N1 std claim

Troubled1234

Hi,
 I have received a N1 std claim form from premier park ltd for overstaying the alloted time on a supermarket car park. Would really appreciate some good advise on what to do and defending the claim. It was issued on 30th November. 

KeithP

Hello and welcome.

With a Claim Issue Date of 30th November, you have until Tuesday 19th December to file an Acknowledgment of Service but there is nothing to be gained by delaying it. 

To file an Acknowledgment of Service, follow the guidance in the Dropbox file linked from the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Having filed an Acknowledgment of Service in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to file your Defence.

That's over 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 again at the second post on the NEWBIES thread - immediately following where you found the Acknowledgment of Service guidance.

Don't miss the deadline for filing an Acknowledgment of Service, nor that 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

Which solicitor?

When did you do the AOS as explained in the NEWBIES thread?

Troubled1234

I haven't done it yet, will be doing it this evening. It's cst law.

Troubled1234

Coupon-mad said:

Which solicitor?

When did you do the AOS as explained in the NEWBIES thread?

I haven't done it yet, will be doing it this evening. It's cst law.

Troubled1234

KeithP said:

Hello and welcome.

With a Claim Issue Date of 30th November, you have until Tuesday 19th December to file an Acknowledgment of Service but there is nothing to be gained by delaying it. 

To file an Acknowledgment of Service, follow the guidance in the Dropbox file linked from the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Having filed an Acknowledgment of Service in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Tuesday 2nd January 2024 to file your Defence.

That's over 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 again at the second post on the NEWBIES thread - immediately following where you found the Acknowledgment of Service guidance.

Don't miss the deadline for filing an Acknowledgment of Service, nor that 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'.

Thank you for that. Apologies if I sound silly. Am I correct in understanding I have to make my own paragraph 3 and use all the other paragraphs in the template for my defence. Apologies again for asking silly questions. Not sure what points to use for paragraph 3.

KeithP

Troubled1234 said:
Am I correct in understanding I have to make my own paragraph 3 and use all the other paragraphs in the template for my defence?

Yes, that's exactly what you need to do.

Coupon-mad

You use the points that the Template defence tells you to put, either as para 3 or para 5 (depending on if you are using the optional linked wording).  Which is explained already.

Troubled1234

Coupon-mad said:

You use the points that the Template defence tells you to put, either as para 3 or para 5 (depending on if you are using the optional linked wording).  Which is explained already.

The overstay was a direct result of my car breaking down unexpectedly. I had no intention to remain for that time but it was unavoidable, due to the nature of the situation. The signage was not clear along with poor lighting.
Would this ok? Or do I need to change?

KeithP

It won't help you this time, but a couple of years ago something similar happened to me.

I did my shopping in Tesco and upon returning to my car it wouldn't start.
I knew it would be several hours before I could get help so sought guidance at the customer services desk.

The lady there typed my vehicle's registration number into the terminal on her desk and announced "You now have permission to park for twenty four hours. Please speak to me again if that's not long enough".

Troubled1234

KeithP said:

It won't help you this time, but a couple of years ago something similar happened to me.

I did my shopping in Tesco and upon returning to my car it wouldn't start.
I knew it would be several hours before I could get help so sought guidance at the customer services desk.

The lady there typed my vehicle's registration number into the terminal on her desk and announced "You now have permission to park for twenty four hours. Please speak to me again if that's not long enough".

Apologies for any trouble. Just wanted some help to get away from these scum. Sorry again.