CCJ from Excel Parking

Redx

A SAR to the DPO at Excel will get you copies of any documentation , ditto with any other firm , due to GDPR

Coupon-mad

A set aside with consent does NOT involve paying the PCN sum or admitting liability for it. 

You don't pay (nor offer to pay) anything except the £100 court fee if they agree to consent to your application.  You need to email Excel now (not BW poxy Legal) and tell them what's in it for them - less costs, and clearly they took no steps to check a 2016 address was still valid two years later.

Jabley

Thanks, good shout. I have just emailed Excel to request all documents related to the matter. I tried contacting the DVLA to confirm the date I updated the logbook, but no surprise they're not responding to non-urgent enquiries.

Jabley

@Coupon-mad, so you're advising I go for set aside with consent? Would it improve my chances? I suppose if it's guaranteed to be set-aside if Excel agree it would, but it would still have to go to a hearing though? Would my chances with the judge be reduced if it's by consent? I've read here it can look as a way to pay myself out of the CCJ.

Redx

Jabley said:

Thanks, good shout. I have just emailed Excel to request all documents related to the matter.

I hope you attached proof of I D under the GDPR , otherwise your SAR will be rejected

KeithP

Jabley said:

I tried contacting the DVLA to confirm the date I updated the logbook...

You can find that date on the logbook (V5c) itself.
At the bottom of the second page, under the heading Official use only, there is an entry called Doc. Ref. No.
Following an eleven digit number there is a date shown in the format dd mm yy.

Jabley

@Redx, noted and sent them a copy of my passport. @KeithP, I don't own the car anymore which may make this difficult, as I have no documents in relation to it anymore.

Coupon-mad

you're advising I go for set aside with consent? Would it improve my chances? I suppose if it's guaranteed to be set-aside if Excel agree it would, but it would still have to go to a hearing though?

No it wouldn't have a hearing.  This is explained in the NEWBIES thread, in the CCJ set aside section.

henrik777

It is always better to ask for consent.

1. It's easier, but not guaranteed, if consented.
2. Without even asking gives them a chance to run away whilst you have no chance of getting costs when they say "They should've asked and we'd have agreed but as they didn't ask the costs were their own fault so we shouldn't pay".

D_P_Dance

As this was back in 2016 and I was uneducated on the litigious nature of parking firms, I was following pre-Beavis advice of "ignore".

Any such adfvice would have been wrong.  You ignore court papers ay your peril.