Parked outside bay - NCP - Moorside legal

Thetopcat116

Hi Folks,

I have been following this thread I have had a similar issues to future-sailor parking outside a bay in an ncp car park. I have been chased by moorside legal, and after receiving a claim form I submitted my defence using the template.

Moorside have responded with a strongly worded letter. See below:

”we are familiar with these types of defences which we know are templates produced from internet forums.

such templates bear no relevance and rarely seek to resolve the dispute just frustrate the matter and waste time.

for that reason we do not intend to respond substantively to correspondence like this. We invite you to properly address the matter at hand and if you do not believe the debt it owed, explain why. 

Correspondence of this type does not assist with narrowing the dispute and any time spent responding is disproportionate to the matter.

if you continue to send correspondence of the same nature that is clearly not your own words, we will consider this to be unreasonable behaviour. We will raise your unreasonable conduct at court, if a claim is issued, to submit you should be liable for our clients cost.”

You get the gist. My question, is this just intimidation and I should stand strong, or do their words have merit? 

Anyone got any success stories against moorside ? 

Gr1pr

New kids on the block, so too early to ask about successes etc

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search?domain=all_content&query=moorside legal &scope=site&source=community

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6508276/ukcps-final-notice-letter#latest

Thetopcat116

Thanks, although helpful nothing quite mirroring my current situation with moorside.

based on experience with other firms, is this language fairly typical? What is the advice of the group? hold firm and ignore regardless of what they wrote? 

Grizebeck

They are just using the same kind of waffle as BW legal 
Judges are not bothered if it's from a forum 
I would personally tell the legal firm that they should pipe down and you don't care if it's from a forum. Tell them to deal with it and you won't be bullied by their threats or worried they are copying their style from bw legal 

Thetopcat116

Should I even respond to them or just ignore it and await the questionnaire from the court ? 

Grizebeck

Up to you 
They are acting like bullies who don't like being stood up

Coupon-mad

I like to respond and have a go at them.

Grizebeck

Yes as above. Use my wording 

Grizebeck

Moorside Legal,

It is not within your gift to decide if this is unreasonable behaviour.  The courts have no issue with defendants using forums to assist in writing a defence.  You accuse myself of using a template however all your witness statements etc are all templated.  There is a large element of the pot calling the kettle black.

Please do not waste your time in threatening unreasonable costs because i have the audacity to stand up to you and your client and i will not be intimidated by your behaviour which is simply a replica of BW Legal.

As the new firm on the block i would have expected your behaviour to be better.

I will be defending this matter fully and your threats have no place in litigation

Regards

onomatopoeia99

Grizebeck said:

You accuse myself

Why the reflexive pronoun? (google what reflexive pronouns and verbs are if you don't already know). 

You must have used it deliberately as the normal way to construct that clause in English is "You accuse me".

LDast

Maybe include a bit in that response that you fully intend to use their attempt to intimidate the defendant as evidence of their own unreasonable behaviour should they be so inclined to actually put this in front of a judge!