PCN from PPM at rental residence

square_coaster

KeithP said:

square_coaster said:

As my current Letter of Claim from BW Legal is not a claim in and of itself, am I correct in thinking that I do not yet have an Acknowledgement of Service to complete?

That's correct.
Clearly you cannot acknowledge service of something that hasn't been served.

At the cost of appearing dim on the forums, I just wanted that certainty that I wasn't going to miss an important / costly step in the process

Coupon-mad

square_coaster said:

KeithP said:

square_coaster said:

As my current Letter of Claim from BW Legal is not a claim in and of itself, am I correct in thinking that I do not yet have an Acknowledgement of Service to complete?

That's correct.
Clearly you cannot acknowledge service of something that hasn't been served.

At the cost of appearing dim on the forums, I just wanted that certainty that I wasn't going to miss an important / costly step in the process

An important step right now is to decide who is stronger at defending the claim. If you would be better at this game than your partner then they must respond to the LBC and give your name & address as the driver.

This is the final chance to change the proposed Defendant to you.  Certainly worth doing if they would 'wobble' a bit.

square_coaster

In your experience, would you say this is a better option than both turning up, with me as the Lay Rep @Coupon-mad?

Coupon-mad

square_coaster said:

In your experience, would you say this is a better option than both turning up, with me as the Lay Rep @Coupon-mad?

Yes if you were the driver.

A judge would far rather hear from you as a true witness. As a lay rep you cannot also be a witness.

square_coaster

Okay great, thanks for the clarification. In terms of responding to the LBC, should I add a portion to the email that I'll send to their addresses that states my details as the driver? Or is there a better method to go about doing this?

Coupon-mad

You can't respond to that LBC.

square_coaster

Coupon-mad said:

You can't respond to that LBC.

In post 2 of the Newbies thread, there is discussion about sending the solicitors a robust email after receiving an LBC that gives me a 30 day window to return their forms (which I know not to use).

It is this email that I am discussing - if not mentioning in this email that I was the driver, how else should I highlight this? Emailing the IPC?

square_coaster

Half_way said:

what does your lease say about the use is the parking space (ignore everything on any signs and anything on any permit)

Iceweasel said:

I see nothing in your lease about having to display a permit.

fisherjim said:

Because a private parking company has come in and started operating free of charge to the landowner, trying to state that their made up signage can trump a residents lease agreement.

As your lease agreement does not mention their presence, or their permits, or their charges you have no requirement to follow their demands just because they put up any old scammers signage they think fit.

I've heard back from my landlady and the permit system was implemented in 2017, with my tenancy contract starting in 2023. Despite the fact there's no mention in my agreement about permit parking, do I still have Primacy of Contract even though my contract was signed years after the permit system?

fisherjim

Yes, if they wanted to include silly parking rules they should have!

square_coaster

Excellent, thanks for confirming that Jim!