Court Claim Form from BW Legal on behalf of Britannia parking

Hondawonda

Hi All

When googling for some information on my case I just found this great forum where many cases been solved successfully thanks of all of you guys, so I would really seek for advice on my case.

As on title, I have received the Court Claim Form with issue date 18/02/2026 from BW Legal on behalf of Britannia Parking that the POC states:

The Claim against the Defendant (D) is for £170 for parking charge following a parking contravention which occurred on 30/07/2025 on private land (lawfully occupied by the Claimant ( C)) at Saundersfoot-Saundersfoot Harbour SA69 9HE by the driver of a vehicle, KIA registration mark ……. . C's terms and conditions (displayed on signage) offered the driver a contractual licence and was accepted by the driver upon entry, and subsequently breached. Driver's breach: Failure to make a valid payment D is liable as driver, or keeper per Sch.4 PoFA20212. C also claims £70 contractual recovery costs as set out in its terms and conditions and the ATA Code of practice.

Amount claimed: £170

Court fee: £35

Legal rep.: £50

That's giving £255 in total what are they trying to get from me

As I have never been in situation like this before, I have absolutely no clue how to act apart only shity advice from a colleague from work to ignore all previous letters, like PCN to keeper (Britannia) and LoC (BW Legal).

The thing was that I parked there for a few hours and of course bought a parking ticket for the duration of my stay, but unfortunately I did not know that I had exceeded the parking time by 42 minutes due to heavy traffic in the parking lot and I simply could not leave because others who tried to park were blocking others, preventing them from leaving the parking lot.

That happened on 30/07/2025 and on 29/08/2025 I have received my first PCN with a camera photo of my car including the entry and exit times (Entry 14:31:20, Exit 19:32:04 but my payment covered only 14:51-18:51), which I have completely ignored as that was more than 14 days from incident day, but now escalated to a serious matter.

It was never confirmed who the driver was.

According to this forum when reading NEWBIES info I need to fill in the AOS asap and get my Defence ready to upload before the deadline.

But my question is how good or bad a situation am I in to win this case?

Is this still just one of many attempts just to extort the money from people?

Thank you in advance for any reply and/or advice

Kind Regards

Coupon-mad

"only shity advice from a colleague from work to ignore all previous letters, like PCN to keeper (Britannia) and LoC (BW Legal)."

They weren't wrong. Nothing wrong with the ignore tactic and nothing would have changed. You'd still be here!

"the parking lot."

No such thing in this country. That's a horrible Americanism. It's a car park.

That happened on 30/07/2025 and on 29/08/2025 I have received my first PCN.

Received?

Or it was dated that date?

You would be best defending as keeper - and not implying who was driving - and certainly not telling a story wbout a queue holding you up for three quarters of an hour. 15 mins yes. 45 mins? Unlikely…

Anyway use the Template Defence.

Hondawonda

Thank you for a such of quick response and apologies for the "language".

Received? Or it was dated that date?

The PCN was dated on 05/08/2025 but it was delivered to my door at 29/08/2025

Le_Kirk

With an issue date of 18/02/26 and providing you complete(d) the AoS after 23/02/26 and before or on 09/03/26 your defence deadline date is 4.00 p.m. on 23/03/26

Hondawonda

Thanks.

I will post my template defence here as soon I will get this ready so that even way can be checked and/or used in the future by others.

Coupon-mad

"The PCN was dated on 05/08/2025 but it was delivered to my door at 29/08/2025"

Hopefully in future the statutory Code will put a stop to this part of the scam.

Was it POFA worded? Check it against the Britannia images in the NTK pictures thread.

Car1980

I did not know that I had exceeded the parking time by 42 minutes due to heavy traffic in the parking lot and I simply could not leave because others who tried to park were blocking others, preventing them from leaving the parking lot.

You need to get your ducks in a row here.

Did you physically drive out of the parking space within the time you had paid for?

This appears to be a tourist location and presumably it was very busy in July. But was there genuinely a problem ie. complete holiday maker chaos?

All I'm saying is that if you were genuinely stuck you have to be adamant about it.

Hondawonda

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81905180#Comment_81905180

Not sure but there is something mentioned about POFA so assume it is.

See the photo below please

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Castle

You've left the Parking Charge reference showing.

Hondawonda

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81905500#Comment_81905500

It was very busy in did and the parking wasn't any big but the thing about this car park was that driving between the cars already parked in designed spots you had only a space for one car in between them so if somebody decided to stop and wait for available spot then everyone in the back was blocked and some people were hooting and shouting on each other.

But as "Coupon-mad" said before I am not sure if this is worth to mention that I was blocked for around half an hour as:

1. Who cares
2. Hard to believe

Coupon-mad

We don't need to see it because we encourage YOU to do the comparison & tell us if it is POFA worded, please. You are the one who needs to understand the wording difference. Don't guess - no "I'm not sure" but don't ask us.

I did explain where to read to look at my pictures & play 'spot the difference'.

You'll soon see. No need to assume.

We can tell … but we want you to gain confidence.