Smart Parking - HELP! have received count court letter - advice greatly appreciated

be7

hi guys, I have some experience in challenging parking tickets and charges but my wife has in an advanced stage and has now received County Court paperwork, instigated by Smart Parking. Does anyone have any experience of this? Is it wise to challenge this or even to go to court (am thinking yes and no).  many thanks for any ideas or any help

Gr1pr

Hundreds of similar cases on here,  so study the announcements at the top of the forum,  newbies thread plus defence template thread 

The defendant named on the paperwork must defend,  like the advice in this thread for example 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6637757/court-claim-form-received-how-to-respond#latest

Read a dozen Smart Parking DCB Legal cases on here over the last 2 months 

Nellymoser

@be7 answering here to your question asked on another's thread.
NEWBIES is 1 of 8 Announcement threads situated at top of page 1.
No link but to get back to page 1 click on Parking tickets, fines & parking (in white box) find one near the top and bottom of every page.

Post 2 Small Claim comes after the opening post, the FAQ section.

Le_Kirk

Can you show us the Claim form, first having redacted (covered up) personal information and the QR code but leave the date of issue showing.

Umkomaas

If it is (as I expect) DCB Legal fronting Smart's grab on your wife's purse, please add the following thread to your reading list, because as long as you and your wife follow court protocol and forum advice, her case will be recorded there sometime around Spring next year. 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6377263/dcb-legal-record-of-private-parking-court-claim-discontinuations/p1 

be7

do you guys think DCB Law will drop the case if defendants simply show they will take it to court? or do they have to show a good defence in the appopriate box on the Small Claims website

Gr1pr

They won't drop it until sometime next year,  just before the hearing fee deadline date,  so in 6 to 12 months time,  so long after you complete all the CNBC instructions from us, the defence is irrelevant to them, but has to be as good as it gets for you

Umkomaas

Most of your Defence is written for you in the craftily named 'Template Defence' Announcement (one of the first 5 at the top of the forum thread list). You just need to construct para 3 which outlines the circumstances of your parking event. 

Go through the necessary motions, DCB Legal will discontinue later next year. Patience needed, there's no shortcut (well, none that we'd recommend!). 

be7

Gr1pr said:

They won't drop it until sometime next year,  just before the hearing fee deadline date,  so in 6 to 12 months time,  so long after you complete all the CNBC instructions from us, the defence is irrelevant to them, but has to be as good as it gets for you

 your very kind to help.So sorry, what are the CNBC instruction?  Do you think they will drop it if we say we are going to a hearing? no worries if you don't know. (we dont really have any defence - am going to have think of one, but as you said, the content of the defence may not matter)?

be7

Umkomaas said:

Most of your Defence is written for you in the craftily named 'Template Defence' Announcement (one of the first 5 at the top of the forum thread list). You just need to construct para 3 which outlines the circumstances of your parking event. 

Go through the necessary motions, DCB Legal will discontinue later next year. Patience needed, there's no shortcut (well, none that we'd recommend!). 

thanks so much, is it this page

Template defence from newbies thread, I got help and I WON!! — MoneySavingExpert Forum

Le_Kirk

The template defence is one of the announcements on the front page of the parking forum one click back from where we are now.