Need help checking my Defence for a County Court PCN

Redx

Premier Park ltd may well go to a hearing , no idea why you think it may be dismissed , that would be very unusual

It may be discontinued , as mentioned above

Montarivo

Redx said:

Premier Park ltd may well go to a hearing , no idea why you think it may be dismissed , that would be very unusual

It may be discontinued , as mentioned above

I was only hoping!

Ok I'll get ready to prepare an excellent witness statement then.

Montarivo

Le_Kirk said:

But since you will be submitting the whole of the template defence along with your two (or more) modified paragraphs, you do not need to include this again.
If a parking company has taken the trouble and paid the filing fee to instigate a claim against you, it would be foolish to presume they will then not continue to a hearing.  Some cases are discontinued when the claimant sees a well crafted defence and witness statement which might lead them to believe they would lose a hearing but safer to assume it will go all the way.

I see what you mean - I've now removed the "have vague/hidden terms, a mix of small font" from the paragraph, but kept the remaining points of "The signs within the car park are also small, are positioned above a wall above eye-level, and are beneath a row of trees that diminish the already weak lighting conditions." as these are not mentioned further in the Defence template.

Also just to mention, I am a full-time postgraduate student and so have no income to pay the fees even if I thought I was liable for them. Do you think the Judge would take this into consideration when making a judegment?

Thanks again for all your help.

Redx

The ability to pay or not won't enter into it

A loss in court is typically about £200 , with one month to pay in full

Failure to pay in full will result in a CCJ for 6 years , trashing your credit rating

The claimant can then Pay for enforcement by the court , effectively Bailiffs or other options , look them up on MCOL , adding the charges to the judgment total

So the judge leaves it to the enforcement procedures subsequent to the judgment , giving a month to pay to avoid enforcement and to avoid credit rating issues which affects loans mobile phone contracts etc

The justice system is procedural and procedures will be followed , it's based on who owes who what , not their bank balance. It would be discrimination to only sue rich people !!

It's serious stuff !!

Coupon-mad

Also just to mention, I am a full-time postgraduate student and so have no income to pay the fees even if I thought I was liable for them. Do you think the Judge would take this into consideration when making a judgment ?

No.  Nothing to do with it, so set out to be confident about why as a matter of contract law, you are not liable (unclear tiny signs is the most common defence and is a good thing to show, with evidence at WS stage).