking companies, many of whom are former clampers, and on 15th March 2019 a Bill was enacted to curb the excesses of these shysters. Codes of Practice are being drawn up, an independent appeals service will be set up, and access to the DVLA's date base more rigorously policed, persistent offenders denied access to the DVLA database and unable to operate.

Hopefully life will become impossible for the worst of these scammers, but until this is done you should still complain to your MP, citing the new legislation.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/8/contents/enacted

Just as the clampers were finally closed down, so hopefully will many of these Private Parking Companies.

nicola_green78

nosferatu1001,
yep i have done so.
Now i am working on a defence. Now there was a sign there saying no parking but other than that i don't remember much, 
i will read what others have wrote and see if i can tailor it to my predicament.

nicola_green78

Hello everyone here, 
i have now received a Directions Questionnaire from the CCBC, i tried to follow the link KeithP posted but it does not mention the DQ. can anyone help me as to how i should go about filing this...should i ask for the court tom be my local one in wolverhampton? with coronovirus, will the courts even be open? 
thanks in advance.

Coupon-mad

You just need to read the NEWBIES thread post #2 again.  It answers both questions.