Old Claim Form for unpaid PCN for incident over 3 years ago

Troublesum1

KeithP said:

In my post on your thread on 25 January at 4:51PM I wrote...

KeithP said:

Don't forget that checklist you were following. It has guidance about the next steps.

Why not continue to follow the guidance in that checklist you were using earlier?

Here again are items 9 and 10 from that list...

Shoot, I knew I had a checklist somewhere sorry my head is scrambled. Thank you very much!

Coupon-mad

It doesn't go to Spring Parking.

Troublesum1

Coupon-mad said:

It doesn't go to Spring Parking.

No? Why not? They don't appear to have a solicitor on the notice I've received

Coupon-mad

Did they file their own claim? Wow!  Unusual for a small fry PPC with no legal department.

If so, I take it back.

I'm surprised because the POC you quoted in your first post contains this classic line which is DCBLegal-speak:

"The driver agreed to pay within 28 days but did not".

Troublesum1

Coupon-mad said:

Did they file their own claim? Wow!  Unusual for a small fry PPC with no legal department.

If so, I take it back.

I'm surprised because the POC you quoted in your first post contains this classic line which is DCBLegal-speak:

"The driver agreed to pay within 28 days but did not".

No you are very correct. I just dug up the claim form and it is indeed DCB Legal they have got as their solicitors for this claim. Thank you very much for pointing that out, will send them over the DQ now!

Troublesum1

Hello All,

So I have a few developments here. I have now been given a court date of 15th November 2023. I have also received a letter, dated 2 days after the date of the letter from court, from the Claimant's legal team where they suggest they may be prepared to make an offer to settle the matter. I assume this is standard procedure and that I'm probably best off ignoring it.

More importantly I believe, I now feel I have a stronger avenue of defence against this claim than the original defence I sent. My original defence was centered around the lack of professionalism from the Claimant but I believe arguing "primacy of contract" of my tenancy agreement is a stronger defence - is there anyway to update my defence? I don't think the defences are ultimately contradictory. Thank you all

Coupon-mad

You will be updating your defence when you do your WS & evidence bundle anyway.  The hearing Order tells you your deadline on page two; maybe it's 14 or 21 days beforehand?

And around that time, DCB Legal will discontinue, so there won't be any hearing.

You will win.

And while your case is quiet this Summer, we sincerely hope that you are au fait with the need to respond to the private parking draft Impact Assessment this month?

You want to help us change the law?

To be clear, we are nearly there; it's not a petition or some weak campaign, it's a final push on a law already passed, to cap the £PCN levels and ban the fake DRA fees.

The Government has a Call for Evidence open right now.

We are also wanting photos of unmanaged car parks, Hospital car park signs near you that show £50 or £60 as the deterrent, and Aldi, Asda, Tesco or Sainsburys £70 signs please.

All discussed here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6463361/dluhc-private-parking-code-government-launches-call-for-evidence-discussion-thread/p6

We need photo evidence of low or no deterrent car parks near you, please!

And those with broken or missing signs.

Troublesum1

Coupon-mad said:

You will be updating your defence when you do your WS & evidence bundle anyway.  The hearing Order tells you your deadline on page two; maybe it's 14 or 21 days beforehand?

And around that time, DCB Legal will discontinue, so there won't be any hearing.

You will win.

And while your case is quiet this Summer, we sincerely hope that you are au fait with the need to respond to the private parking draft Impact Assessment this month?

You want to help us change the law?

To be clear, we are nearly there; it's not a petition or some weak campaign, it's a final push on a law already passed, to cap the £PCN levels and ban the fake DRA fees.

The Government has a Call for Evidence open right now.

We are also wanting photos of unmanaged car parks, Hospital car park signs near you that show £50 or £60 as the deterrent, and Aldi, Asda, Tesco or Sainsburys £70 signs please.

All discussed here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6463361/dluhc-private-parking-code-government-launches-call-for-evidence-discussion-thread/p6

We need photo evidence of low or no deterrent car parks please!

And those with broken of missing signs.

Thank you coupon - it says you must deliver to every other party and to the court office copies of all documents on which you intend to rely at the hearing no later than 14 days before the hearing. So does that mean 14 days? And in this case should I bother updating my defence and doing my WS at all? Or should I just wait for them to discontinue?

I am very happy to be involved in the push I have bookmarked the thread and I will be keeping a look out for nearby signs.

YankeeBrit

If it gives you 14 days and they haven't discontinued by then... of course you have to do a WS and submit it within the timeframe. Just do your WS and wait for the discontinuation.

Troublesum1

I just got a call from DCB Legal, I humoured them without any real intention of taking a deal, the started at £200 (from my apparent £298 bill) and went down to £100. I rejected, they said the offer is on the table for 7 days. Kind of wish I didn't humour them at all so they'd just discontinue. Silly of me. Anyway after just submitting the WS for my other PCNs I will now turn my attention to building the WS for this case!