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Private parking transferred to GCTT certificated enforcement agents (bailiffs)

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  • grandanat
    grandanat Posts: 24 Forumite
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    edited 18 July 2023 at 7:01PM
    KeithPB789: Thank you both for your reply, 
    I did see that there is an option to send the defence by email, but I don't have the email.
    I've sent it by post, 2nd class, yesterday 17th.

    Does anyone know the email address for the Northampton court?, I did not find it anywhere.
  • Fruitcake
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    It's not a court, it's a business centre. 

    The email address is in the second post of the template defence thread.
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  • B789
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    grandanat said:
    Thank you both for reply,
    I did see that there is a option to send the defence by email, but I don't have the email.
    I've send it by post, 2nd class, yesterday 17th.

    Does anyone know the email address for the Northampton court?, I did not find it anywhere.
    But did you get PROOF of POSTING? You would not be the first gullible victim to receive a default CCJ because their defence was "lost in the post".

    I would suggest that you email your defence as a pdf attachment to ccbcac@justice.gov.uk as advised in the Newbies/FAQ thread.
  • KeithP
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    edited 18 July 2023 at 7:06PM
    grandanat said:
    I did see that there is a option to send the defence by email, but I don't have the email.

    Does anyone know the email address for the Northampton court?, I did not find it anywhere.
    The opening post of the Template Defence thread has that information.

    grandanat said:
    I've send it by post, 2nd class, yesterday 17th.
    The Royal Mail website suggests...

    Best keep your fingers crossed it arrives tomorrow, or as I said earlier, send it again now by email and get the certainty you need.
  • Coupon-mad
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    edited 18 July 2023 at 7:59PM
    Second class post for something vital & VERY URGENT that could easily cost you close to £300?!

    YOUR DEFENCE IS NOT GOING TO BE LODGED IN TIME.

    You cannot leave it like this.  You are flirting with a CCJ by the end of the week.

    Email a signed & dated PDF version first thing in the morning at 9am, as the Template Defence thread tells you!  

    Make sure you get an auto-acknowledgement.

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  • grandanat said:
    Hi - sorry to bother you - just wondered if you ended up having to pay this as we’ve had a letter from “ZZPS” saying we owe £170 and, like you, missed the original “parking charge notice”?  Thanks.
    I got a court claim and I'm just preparing my defence
    Hi - I’ve only just seen your reply.  Sorry for your trouble.  Have you managed to sort it?
  • hitman126
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    grandanat said:
    Does my defence looks ok? 

    2. It is admitted that the Defendant was the registered keeper of the vehicle in question.

    3. The Driver was a patron at Dunelm and B&Q stores within the retail park and did shopping there, and therefore a genuine customer who remained on site throughout their visit. 

    4. The Defendant avers that the parking signage in this matter was not enforcing any limit duration during the day hours and the duration limit applies only between 22:30 and 6:60, and no consideration flowed between the driver and the Claimant. The retail park is known as free parking and inadequate signage and lack of clear indication when the duration limit applies, which I believe makes this a potentially predatory situation.

    5. The Defendant avers that the Claimant failed to serve a Notice to Keeper compliant with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Consequently, the claimant cannot transfer liability for this charge to the Defendant as keeper of the vehicle.

    6. The Particulars of Claim ('POC') appear to be in breach of CPR 16.4, 16PD3 and 16PD7, and fail to "state all facts necessary for the purpose of formulating a complete cause of action”

    7. The POC are entirely inadequate, in that they fail to particularise (a) the contractual term(s) relied upon; (b) the specifics of any alleged breach of contract; and (c) how the purported and unspecified 'damages' arose and the breakdown of the exaggerated quantum. 

    8. The Defendant is unable, on the basis of the POC, to understand with certainty what case is being pursued.

    9. The claim has been issued via Money Claims Online and, as a result, is subject to a character limit for the Particulars of Claim section of the Claim Form.  The fact that generic wording appears to have been applied has obstructed any semblance of clarity.  The Defendant trusts that the court will agree that a claim pleaded in such generic terms lacks the required details and requires proper particularisation in a detailed document within 14 days, per 16PD.3

    10. The guidance for completing Money Claims Online confirms this and clearly states: "If you do not have enough space to explain your claim online and you need to serve extra, more detailed particulars on the defendant, tick the box that appears after the statement 'you may also send detailed particulars direct to the defendant.'"

    11. No further particulars have been filed and to the Defendant's knowledge, no application asking the court service for more time to serve and/or relief from sanctions has been filed either.

    12. In view of it having been entirely within the Claimant's Solicitors' gift to properly plead the claim at the outset and the claim being for a sum, well within the small claims limit, such that the Defendant considers it disproportionate and at odds with the overriding objective (in the context of a failure by the Claimant to properly comply with rules and practice directions) for a Judge to throw the erring Claimant a lifeline by ordering further particulars (to which a further defence might be filed, followed by further referral to a Judge for directions and allocation) the court is respectfully invited to strike this claim out.

    13. The facts in this defence come from the Defendant's own knowledge and honest belief.  To pre-empt the usual template responses from this serial litigator: the court process is outside of the Defendant's life experience and they cannot be criticised for adapting some pre-written wording from a reliable advice resource. The Claimant is urged not to patronise the Defendant with (ironically template) unfounded accusations of not understanding their defence.

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    Paragraph 5 onwards are copy-paste from template and other defences



    Will this be the Dunelm and B&Q stores at Croydon's Valley Retail Park by any chance, would it? The imbeciles issued me too with a PCN at that park some days ago, much to my amusement.
  • I'm not sure where to start on this as it might sound a bit confusing. I have been driving my sons car while he has been away for the past few months.  The other day, I accidently opened his post and saw that it was a reminder from QDR solicitors for a parking charge notice, for parking in a disabled bay without displaying a blue badge (I am a blue badge holder), in a retail park on 28 Nov 23.  I checked the date of the parking charge notice and I know that it was me who parked there that day, however, I never had any parking charge notice stuck on my windscreen, otherwise I would have either paid or disputed.  Now it turns out after opening my sons letters (with his permission) that I have had a reminder from GCTT and QDR solicitors, but because my son is the registered owner and keeper, the letters have been sent to him.  They now say he owes (or I owe) £170! GCTT letter is worded exactly the same as above (to grandanat).  I can't get through to any of them. UK parking control dont answer and the number for GCTT is invalid (01932 239193).  Can anyone give me any advice please?
  • nopcns
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    Gizzy01 said:

    I'm not sure where to start on this as it might sound a bit confusing. I have been driving my son's car while he has been away for the past few months.  The other day, I accidently opened his post and saw that it was a reminder from QDR solicitors for a parking charge notice, for parking in a disabled bay without displaying a blue badge (I am a blue badge holder), in a retail park on 28 Nov 23.  I checked the date of the parking charge notice and I know that it was me who parked there that day, however, I never had any parking charge notice stuck on my windscreen, otherwise I would have either paid or disputed.  Now it turns out after opening my sons letters (with his permission) that I have had a reminder from GCTT and QDR solicitors, but because my son is the registered owner and keeper, the letters have been sent to him.  They now say he owes (or I owe) £170! GCTT letter is worded exactly the same as above (to grandanat).  I can't get through to any of them. UK parking control dont answer and the number for GCTT is invalid (01932 239193).  Can anyone give me any advice please?
    @Gizzy01, please start your own thread if you want advice. Also, please read the Newbies/FAQ thread for detailed advice on what you should be doing and what you should be ignoring.
  • patient_dream
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    Gizzy01 said:
    I'm not sure where to start on this as it might sound a bit confusing. I have been driving my sons car while he has been away for the past few months.  The other day, I accidently opened his post and saw that it was a reminder from QDR solicitors for a parking charge notice, for parking in a disabled bay without displaying a blue badge (I am a blue badge holder), in a retail park on 28 Nov 23.  I checked the date of the parking charge notice and I know that it was me who parked there that day, however, I never had any parking charge notice stuck on my windscreen, otherwise I would have either paid or disputed.  Now it turns out after opening my sons letters (with his permission) that I have had a reminder from GCTT and QDR solicitors, but because my son is the registered owner and keeper, the letters have been sent to him.  They now say he owes (or I owe) £170! GCTT letter is worded exactly the same as above (to grandanat).  I can't get through to any of them. UK parking control dont answer and the number for GCTT is invalid (01932 239193).  Can anyone give me any advice please?
    Firstly, you must start your own thread for further help

    The QDR letter can be ignored.   ZZPS CANNOT INSTRUCT THEM as they are only money scammers known as THE OSNER SCAM >>>>>> QDR LIE

    All this rubbish about asking the court to make you pay is just cloud dreaming.   
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