parking ticket..any excuse? what defence can i use?

SASH121

hi

I have read all the sticky posts and still none the wiser

My wife parked somehwere she shouldnt have, i got leters about it and ignored it thinking it would go away at it was private not council

ive now got a court letter, i filed the AOS on advice from this forum on sept 8th

do i have a defence?

i have attached the letter here:

thanks in advance

Gr1pr

Aos should have been done on Monday 15th September,  not the 8th, so your submission deadline is probably 4pm on Monday 6th October 

You were the RK but not the driver,  use the template defence in announcements 

jd576

Defective particulars of claim: no specific breach pleaded. This one is yet another strike-out candidate due to sloppy work

Coupon-mad

Yep and para 3 of the Defence is already written for these cases. Linked specially in the Template Defence thread.

jd576

Given CEL vs Chan, one would imagine that at the very least, CEL themselves would be a little more rigorous in their POCs!

James_Poisson

How on earth can anyone make head or tail of what that POC refers to, it's purely a lazy vague template made up to cover anything to frighten people in to giving in.

Le_Kirk

SASH121 said:

ive now got a court letter, i filed the AOS on advice from this forum on sept 8th

Your N1SDT claim form shows an issue date of 8 September, so it is unlikely that you completed the AoS on the same day.  Can you post the AoS date please?

With an issue date of 08/09/25 and having completed the AoS after 13/09/25 and before 27/09/25

your defence deadline date is 4.00 p.m. on 13/10/25

SASH121

thanks everybody for your responses so far

Le kirk here you go. i got the dates mixed up

A claim was issued against you on 08/09/2025

Your acknowledgment of service was submitted on 14/09/2025 at 21:14:53

Your acknowledgment of service was received on 15/09/2025 at 08:05:18

Gr1pr

In that case then your defence submission deadline is 4pm on Monday 13th October 

SASH121

is this the right template?

IN THE COUNTY COURT

Claim No: L1GF6N4R

BETWEEN:

Private Parking Solutions (London) Ltd
Claimant

- and -

[Defendant's Full Name]

Defendant

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DEFENCE

1. The Defendant denies any liability for this claim.

2. There is a lack of precise detail in the Particulars of Claim (PoC) in respect of the factual and legal allegations made against the Defendant such that the PoC do not comply with CPR 16.4.

3. The Defendant is unable to plead properly to the PoC because:

(a) The Particulars of Claim fail to comply with CPR 16.4(1)(a), lacking any specific terms allegedly breached, the signage locations, or details of the breach. This prevents the Defendant from properly pleading a defence, and the claim should be struck out under CPR 3.4. The Defendant cites the persuasive cases of CEL v Chan 2023 [E7GM9W44] and CPMS v Akande 2024 [K0DP5J30] (both attached), where similarly vague claims were struck out. Should the court not strike out the claim, the Defendant refers to the draft order in paragraph 4.

(b) The contract referred to is not detailed or attached to the PoC in accordance with CPR PD 16(7.5);

(c) The PoC do not state the exact wording of the clause (or clauses) of the terms and conditions of the contract (or contracts) which is/are relied on;

(d) The PoC do not set out the reason (or reasons) why the claimant asserts the defendant has breached the contract (or contracts);

(e) The PoC do not state with sufficient particularity exactly where the breach occurred, the exact time when the breach occurred and how long it is alleged that the vehicle was parked before the parking charge was allegedly incurred;

(f) The PoC do not state exactly how the claim for statutory interest is calculated;

(g) The PoC do not state what proportion of the claim is the parking charge and what proportion is damages;

(h) The PoC states that the Claimant is suing the defendant as the driver or the keeper. The claimant obviously knows whether the defendant is being sued as the driver or the keeper and should not be permitted to plead alternative causes of action.

4. The Defendant has attached to this defence a copy of an order made at another court which the allocating judge ought to make at this stage so that the Defendant can then know and understand the case which they face and can then respond properly to the claim.

Statement of truth

I believe that the facts stated in this Defence are true. I understand that proceedings for contempt of court may be brought against anyone who makes, or causes to be made, a false statement in a document verified by a statement of truth without an honest belief in its truth.

Signed:


Date:

Coupon-mad

No that isn't the Template Defence.