County Court letter ECP

Salmonbench

Hi

I got a claim letter from County Court about the money I allegedly owe to Eurocarparks, now they want 271 pound including a ticket , legal representative and legal costs. 

About a year ago my car was parked at one of their car parks, I had problems paying by card in a ticket machine, after several attempts eventually it printed me what I then thought was a ticket. However after few weeks got a letter from ECP with a fine, I found that ticket in a car and it was a receipt with a transaction void on it. The letters were really small and it looked like normal receipt. I appealed to POPLA but they ruled in ECP favour.
 I have read the thread about letters from County Court with 12 point instructions what to do, just not sure would this work in my case?

Gr1pr

Just complete the AOS online on MCOL and then adapt 2 paragraphs in the defence template that is in the defence template thread 

Do not overthink it at this stage,  DCB Legal tend to discontinue before the hearing fee deadline,  so no point worrying at this very early stage 

KeithP

Hello and welcome.

What is the Issue Date on your Claim Form?

Can you please show us a picture of the Particulars of Claim - with all your personal detail hidden of course.

Have you filed an Acknowledgment of Service?
If so, upon what date did you do so?
Your MCOL Claim History will have the definitive answer to that.

Coupon-mad

Works in every case. Trust the process!

Salmonbench

Thanks for quick reply, I haven't done AOS yet, I only received a letter 2 days ago. The issue date of a letter is 29.04.2025

Gr1pr

AOS needs completing by the 18th, personally I would login online today and complete it,  to extend the deadline 

KeithP

With a Claim Issue Date of 29th April, you have until Monday 19th May 2025 to file an Acknowledgment of Service('AOS'), but there is nothing to be gained by delaying it. 

To file an AOS, follow the guidance in the Dropbox file linked from the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Having filed an AOS in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Monday 2nd June 2025 to file a Defence.

That's over three weeks away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence, but please don't leave it to the last minute.

To create a Defence, and then file a Defence by email, look again at the second post on the NEWBIES thread - immediately following where you found the AOS guidance.

Don't miss the deadline for filing an AOS, nor that for filing a Defence.

Do not try and file a Defence via the MoneyClaimOnline website. Once an AOS has been filed, the MCOL website should be treated as 'read only'.