Which Solicitor?

Galloglass

Trying to work out which firm of Solicitors are generating the most Default CCJs / Set Asides so need to update a list I have. Each claim number is 8 digits long. The first character is the year of the claim (C is 2016) and the 3/4th characters are the solicitors - HW for SCS Law. ParkingEye who have in-house solicitors use FC and Civil Enforcement GM.

If you have others, could you update this thread with the answer. Looking for AT, DP, GF, HM, KF and QZ. GF is Gladstones but want to check.

Galloglass

To quote a certain Mr Raab

It is inevitable that, sometimes, people are unaware that they are subject to a County Court judgment, but there is concern that in some cases this may be happening because creditors deliberately use addresses for debtors that they know to be old. This deprives debtors the chance to defend the claim and having to suffer the consequences of possible enforcement as creditors use this as leverage for future debt recovery.

https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/default-county-court-judgments-2/supporting_documents/defaultcountycourtjudgmentsconsultation.pdf

Grizebeck

Galloglass said:

Trying to work out which firm of Solicitors are generating the most Default CCJs / Set Asides so need to update a list I have. Each claim number is 8 digits long. The first character is the year of the claim (C is 2016) and the 3/4th characters are the solicitors - HW for SCS Law. ParkingEye who have in-house solicitors use FC and Civil Enforcement GM.

If you have others, could you update this thread with the answer. Looking for AT, DP, GF, HM, KF and QZ. GF is Gladstones but want to check.

Do you mean the most Default CCJs as a percentage of the number of claims issued or just as a total number

Coupon-mad

I have these:

Parking Eye = FCCivil Enforcement = GM

Gladstones = GF

BW Legal = DP

DCB Legal = KF

SCS Law = HW

QDR = HM

The 3rd and 4th letters of the claim number identify the legal firm, or in-house legal team.

I've previously tried and was refused by the MoJ, a FOI to find out claim and default CCJ numbers by those claim codes.

ParkingMad

Also
Excel / VCS = QZ

The MOJ publishes quarterly statistics on the number of claims issued and the number of default judgments. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2022

It says approximately 90% of claims result in a default judgment. 

Galloglass

Is QZ them using their in-house team?

Approximately 90% of claims result in a default judgment. 

There is information from the Roboclaimers' trade association that it's 85% for MoneyClaim (misc contracts) and 95%-98% for financial issues where there would be a signed agreement. They basically argue that its not their fault as they are really nice people and wished people would talk them more.

Something to read as this is likely to come up during the proposed consultation

https://www.ccua.org.uk/uploads/consultations/109/PAP-Article-Jan-2022.pdf

ParkingMad

 Galloglass said:

Is QZ them using their in-house team?

Yes I believe so.

The MOJ figure of approximately 90% default judgments was for all small claims, not just for parking claims. 

Coupon-mad

Galloglass said:

Is QZ them using their in-house team?

Approximately 90% of claims result in a default judgment. 

There is information from the Roboclaimers' trade association that it's 85% for MoneyClaim (misc contracts) and 95%-98% for financial issues where there would be a signed agreement. They basically argue that its not their fault as they are really nice people and wished people would talk them more.

Something to read as this is likely to come up during the proposed consultation

https://www.ccua.org.uk/uploads/consultations/109/PAP-Article-Jan-2022.pdf

Wow, with those anti consumer views, one might be forgiven for thinking that author has an apt first name...

Umkomaas

Galloglass said:

Is QZ them using their in-house team?

Approximately 90% of claims result in a default judgment. 

There is information from the Roboclaimers' trade association that it's 85% for MoneyClaim (misc contracts) and 95%-98% for financial issues where there would be a signed agreement. They basically argue that its not their fault as they are really nice people and wished people would talk them more.

Something to read as this is likely to come up during the proposed consultation

https://www.ccua.org.uk/uploads/consultations/109/PAP-Article-Jan-2022.pdf

The creditor is almost always doing everything possible to engage. Why? They want to be paid. They are communicating with a view to achieving that. The difficult part is encouraging the debtor to respond. They often don’t for a variety of reasons, inability to pay, embarrassment, fear, whatever. If and when they do engage, they are usually pleasantly surprised. They find that most creditors are realists. They don’t want to demand unrealistic repayments which will never be maintained, any more than they want to waste their time and money on pointless and inappropriate legal action which will achieve nothing.

None of that fits any profile of any private parking firm!

Galloglass

For what it's worth, numbers from Courtserve for the last 30 days say

All Claims / of which Set Asides / %
Gladstones / 362 / 98 / 27%
DCB Legal / 290 / 107 / 37%
BW Legal / 179 / 29 / 16%
(QZ*) / 139 /  31 / 22%
Civil Enforcement / 86 / 31 / 36 %  

*VCS and others. Also come through DCBL

Average SA rate for same period is 29%

Umkomaas

Almost 300 set asides in just one month, and I'd guess that most are private parking related. Just how many more are hiding in the shadows?  Shocking!

Thank you for this interesting data @Galloglass.