CCJ for Parking Ticket while I was overseas years ago

Coupon-mad

kleinbaas said:

OK great, thanks both.

There has been a development which may help (may be an additional defence?). The person who was most likely the driver is an ex (so communication is not the easiest) but she has said that she was/is a customer of that business and that they at some point added a device in the building that you had to put your car reg number into - not realising that she had to do that was the issue/cause. She also said that she got a similar notice for her car a few months later and the business fixed it for her as she is a customer, and that the only reason she parked there was as a customer of that business.

As the signage says "Free parking for [business name] customers" I am guessing this is a good basis for a defence - and the fact that court procedures could easily have been avoided if they let me know they intended to start proceedings also counts in my favour?

Yes you can add that along with what I told you to put under the Chan & Akande link.

ThorOdinson

Gr1pr said:

ThorOdinson said:

So what do you do if Royal Mail lost the form and you never got it?

You would apply for a set aside and try to convince the judge that the scenario above was true

Once there is a CCJ, only a judge can issue a set aside,  until that happens,  the rest is irrelevant 

Seems like you would have a hard time proving that, so it's just down to if the judge believes you. Doesn't seem very fair.

Coupon-mad

Except CPR 13.3 will be in play, and I believemost applications are agreed. So the OP needs to tick the boxes of acting promptly and having an arguable defence that should be heard.