I have a parking fine but not my vehicle

ParkingMad

The email address suggested was ccbcaq@justice.gov.uk

I think you have written ccbcag@justice.gov.uk

Coupon-mad

Umkomaas said:

Ok, I have made the email to send to ccbcag@justice.gov.uk

Your Defence should be an attachment to the email, not the body of the email itself. Convert your word processed draft to a pdf file, attach to a covering email ('Please find attached Defence for claim <the claim reference numbers>'), press the Send button. 

Yes, obviously a defence can't be just words in the body of an email.

It's a legal document signed under a statement of truth; hence PDF.

OingoBoingo

Thanks for those corrections.

troublemaker22

I see what's happened.  @OingoBoingo has copied the text verbatim from the format for an online defence including the computer generated first person singular statements.  Unless they can make the online form work, they need to send it in the more formal format of the template defence including the full statement of truth as an attachment (preferably PDF) with a signature (can be typed) a statement of truth and a full postal address for service.  It should look like this:


 

IN THE CIVIL NATIONAL BUSINESS CENTRE                                                           Claim no.  [                        ]

 

 

 

B E T W E E N:           

MET PARKING SERVICES LTD

Claimant

- and -

 

[    NAME ]

Defendant

 

 

DEFENCE

 

 

1.      The Defendant denies liability for the entirety of the sum claimed, makes no admissions and puts the Claimant to strict proof of all facts and circumstances pleaded in the Particulars of Claim.

2.      The Defendant has never driven the vehicle mentioned in the Particulars of Claim and accordingly is not liable as the driver of such vehicle as alleged in paragraph 3 of the Particulars of Claim.

3.      The Defendant has never been the keeper of such vehicle and accordingly is not liable as the keeper of such vehicle as alleged in paragraph 4 of the Particulars of Claim.

4.    In the matter of costs, the Defendant seeks:
a.    standard witness costs for attendance at Court, pursuant to CPR 27.14, and
b.    a finding of unreasonable conduct by this Claimant, and further costs pursuant to CPR 46.5.

STATEMENT OF TRUTH

The Defendant believes that the facts stated in this Defence are true. The Defendant understands that proceedings for contempt of court may be brought against anyone who makes, or causes to be made, a false statement in a document verified by a statement of truth without an honest belief in its truth.

 

Dated this [              ] Day of January 2024
To the Court and
to the Claimant

	SIGNATURE [CAN BE TYPED] ..........................  name  Defendant
	Address
	at which address the Defendant will accept service of proceedings.

 

 

OingoBoingo

email has been sent, and automatic email reply received - lots of words in the automatic reply email however i read 'Thank you for emailing the County Court Business Centre, please accept this as a receipt of your email.'

Coupon-mad

Very good.

Wonder how long it will take DCB Legal to discontinue this one?  Might be worth you robustly responding to their standard letter they will send you shortly, encouraging you to ring them as they want you to 'settle'.

In your case, I would! Tell them they've traced the wrong Joe Bloggs and you will have them for unreasonable behaviour costs if they fail to drop it RIGHT NOW.

OingoBoingo

Today I got a letter reply from the DVLA after a issuing a vehicle information request:

I have never seen, owned, driven, sold, transfered, or sorn'd this vehicle, so i'm filling in the bit at the bottom with this information and sending it back to them.

kryten3000

The DVLA letter would suggest some unknown person has used your old address to register the vehicle in your name which is unhelpful as it means that it is likely that MET retrieved your name and (old) address from the KADOE database and DCB Legal then used the normal credit tracing method to track you down at your current address.

Consequently, you were the registered keeper on the material date according to the "official" records.  

This may not be the only PCN in play, just the first one that has reached you.

troublemaker22

Does the attachment show a previous address of yours or an address that was never yours?

OingoBoingo

troublemaker22 said:

Does the attachment show a previous address of yours or an address that was never yours?

previous address not lived in since 2016