VCS Claim for old parking charge (after winning in Court)

D_P_Dance

You cannot threaten a counterclaim.

Why not?

nosferatu1001

Because
- theyve already got a claim and so have a deadline
- they wont have time to communicate with a PPC, giving them the min 14 days notice to deal with a LBC
They have a choice of counterclaiming or not. 

D_P_Dance

That does not mean that you cannot still threaten them with one.  

https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/threaten

Whilst I appreciate that you mean well, you are not being entirely accurate.  

nosferatu1001

OK
It is technically possible to threaten them with a counterclaim
It is, however, almost certainly a waste of time and effort that is better put to actually, you know, filing a counterclaim. 
I tend to cut through the useless, pointless actions and go straight for what might actually have an effect. 

D_P_Dance

It is technically possible to threaten them with a counterclaim

Thank you

It is, however, almost certainly a waste of time and effort

I have more than enough of both

I tend to cut through the useless, pointless actions and go straight for what might actually have an effect. 

I tend to query misleading statements

nosferatu1001

You might. Does the OP? When theyre up against a deadline? 
OP - do or do not. Dont threaten. We have seen 1 instance to my knowledge where a threat of a claim or counterclaim has produced any results. 

Coupon-mad

RoyalBlue82 said:

I will do exactly that today (threaten counter claim) and AOS.

Re: counter claim. Would I have to pay to launch one and do you know how much time is involved in doing so? E.g. is it similar to the time invested in defending my case?

Google tells you the fees for court claims in the small claims track!  A typical £900 counter claim, such as a couple of cass currently in progress through the courts against a well-known parking firm (cases that I am aware of) costs just £60 and you simply add the counterclaim words under the defence words...

KeithP

RoyalBlue82 said:

KeithP said:

What is the Issue Date on your County Court Claim Form?

It's 2nd June 2020.

With a Claim Issue Date of 2nd June, you have until Monday 22nd June to file an Acknowledgment of Service, but there is nothing to be gained by delaying it. 

To file an AoS, follow the guidance in the Dropbox file linked from the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Having filed an AoS, you have until 4pm on Monday 6th July 2020 to file your Defence.

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

To create and file a Defence, look again at the second post on the NEWBIES thread - immediately following where you found the Acknowledgment of Service instructions.

Don't miss the deadline for filing an Acknowledgment of Service, nor that for filing a Defence.

RoyalBlue82

Appreciate the advice, I will star writing up my defence. I'd never actually heard of the term estoppel until mentioned on here,so you've saved us a fair bit of anxiety! 

Coupon-mad

OK, and use the forum template defence as your base.