CCJ - applied for, letter from company received. What do I do next?

aoc45 · 28 February 2020 at 8:32PM

So I have just applied to have my CCJ set aside for a parking fine sent to an old address, I moved out a while ago. I sent my N244 application to the courts with my defence and dates to prove along with my new address. The date of offence was about a month or two before I changed my address with the DVLA (wasn't 100% sure I would be living where I am)
After a couple of weeks I received nothing from the courts, I phoned them and they said unless you email them to notify them they will always send correspondence to the address on the judgement.
Since then I have received a letter from "Civil Enfor*****" stating the following:

"We refer to your application to set aside a judgement which hs been forqarded to us by the country court business centre.
We note your grounds for setting aside judgment, which state that you had moved adddress before the violation occured. We were provided with your registered address by the DVLA following the date of the violation. As you may be aware, it is an offence (punishable with a fine up to £1000) to fail to promptly notify the DVLA of a change of address.
As you do not deny being the registered keeper at the time of the violation and because you have not shown any grounds in your application that you have any reasonable prospects of defending the claim, it is our position that your application to set aside judgment will be refused. Even if the application is granted, it is our intention to porceed with the claim against you.

However, bearing in mind this process can take time and will incur unneccesary costs for both parties, we will consent to setting aside judgment (to support your application) and to discontinue the claim against you, if you agree to pay the original £60.00 parking charge plus the administration costs and fees we have incurred in trying tor ecover payment of the pcn, limited £25.00, making a total of £85.00 each party will bear its own costs of this applcation. Upon receiving payment, we will provide you with a draft order confirming the above, to file with court in support of your application.

(insert payment details below)*
Yours faithfully,
...."

Are these scare tactics or should I just pay the £85 to put it to bed?
If I pay the £85 will the CCJ dissappear?

Thank you

[Deleted User] · 28 February 2020 at 8:39PM

Sounds a good offer.

aoc45 · 28 February 2020 at 8:47PM

Deleted_User said:

Sounds a good offer.

Does that mean if i pay it's the quickest option to getting rid of it?

[Deleted User] · 28 February 2020 at 8:58PM

Yes. The alternative is to try to fight the original ticket. You can get advice on that on the motoring board, but if the CCJ is granted, it would be very hard to get it overturned.