Napier Parking / Willen Lake Parking Ticket - Court Claim

[Deleted User]

Hi all,

I would be grateful for advice on a court claim I’ve received for a parking ticket I was issued in February 2020. I have read the ‘Newbies Thread’ and have read other forum posts regarding this issue and can see that there’s some very knowledgeable people here that has provided great advice.

Essentially, I paid for a ticket at the Napier Carpark at Willen Lake for an hr and was late back to my car by 16mins. This was due to an injury a friend received whilst we were playing football at local football courts that we had hired out from a company on site – and one that we do so weekly. My instinct – perhaps wrongly – was to ignore all communication from Napier and subsequently their solicitors BW Legal. I eventually received a Claim Form at the start of this month, which I have responded to stating my intent to defend the full claim, but admittedly I provided barely a fraction of the detail provided on the templates in the Newbies forum.

Up until this point, I haven’t made contact with either Napier Parking or BW Legal, nor have I got in touch with the Landowner regarding this issue. Following the advice I’ve read on the Newbies Thread, I sent emails to all three today; the first to Napier requesting a SAR, the second to BW Legal advising that I deny the debt and have sent your client a SAR, and a third to the Landowner complaining about the parking ticket. I appreciate that this may be acting after the horse has bolted, but I'm determined to try and get on top of this going forward following the advice found on here.

I have just completed the Directions questionnaire and will send a copy of this to Napier Parking as specified on the form. With all of this… my question at this point is whether there’s any other action that I can/should be taking at this point, whether there’s any action I shouldn’t take, and whether I really have any leg to stand on? I know that 16mins is pushing it with the grace period, but it bothers me that I regularly park at this site, paid for a ticket and was caught out so quickly.

Thanks all.

Redx

If you have a court claim pack from the CCBC in Northampton , what is the issue date from the claim form ?

What date was the AOS received by the CCBC ?

Login and check , tell us exactly what it says

The defence is next , not the DQ , do not do the DQ yet

Post a copy of the draft defence below , but only post the adapted paragraphs from the coupon mad template , not the rest

Slow down , stop rushing , it's a marathon , not a sprint

If you have stupidly filled in the defence box online , post that below ,so we can see how poor it is !!

KeithP

@Redx, from what I've read the OP has already filed a Defence and is heading towards filing a Directions Questionnaire.

OP, please show us the Defence that you have filed - word for word.

Redx

Fools rush in ............ Etc

Too late to change it then

Appalling !!

Le_Kirk

My reading of the OP is that the defence was filed on line using MCOL and the box in which no one should put "anything not even a full stop!"

Redx

Le_Kirk said:

My reading of the OP is that the defence was filed on line using MCOL and the box in which no one should put "anything not even a full stop!"

So nothing we can assist them with at this time !!

Coupon-mad

The OP needs to show us the exact defence filed, word for word.

nosferatu1001

Which I bet they don't have, and won't think that they know someone who does have it - the ccbc. They just need to call up. 

[Deleted User]

Hi all, thank you for coming back to me so quickly. I really appreciate it, and I apologise for the amateurish way I have gone about things so far. Admittedly there was a bit of panic when I received the Claim Form from the CCBC, and just wanted it responded to. If I've irretrievably screwed this for myself, do let me know.

Le_Kirk is right in that I responded to the claim online on MCOL. I responded in the 'Defence' box. Apologies in advance for this, but here is the 'defence'..

Paid for parking - barely late due to injury of a
friend playing football at local pitch - actually walked past
parking attendant who had specifically checked on my car and was
walking away from car park. Egregious fine amount. Dispute that Napier require
compensating £100.

Le_Kirk

You will have to try to recover this with a well written witness statement when the time comes.  Might be worth getting a witness statement (in writing) from the person you were helping.  This is an example of vicissitude (ask Auntie Google).

[Deleted User]

Thanks Le_Kirk, I'll get on this when the time comes. In the meantime, I've had a couple of threads regarding the DQ - is my understanding correct that I should say no to mediation?