Fake photos supplied with PCN

mollygog777

I got a PCN on the private road behind my home, 1. It says not in bay, there are NO bays at all! 2. Not a valid permit, landowner won’t supply one. 3 the photos of the area are not timestamped or dated, and are not from my area at all, I phoned a business that appears in one of the photos, it’s over 14 miles away, from my home. 4. No sign at the beginning of private road, just a sign on a storage garage. I have now received a court letter, can anyone advice please 🤞

la531983

Present that info to the judge and watch as the case is laughed out of court?

KeithP

mollygog777 said:

I have now received a court letter...

Tell us more about this 'court letter'.

Do you have a County Court Claim Form?

If so, what is the Issue Date on it?

If you have filed an Acknowledgment of Service, upon what date did you do that?
Your MCOL Claim History will have the definitive answer to that question.

mollygog777

Form dated 7 December, I haven’t done anything about it yet, just trying to research rules for private parking, and how best to appeal 

mollygog777

I gave all the above information to POPLA they said I didn’t give enough evidence that the photos were fake, although I told them I’d phoned a business on the photo and it was 14 miles away

mollygog777

la531983 said:

Present that info to the judge and watch as the case is laughed out of court?

I did appeal to POPLA, they declined my appeal with that info, said I didn’t prove photos were not in my area, surely they should have been date stamped at least

Umkomaas

mollygog777 said:

Form dated 7 December, I haven’t done anything about it yet, just trying to research rules for private parking, and how best to appeal 

'Appealing' is no longer an option. You need to defend the claim. @KeithP will respond to you having provided him with the Date of Issue of the claim and give you pointers and key dates for your defence development. 

mollygog777

Umkomaas said:

mollygog777 said:

Form dated 7 December, I haven’t done anything about it yet, just trying to research rules for private parking, and how best to appeal 

'Appealing' is no longer an option. You need to defend the claim. @KeithP will respond to you having provided him with the Date of Issue of the claim and give you pointers and key dates for your defence development. 

Umkomaas said:

mollygog777 said:

Form dated 7 December, I haven’t done anything about it yet, just trying to research rules for private parking, and how best to appeal 

'Appealing' is no longer an option. You need to defend the claim. @KeithP will respond to you having provided him with the Date of Issue of the claim and give you pointers and key dates for your defence development. 

Thank you,

Coupon-mad

Please show the claim form with the Claim number, MCOL Password, QR code, your data and your car VRM redacted.

mollygog777

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Have noticed particulars of claim section 3 they only mention the permit, not the designated bay’s which is stated on the PCN 

KeithP

mollygog777 said:

Form dated 7 December, I haven’t done anything about it yet, just trying to research rules for private parking, and how best to appeal 

With a Claim Issue Date of 7th December, you have until Thursday 28th 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 9th January 2024 to file your Defence.

That's four 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'.