Defence against parking for patrons only claim court

Coupon-mad

zaza777 said:

A bit silly question, but should I raise in my defence the point that we contacted said Ltd mentioning that their invoice was improperly raised and that they refused to answer our request and instead threatened us with extra cost and send it to debt collecting solicitors? Or should I skip that. I thought it will show their disingenuity.

Yes you could add that.  You can expand on all this at WS stage later.

zaza777

KeithP said:

Hello and welcome.

With a Claim Issue Date of 23rd February, and having filed an Acknowledgment of Service in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Wednesday 27th March 2024 to file your Defence.

That's four weeks away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence and it is good to see that you are not leaving 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'.

Hi Keith,

Thanks to you and all the others who helped all of us. I did send my defence. I received a generic reply. Is that what is considered an aknowledgement?

Coupon-mad

Yes.       

zaza777

Hi all, I have not received the form N180. Is that usual to be that late to receive it> The post mentioned : 4. After sending off your Defence, the Northampton Business centre will send a copy to the Claimant, and then send a Directions Questionnaire (form N180) to both Claimant and Defendant. You must complete this by the date given, and send it back to Northampton, with a copy to the other side (or their solicitors if they've nominated one as the address for service). The recommended answers to the questions are as follows.

And it says 2 or 3 months after filing your defence:

The CNBC will send you a DQ N180 form, that must be completed & returned to the claimant and the court, explained here.

Other places mention you can do the N180 by yourself. But is it worth waiting and see if there is a discontinuance? Should I be worried or keep waiting hoping it is just a delay from Court?

KeithP

What does your MCOL Claim History have to say?

zaza777

still on the same aknowledgement, has not changed since we did our defence

zaza777

what we have on mcol

Coupon-mad

Send the defence again URGENTLY and ring the CNBC.  You are in danger of a CCJ.

zaza777

doing that as we speak, gosh, even following the steps and still caught in this nonsense. I curse those parking companies!!!

zaza777

Good news!!! Managed to call and get someone. She said my defence went to the wrong department...Then was sent later to the right department and the claimant did not respond on time. She asked me if I wanted to wait for Court to strike it out or to fill up a form to strike it out now. I obviously asked to be stroke out with a form!! So relieved! Thank you all and for everyone who might look up this post, keep following up and don't give up!