Letter before claim

Delpierrot

Coupon-mad said:

But don't just blindly copy stuff.

Make it your own and think about it. If you'd rather have a claim in this month or June, than in the Summer Holiday time, of course you don't ask for a 30 day hold.

Yes, that's clear. I just thought it looked good to mention the Pre-Action Protocol as shown on your draft.

I got the following reply from them but they don't answer my question about the VAT nor if the alleged PCN sum is for damages or as consideration for parking? So it looks they are not following the PAP.

Good Morning  Thank you for your recent correspondence. The Parking Charge issued is for the sum of £100.00 and our additional costs amount to £60.00. The relevant Code of Practice laid out by the International Parking Community (IPC) states that £100.00 is a reasonable amount to charge for the breach of contract within our Client's car parks. The additional cost of £60.00 represents the nature and type of work undertaken by debt recovery agents in the collection of the balance of the unpaid Parking Charge. Our Client is satisfied that you remain liable for the cost of the PCN and the costs of debt recovery, due to non-payment of the charge in question.  Should you have any further queries please contact our office on 0113 487 0430, or sign in or register on our Customer Portal at www.bwlegal.co.uk. Alternatively you could contact us via live chat at https://www.bwlegal.co.uk/help/contact-us which is open from Monday to Friday 8am - 5:00pm and Saturday 9am - 2:45pm. Kind Regards

Coupon-mad

Ignore that. 

Delpierrot

Hi all, as Coupon-Mad anticipated, it seems that UKCPM are continuing with their action and will go forward with the court proceeding.

To be prepared for this, I have drafted my defence as per the attached pictures. In yellow are the lines I have adapted to my case, the other ones are copy-past of previous cases. 

Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks again for the support! Hope I can win this with your help!

Gr1pr

Seeing as you have mentioned the DLUHC and 2023, which is out of date,  you appear to have adapted the old defence template,  not last fridays 

I suggest that you take the relevant paragraphs above and add them to the new template defence in announcements 

Coupon-mad

Show us the POC and the date of issue.

Delpierrot

Thanks for the answers, @Gr1pr, I will look for the last template then. @Coupon-mad, I haven't received the POC yet but according to their last communication, I should receive it on Friday. I will make sure to share it with you.

Le_Kirk

You have shown us a defence, so, presumably, you have received a N1SDT court claim form and on that form will be a date of issue and the POC - Particulars of Claim - why do you think "I should receive it on Friday"?

Le_Kirk

With an issue date of 24/09/25 and providing you complete the AoS after 29/09/25 and before 13/10/25

your defence deadline date is 4.00 p.m. on 27/10/25

You don't fill in paper forms, your defence is submitted using MCOL; check out the template defence thread, which is one of the pinned announcements on the first page of the forum.

1505grandad

"I finally received the claim for this case as you can see enclosed."

You have left claim number, password and VRM on the docs.

Has/who signed the claim form. 

Check the recently amended Template Defence announcement for latest paras.

Coupon-mad

Use the Template Defence; it changed in July.