Need help with CEL Defended claim

Hi,
Thank you for responding to me. I have followed your advice and filled in the DQ.

At the bottom it says to serve copies to all of the parties but I'm unsure whether to send the copy to CEL's address or if I'm supposed to send it to their solicitor.

Here's the defence that I sent...

"In the matter of court claim xxxxxxxx, I am xxxxxxxx, the
defendant in this matter. I assert that I am not liable to the
Claimant for the sum claimed or any amount at all, for the
following reasons, and the Claimant is put to strict proof of
every element of its claim, all of which is not admitted.

1) The Claimant is a serial litigant whose business model is to
file large numbers of spurious claims and pressure defendants into
paying up by sending letters increasing costs. In a preliminary
hearing for a number of cases in Bristol, HHJ Denyer expressed his
concern at the way CEL were conducting their cases and described
the letters as a disgrace.
2) It is submitted that neither the Claim form or additional
particulars of claim meet the requirements of practice directions
and civil procedures.

3) The Claim form itself is invalid, not meeting the requirements
of CPR as signed as 'Civil Enforcement Limited (Claimants Legal
Representative)' and not by a named individual.
4) The Claimant is put to strict proof their ability to issue and
pursue charges at this location and that they have a valid
contract in their name
with the Landowner to instigate any legal action. A full
contemperanous and unredacted contract with the landowner showing
a clear chain of
authority is required to demonstrate the Claimant' s ability to
pursue the charge. Additionally, The Caimant is put to strict
proof the accuracy
of any ANPR and that their signs have the relevant
advertising/planning consents
5) The Claimant has not adduced any evidence of any breach of
terms, or that their signs meet requirements under their ATA Code
of Practice or that
the signs comply with requirements under the Consumer Contracts
(Information,Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013
(CCR) and that
any terms are not onerous or fail any test under the Consumer
Rights Act 2015.
6) The Claimant has not disclosed if proceedings are being issued
against me as the keeper or the puported driver. It is submitted
that as the keeper,
I cannot be held liable for the charge as the Claimant does not
rely on Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedom's Act 2012 nor
comply with the
statutory requirements of the Act. As no evidence has been adduced
as to the driver's identity prior to the claim and as keeper
liability cannot
be invoked, it is submitted the Claimant has no further grounds
for pursuit of this claim against me.

7) The Claim amount far exceeeds the total permitted for recovery
for a parking charge amount under the Claimant's ATA Code of
Practice, it is
submitted that the Claimant has artificially inflated the claim by
failing to issue proceedings following their letter before action,
instead
passing the matter to a debt collector first where there is no
basis for additional charges.
8) The Claimant is a serial abuser of the courts in this way,
filing over 3,000 claims in 2014. However, it is widely reported
that the Claimant
fails to turn up to defended cases, wasting the court!!!8217;s and the
defendant!!!8217;s time
9) I therefore ask that that the claim be struck out as having no
prospect of success, and bring to the courts attention a similar
order made in the
case of Premier Park Limited v Lisa Grafton, A3QK0712, struck out
on 19 March 2015. As the Claimant is not likely to attend court
even if the claim
progresses, this will save costs all round.
10) In the event the claim progresses, then as an unrepresented
litigant in person, I reserve the right to alter, vary and add to
this defence or
reply to any further particulars of claim/documents the Claimant
may provide."

Many thanks

Thanks for your help.

I didn't put the exact date as I didn't have the letter to hand, but it was a roughly a week from receiving the letter that I needed to file and serve - is it always that short?

I'll try and find the information you mentioned, is it literally just my witness statement I need to send then?

Thanks again!

As I'm new to the forum it wont allow me to attach links or images yet.

The letter is dated June 10th and says;

"1.Hearing of the small claim will be 21st of September with a time estimate of 1 hour

2. Parties to serve and file copy documents by 4;00pm on 25th of June

3. Witness statements must be included in the document filed and served, this includes statements from the parties themselves if they are giving evidence"

Thanks again