Horizon Parking Pcn County Court Hearing date Help !!!!!

sabzi2007

Hi Guys need some help please , i got parking ticket from Horizon Parking back in feb 2025, which was ignored through out , which followed by small claim proceedings which i have followed all the advise from the forum, but now i have been sent a date by my local County Court but i realized i am not in the country and court is asking to fill a form with £126 fee which i don't really want to pay, my hearing date for county court is 20th oct 2026 , i dont really want to loose the case, can someone here can kindly help me out please, whats my best options are from here, i really appreciate your help

Coupon-mad

Which solicitor?

Was it a Tesco site? Where?

Ask the court to let you join by phone.

Make sure your Witness Statement and evidence is robust, what's the reason for overstay, any disabled passengers?

sabzi2007

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82128641#Comment_82128641

Hi Thanks for quick reply

there solicitor name is "Gladstone's solicitors limited "

its was a 15 minutes overstay in a Greggs parkway car park in Sheffield, i was not aware off 1 hour Max stay, as we visit Home Bargains and Matalan store all the time in same retail park across road and they have 3 hours free parking so had that in mind .

yes we had 11 years old Disabled son with me at the time .

i have contacted court by email and phone but they saying i have to fill that form in for any changes.

court confirmed that claimant have already paid court fees to proceed, my question here is can they still drop the case before hearing date or it will defiantly go to hearing stage now.

i have received Sar details yesterday as requested few weeks ago but not sure if its worth prepping the witness statement and evidence as wont be able to to attend.

sabzi2007

these are couple of pictures i have taken after re visiting the retail park.

sabzi2007

i will really appreciate if someone can check my witness statement please as advise .

Regards

Gr1pr

You appear to have possibly adapted a very old Witness Statement ! Pre 2021

How do I know ? Because that very short Statement of Truth is over 5 years out of date, it was retired long ago in favour of one almost 3 times as long

Please try again with a more up to date WS like the recent example by mse member JackR1 for example

sabzi2007

thankyou its AI generated , i will try to find jackR1 .

Regards

James_Poisson

It's probably me but one sign says max 1hr the other says Max 3hrs?

sabzi2007

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82129474#Comment_82129474

yes thats the thing only small parking area IN front of Greggs, subway and card factory is restricted to 1 hour max stay and rest of the outlets in retail park have max 3 hours stay.

Car1980

EQUALITY ACT 2010!

You need to quote this. THIS is why Horizon are legally obliged to allow you and your son extra time because disability is a protected characteristic under the Act.

Gr1pr

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82129457#Comment_82129457

AI always gets it wrong, especially that SoT