Help QDR solicitor claim on behalf of euro car parks limited

Neverafine

Help and advice needed. 
Received claim form 07/09/2023
Acknowledged 18/09/2023

Particulars of the claim. It is my car that they have identified parked but I wasn't driving at the time. Received letters for not paying and displaying appropriately in a carpark in Norton street Manchester. Did not respond in a timely fashion because I knew I wasn't driving at the time. I know after reading this I should have done. They have now issued the claim form for the sum of £255. 

I have read the newbies link so I am going to use the template to fill out the particulars of the defence. What are the chances I can defend this if they do take me to court? 
Any help much appreciated

B789

Show us the PoC. Have they specified they are claiming against you as the driver or the registered keeper or are they just being vague about it and claiming "driver or keeper"?

You have until 4 pm on Tuesday 10th October to submit our defence so no need to rush it. Show us the bits that you add or edit. No need to show the whole of the rest of the template defence.

KeithP

Hello and welcome.

Just to point out, you haven't received a CCJ.
A CCJ is a County Court Judgment and you cannot have a Judgment until a Claim has been judged.
You need a few more posts under your belt first, but as soon as you are able, please edit your thread title to remove 'CCJ' from it.

You say you received the Claim Form on 7th September, but what is the Issue Date on it? Probably a couple of days before you received it.

Neverafine

There you go they are being vague in the first sentence 

Neverafine

Hi Keith, yea you're right sorry. Issue date was 7th of September in the top right, I don't recall the date I actually received it. 

KeithP

Neverafine said:

Issue date was 7th of September. 

With a Claim Issue Date of 7th September, and having filed an Acknowledgment of Service in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Tuesday 10th October 2023 to file your Defence.

That's nearly three 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'.

Coupon-mad

Why did the driver not pay & display?

Was the first PCN POFA compliant?

Neverafine

Driver didn't pay and display due to absent mindedness they were late for a meeting. What do you mean by the first PCN POFA compliant? 

B789

Neverafine said:

Driver didn't pay and display due to absent mindedness they were late for a meeting. What do you mean by the first PCN POFA compliant? 

The original PCN, was it a NtD attached to the vehicle or a postal NtK? Depending on which, the first correspondence you received is "the original PCN". Why was the date when you parked there and what was the date on the original PCN, and whether you received an NtD at the time.

Neverafine

It was a postal NtK. The date parked was 22/07. Unfortunately I don't have the original letter just the subsequent letters with the varying headers escalating the amount owed.

B789

Neverafine said:

It was a postal NtK. The date parked was 22/07. Unfortunately I don't have the original letter just the subsequent letters with the varying headers escalating the amount owed.

The you should SAR the claimant for copies of everything they have with your data, including a copy of the original NtK.