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UKPC court claim

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Hello everyone
I have received a court claim from County court business center yesterday for not paying a parking charge. The alleged offence took place on 23/10/2018 at Rom valley retail park Romford Essex. Upon entering the car park I noticed an ANPR camera but when returned I found a parking ticket stuck on to the windscreen. The reason for the parking charge was "Vehicle owner left site". My question is how can they even prove I left site. The car park located in a retail park and there are few shops and I could have been in one of them. Moving on I ignored the parking ticket, debt recovery letters and finally LBC. I need your expert advice on how to defend and how likely I am going to win in court? I do not own this vehicle anymore and it was scrapped in February 2022. Can they still chase me as a owner? Thank you so much guys in advance
I have received a court claim from County court business center yesterday for not paying a parking charge. The alleged offence took place on 23/10/2018 at Rom valley retail park Romford Essex. Upon entering the car park I noticed an ANPR camera but when returned I found a parking ticket stuck on to the windscreen. The reason for the parking charge was "Vehicle owner left site". My question is how can they even prove I left site. The car park located in a retail park and there are few shops and I could have been in one of them. Moving on I ignored the parking ticket, debt recovery letters and finally LBC. I need your expert advice on how to defend and how likely I am going to win in court? I do not own this vehicle anymore and it was scrapped in February 2022. Can they still chase me as a owner? Thank you so much guys in advance
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As we can see the issue date of the N1 form, one of our regulars @KeithP will be along to give you some deadlines and links to the advice, including the template 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'.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6377263/dcb-legal-record-of-private-parking-court-claim-discontinuations/p1
Basically they're chancing their arm on you capitulating and paying them off for a quiet life. It's a complete scam. Don't be scammed, sit up and fight, you'll succeed!
I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
...and to make it even easier: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/parking-tickets-fines-parking
At least you are now in the right place to defend this claim. As mentioned, it is highly unlikely that this will ever proceed to a hearing. DCB Legal have a reputation for "trying it on" with worthless claims in the hope that the victim will poop their pants when they receive a CCC and just pay up.
They have already fecked up their PoC as they fail to mention in their claim that the "breach" of their terms was because the "vehicle owner left the site". They have absolutely no idea who the "vehicle owner" is. What if the driver was not the "vehicle owner"? Would that driver be liable? What if a passenger in the "vehicle" left the site? Would the "vehicle owner" still be liable?
What about the boundary of the site? Is it marked as a site boundary? Are there signs in place that are obvious and clearly state that by crossing that boundary, if you are a "vehicle owner" you are going to be invoiced for £100?
Do you think that if I was running a car park and put up signs that stated "Any 'vehicle owner' observed picking their nose will be liable for a £100 fee" I had a prospect of getting paid? There is a remote chance that I may be paid if I were to chance upon one of the few gullible victims who panic and just pay up because they "believe" it is a "fine" and prefer to avoid any confrontation about it.
Also, what evidence do you think they have that you left the car park? A photo of an empty car? Proves nothing.
Anyway, there are many reasons this will never get to court s long as you follow the steps as advised above and read the Newbies thread which tells you about what you now need to do.
They'll discontinue in the end, no hearing.
You can't use retail parks like this...lesson learned?
Edit your first post asap.
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