G24/DCB court claim April 2025- Homebase Parking

fig_tree29

Dear Team of experts,

I have received the below court claim for a parking contravention that took place in June 2020 at my local Homebase (long gone now).

I have done my acknowledgment online and now need to email my defence by Tuesday 27th May, I think.

I would be grateful if you could have a look at my drafted paragraph 3 and give me constructive feedback.

3. Referring to the POC: paragraph 1 is denied. The Defendant is not indebted to the Claimant. Paragraph 2 is denied. The Defendant does not accept that a contravention occurred on 23/06/2020, as alleged.  Whilst the Defendant is the registered keeper, paragraphs 3 and 4 are denied. The Defendant is not liable and has seen no evidence of a breach of prominent terms.  The quantum is hugely exaggerated (no PCN can be £170 on private land) and there were no damages incurred whatsoever.

3.1 Due to the length of time, the Defendant has no recollection of the day in question. The Defendant has parked in this car park many times while shopping in The Homebase Store with evidence of transactions available to submit when required. The Defendant was unaware of parking restrictions in place. The Defendant had not noticed any ‘Prominent’ signage close to where the vehicle was parked, showing the terms and conditions for use. The small signage was not suitable to alert a motorist, leading to an unawareness of any parking restrictions.

KeithP

Hello and welcome.

With a Claim Issue Date of 24th April, and having filed an Acknowledgment of Service('AOS') in a timely manner, you are correct to say you have until 4pm on Tuesday 27th May 2025 to file a Defence.

That's just a few days away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence and it is good to see that you are not leaving it to the very last minute.

To create a Defence, and then file a Defence by email, look at the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Don't miss the deadline 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'.

Coupon-mad

That's a good para 3. I might use it as the latest recommended example.

  

fig_tree29

Many thanks both and thank you so much for the treasure of information and help provided in this forum. I don't know what I would have done without it.

I have just emailed my defence to ClaimResponses.CNBC@justice.gov.uk and received the auto reply.

Shall await for the next steps.

Car1980

All these ancient G24 claims started about 2 months ago, so expect a flood of discontinuations towards the end of summer on the board.

fig_tree29

Car1980 said:

All these ancient G24 claims started about 2 months ago, so expect a flood of discontinuations towards the end of summer on the board.

I hope so!

Car1980

Please start your own thread.

Remove any annexes or exhibits - that is for your witness statement not your defence.

If this is an ancient 2019 claim don't help them too much with the signage. They are pretty unlikely to have photos of 6 year old signs.

Shiero

Thanks for quick response and will remove annexures/ start new thread.

It is Mar'2024 claim.

Shiero

fig_tree29 said:

Many thanks both and thank you so much for the treasure of information and help provided in this forum. I don't know what I would have done without it.

I have just emailed my defence to ClaimResponses.CNBC@justice.gov.uk and received the auto reply.

Shall await for the next steps.

Have you added rest of 4 to 30 clauses per defence template?

fig_tree29

Shiero said:

fig_tree29 said:

Many thanks both and thank you so much for the treasure of information and help provided in this forum. I don't know what I would have done without it.

I have just emailed my defence to ClaimResponses.CNBC@justice.gov.uk and received the auto reply.

Shall await for the next steps.

Have you added rest of 4 to 30 clauses per defence template?

yes I have. 2 and 3 are the only ones I edited.