CEL in-house court claim defence

siftkz

Hi,
apologies if I have missed the situation like mine in the threads but I tried looking and cant find anything similar

I received a PCN by Civil Enforcement on 21st July 24 reason given on PCN
’payment not made in accordance with terms displayed on signage’

Backgroud:
It was hotel car park

I entered car park at 2:07 am

Bought ticket at 2:20 am (valid until 3:20 am)

Left car park at 2:26 am

I got PCN in post which I challenged mentioning I bought the ticket at this time but appeal was rejected reason for that is 

‘signs in above car park clearly advise payment for parking must be made within 10 minutes of arrival and on this you failed to do so’

now giving me option to appeal to Popla
so asking should I appeal or ignore and wait for it to be escalated or to pay and get it done with.

Thanks

Coupon-mad

Ignore them now. No POPLA.

Complain to the landowner. They can cancel it.

siftkz

Thanks, will try it now

fisherjim

Ridiculous isn't it?

No one was out of pocket, the PPC have made themselves out of pocket by sending a charge for a made up rule that has no real merit other than to make an excuse for a charge.

1505grandad

The "we've got the motorists back" DVLA made another £2.50 to add to the £millions they receive annually to facilitate the private parking companies well known scams (Hansard). 

siftkz

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Hi All, I got this CCJ letter regarding this PCN, can you please guide me what to do next.

Thanks

Nellymoser

I've reported your above post for removal of your images as you've made no redactions. All personal info is showing. Please see Forum's IMPORTANT info note near top of the page.
Only the Claim form needs posted here. Repost it after redacting like the one in this link
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81644301/#Comment_81644301

It's not a CCJ letter it's a money claim letter. To find out how deal with it go to NEWBIES announcement thread  POST 2 - SMALL CLAIM

siftkz

oh, sorry about it, I cant seem to be able to delete it myself (or I couldnt find where to delete it) but if any of the moderators can delete it, meanwhile ill have a look at the link and update accordingly

Gr1pr

Newbies cannot edit posts until they are a Forumite 

CEL in house claim,  issue date 9th January 2026

Breach not pleaded 

Login to your government gateway account and complete the AOS online on MCOL first,  after reading post 2 in the newbies sticky thread in announcements,  plus read the first 2 posts in the defence template thread too

Sane advice as in the following thread 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6568538/action-needed-letter-following-appeal/p3

Study how they changed the claim form picture once they correctly redacted it 

Le_Kirk

With an issue date of 09/01/26 and providing you complete(d) the AoS after 14/01/26 and before or on 28/01/26 your defence deadline date is 4.00 p.m. on 11/02/26

Coupon-mad

Just use the CEL claim special para 3 for claims with no breach pleaded, as linked (twice) in the Template Defence thread.

No further advice will be needed until you get a hearing date in the Summer and you don't write anything yourself in the defence.

Do not show us the Chan & Akande defence here as we don't need to check it... please spare us! Just go and use it.

Then follow the 8 steps. All is covered.

No link is needed to the NEWBIES FAQS thread - or the Template Defence thread - and we won't provide one. See my signature below for where your links to page one are.

Please change your thread title to:

CEL in-house court claim defence