Strange email from Gladstones after notifying them of SAR request and 30 day suspension

TeddyRuxpin83

OK so next steps are:

1) Actually follow up with SAR request by providing V5 etc
2) Read up on HHJ Murch ruling and prepare a defence using the Newbies thread
3) Do not reply to Gladstones email and wait for their next correspondence (or more likely an official Claim)

Is this correct?

KeithP

I would delay item 1 in that list.

You really don't want the parking company supplying greater details yet, as when you get a Claim you will be wanting to say that the claim has insufficient detail. Information returned as a result of a SAR will nullify that.

TeddyRuxpin83

OK, thank you. Should I do that in ~28 days then? Little bit confused.

Sent my email to UKCPM CPO on 02/06/2023 and they replied 13/06/2023 asking for documents to verify identity (driving license, V5C etc).

FYI I added the email that they sent today as a quote in the original post with all possible sensitive info redacted.

KeithP

TeddyRuxpin83 said:

OK, thank you. Should I do that in ~28 days then? Little bit confused.

Do that after you have filed a Defence - so some weeks/months away. As mentioned earlier, you want to be able to say in your Defence that the Claimant has supplied no information about the alleged parking event.

Aside from that, any information returned as a result of the SAR will be far more useful at Witness Statement time.

Coupon-mad

Don't even do a SAR.  I will change the NEWBIES thread advice for LBC stage.

TeddyRuxpin83

Thanks, I will not bother then. I did say in my email to Gladstones that I sent their client a SAR, hopefully that doesn’t affect anything. 

I will simply start researching/creating a defence using the info on the forum, thank you.