Letter Before Claim - Gladstone Solicitors UK Car Park Management Limited

joem23

Was looking for some advice, am a resident in a block of flats and have parked in the residence where I live and am lease holder for and parked opposite my bay not blocking anyone else in or obstructing anyone, 

They Claim I owe £170 in debt, £35 court fee and £80 solicitors costs.

I have received a letter before claim and now have received a text message to my personal number also threatening about this.

Could anyone suggest what steps to take next 

Thanks,

Coupon-mad

Welcome!  What do you need to know that’s not answered by the 2nd post of the Newbies thread, all about pre-court LBC stage (and court claims)?

joem23

Coupon-mad said:

Welcome!  What do you need to know that’s not answered by the 2nd post of the Newbies thread, all about pre-court LBC stage (and court claims)?

Wanted to see if there was a template that i could send back to Gladstones that i could amend with my details. 

Redx

If there is a court fee of £35 it sounds like you have received a court claim , not an LBC

Show us as redacted picture of it , with issue date showing , but no personal details

Coupon-mad

joem23 said:

Coupon-mad said:

Welcome!  What do you need to know that’s not answered by the 2nd post of the Newbies thread, all about pre-court LBC stage (and court claims)?

Wanted to see if there was a template that i could send back to Gladstones that i could amend with my details. 

Yes, in the NEWBIES thread but you are sending a SAR to the PPC (full template example SAR wording is all there and isnt repeated on individual threads).

joem23

Redx said:

If there is a court fee of £35 it sounds like you have received a court claim , not an LBC

Show us as redacted picture of it , with issue date showing , but no personal details

Hi RedX 

it says estimated fixed solicitors costs 
and estimated court fee 

The letter is from Gladstone not a court letter

patient_dream

joem23 said:

Was looking for some advice, am a resident in a block of flats and have parked in the residence where I live and am lease holder for and parked opposite my bay not blocking anyone else in or obstructing anyone, 

They Claim I owe £170 in debt, £35 court fee and £80 solicitors costs.

I have received a letter before claim and now have received a text message to my personal number also threatening about this.

Could anyone suggest what steps to take next 

Thanks,

A letter before claim is NOT a court claim

Assume the ticket was £100 ....... they have added a fake £70 and the court fee should be £25 and solicitors costs £50 ... that's how it works.

Residential cases are not approved by judges and Gladstones know that

You must reply to a letter before claim
1: DENY ANY DEBT
2: Ask Gladstones for a full explanation of the amounts.  The most they can do is tell you rubbish

Just block them on your phone, you cannot be dealing with scammers

joem23

Hi, thanks for help so far this was the response - what shall i respond to this? 

Thank you for your email.

 

We are agreeable to placing the file on hold for 30 days from the date of this letter.

 

In respect of the amount, the charge sought is industry standard and is set at a rate so as to suitably satisfy our client's legitimate interest. In the case of ParkingEye v Beavis 2015 it was held that an £85.00 charge was neither extravagant nor unconscionable. The Accredited Trade Associations of which parking operators must be a member in order to apply for DVLA data prescribe a maximum charge of £100 and our client's charges are within this level.

 

The decision of the Supreme Court also made it clear that the charges are not penal nor do they have to be reflective of the parking operator's loss.  

 

The full sum of £170.00 is outstanding. Should we fail to receive a reply or payment in full within the time-frame above, our Client may elect to issue legal proceedings without furher notice.

KeithP

joem23 said:

 - what shall i respond to this? 

No response needed.

Prepare yourself for when that thirty days expires, and you receive a County Court Claim, by reading the second post of the NEWBIES thread.

joem23

KeithP said:

joem23 said:

 - what shall i respond to this? 

No response needed.

Prepare yourself for when that thirty days expires, and you receive a County Court Claim, by reading the second post of the NEWBIES thread.

This is the correct one the other your replied was cancelled by land owner.

From this part i sent off my n180 back in January and have heard nothing since then gladstone sent an email saying they will not be attending court. 

i spoke to MCOL helpline in january who stated after a certain amount of time with no response the claim would be void. i called back today to find that the case has been sent to local county court with a date set 

Le_Kirk

joem23 said:

KeithP said:

joem23 said:

 - what shall i respond to this? 

No response needed.

Prepare yourself for when that thirty days expires, and you receive a County Court Claim, by reading the second post of the NEWBIES thread.

This is the correct one the other your replied was cancelled by land owner.

From this part i sent off my n180 back in January and have heard nothing since then gladstone sent an email saying they will not be attending court. 

i spoke to MCOL helpline in january who stated after a certain amount of time with no response the claim would be void. i called back today to find that the case has been sent to local county court with a date set 

Nice of them to let you know!  What is the date they have set?  Have they agreed to send you the letter they should have sent you?