£3000 County Court Claim from Park Direct UK

CluelessDefendant

KeithP said:

Please tell us the Issue Date on your County Court Claim Form.

17 January, haven't had the time to actually sit down and deal with it as I didn't think they'd actually take me to court and was busy with work  

KeithP

CluelessDefendant said:

KeithP said:

Please tell us the Issue Date on your County Court Claim Form.

17 January, haven't had the time to actually sit down and deal with it as I didn't think they'd actually take me to court and was busy with work  

CluelessDefendant said:

Le_Kirk said:

Start with the NEWBIE sticky, read up about how to process the AoS to buy yourself the maximum time to compile a defence, then read a) the standard defence template and b) some "own space" defences.

I've already done the AoS, I done that on the 30th, I was busy with work so now I have until next tuesday to put a defence together as that would be my 28th day if I'm not wrong

You are mistaken. You have more time than you think.

With a Claim Issue Date of 17th January, and having filed an Acknowledgment of Service in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Monday 20th February 2023 to file your Defence.

That's two weeks away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence, but please don't leave it to the last minute.

To create a Defence, and then file a Defence by email, look at the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Don't miss the deadline for filing a Defence.

Do not try and file a Defence via the MoneyClaimOnline website. Once an Acknowledgment of Service has been filed, the MCOL website should be treated as 'read only'.

CluelessDefendant

KeithP said:

CluelessDefendant said:

KeithP said:

Please tell us the Issue Date on your County Court Claim Form.

17 January, haven't had the time to actually sit down and deal with it as I didn't think they'd actually take me to court and was busy with work  

CluelessDefendant said:

Le_Kirk said:

Start with the NEWBIE sticky, read up about how to process the AoS to buy yourself the maximum time to compile a defence, then read a) the standard defence template and b) some "own space" defences.

I've already done the AoS, I done that on the 30th, I was busy with work so now I have until next tuesday to put a defence together as that would be my 28th day if I'm not wrong

You are mistaken. You have more time than you think.

With a Claim Issue Date of 17th January, and having filed an Acknowledgment of Service in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Monday 20th February 2023 to file your Defence.

That's two weeks away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence, but please don't leave it to the last minute.

To create a Defence, and then file a Defence by email, look at the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Don't miss the deadline for filing a Defence.

Do not try and file a Defence via the MoneyClaimOnline website. Once an Acknowledgment of Service has been filed, the MCOL website should be treated as 'read only'.

Just to get this straight, the issue date is 17th January, and the letter states:

You must send either the completed acknowledgement of service form or a defence form to the court within 14 days of the date of service (presuming that's the issue date?). If you send the acknowledgement of service you must send a defence to the court to arrive no later than 28 days from the date of service. 

Nowhere in the letter does it state a date of service, I thought that was just the issue date? 

DE_612183

you said you'd already done the AoS? What date did you do that?

CluelessDefendant

DE_612183 said:

you said you'd already done the AoS? What date did you do that?

on MCOL it says I submitted on the 29th and it was received on 30th

Coupon-mad

Date of service is NOT the issue date.  Think about what 'service' of a document might mean. Served!

I believe it is also explained on the back of the first page of the claim form.

Keithp is correct.

The below is something to state in your defence. The Claimant issued time-limited permits for no justified reason (a permit should be continuous for the life of the tenancy) and then failed to remind the tenants to renew.  To any reasonable independent interpretation, this bears the hallmarks of a scam arrangement that was bound to unfairly catch out authorised drivers.  Several neighbours were similarly tricked and penalised to the tune of hundreds if not thousands of pounds each.

I have no idea when my permit expired, I had no warning or instructions sent to me on how to renew, recently happened again with a neighbour.

CluelessDefendant

Coupon-mad said:

Date of service is NOT the issue date.  Think about what 'service' of a document might mean. Served!  I believe it is also explained on the back of the first page of the claim form.

Keithp is correct.

The below is something to state in your defence. The Claimant issued time-limited permits for no justified reason (a permit should be continuous for the life of the tenancy) and then failed to remind the tenants to renew.  To any reasonable independent interpretation, sure-fire scam arrangement that was bound to unfairly catch out authorised drivers.

I have no idea, when my permit expired, I had no warning or instructions sent to me on how to renew, recently happened again with a neighbour.

Thank you. I guess I'll get a defence together and come back to see what you guys think. Just a quick question, is it worth mentioning the weird policing of parking? People with no permits don't park in bays and block up the estate, which is why we got the housing officer to procure this private parking firm's services, they never get tickets..

KeithP

CluelessDefendant said:

KeithP said:

CluelessDefendant said:

KeithP said:

Please tell us the Issue Date on your County Court Claim Form.

17 January, haven't had the time to actually sit down and deal with it as I didn't think they'd actually take me to court and was busy with work  

CluelessDefendant said:

Le_Kirk said:

Start with the NEWBIE sticky, read up about how to process the AoS to buy yourself the maximum time to compile a defence, then read a) the standard defence template and b) some "own space" defences.

I've already done the AoS, I done that on the 30th, I was busy with work so now I have until next tuesday to put a defence together as that would be my 28th day if I'm not wrong

You are mistaken. You have more time than you think.

With a Claim Issue Date of 17th January, and having filed an Acknowledgment of Service in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Monday 20th February 2023 to file your Defence.

That's two weeks away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence, but please don't leave it to the last minute.

To create a Defence, and then file a Defence by email, look at the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Don't miss the deadline for filing a Defence.

Do not try and file a Defence via the MoneyClaimOnline website. Once an Acknowledgment of Service has been filed, the MCOL website should be treated as 'read only'.

Just to get this straight, the issue date is 17th January, and the letter states:

You must send either the completed acknowledgement of service form or a defence form to the court within 14 days of the date of service (presuming that's the issue date?). If you send the acknowledgement of service you must send a defence to the court to arrive no later than 28 days from the date of service. 

Nowhere in the letter does it state a date of service, I thought that was just the issue date? 

Sorry, but Date of Service is explained.

The back of your County Court Claim Form tells you:

Note the last sentence there - "The day of service is taken as 5 days after the issue date shown overleaf".

It goes on to say:

CluelessDefendant

KeithP said:

CluelessDefendant said:

KeithP said:

CluelessDefendant said:

KeithP said:

Please tell us the Issue Date on your County Court Claim Form.

17 January, haven't had the time to actually sit down and deal with it as I didn't think they'd actually take me to court and was busy with work  

CluelessDefendant said:

Le_Kirk said:

Start with the NEWBIE sticky, read up about how to process the AoS to buy yourself the maximum time to compile a defence, then read a) the standard defence template and b) some "own space" defences.

I've already done the AoS, I done that on the 30th, I was busy with work so now I have until next tuesday to put a defence together as that would be my 28th day if I'm not wrong

You are mistaken. You have more time than you think.

With a Claim Issue Date of 17th January, and having filed an Acknowledgment of Service in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Monday 20th February 2023 to file your Defence.

That's two weeks away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence, but please don't leave it to the last minute.

To create a Defence, and then file a Defence by email, look at the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Don't miss the deadline for filing a Defence.

Do not try and file a Defence via the MoneyClaimOnline website. Once an Acknowledgment of Service has been filed, the MCOL website should be treated as 'read only'.

Just to get this straight, the issue date is 17th January, and the letter states:

You must send either the completed acknowledgement of service form or a defence form to the court within 14 days of the date of service (presuming that's the issue date?). If you send the acknowledgement of service you must send a defence to the court to arrive no later than 28 days from the date of service. 

Nowhere in the letter does it state a date of service, I thought that was just the issue date? 

Sorry, but Date of Service is explained.

The back of your County Court Claim Form tells you:

Note the last sentence there - "The day of service is taken as 5 days after the issue date shown overleaf".

It goes on to say:

Cheers, thankfully have more time than I thought, time to assemble the dream team. Will get a defence together and post here to see what you lot think 

Mouse007

Make sure you read this

http://parking-prankster.blogspot.com/2016/11/residential-parking.html

As others have said use the template defence, as you are a recent grad you might appreciate seeing the one I prepared for my son. Circumstances slightly different but shows how to approach the task. Do post your draft here, but only your paras 2 and 3+, not the rest of the template - we all know what that says.