CPMS LTD County Court Claim form received

I can't remember the name of the judge but it will come through on the order in due course. I was quite angry when I go the verdict and in my anger have forgotten his name.

Not only was it passed as a trespass claim due to the private land nature of the parking the judge did make mention of the fact that he was satisfied the Claimants contract with the landowner allowed them to act in this manner.

He also said that where he has parking companies pursuing breach of contract claims in similar circumstances he almost always advises them to bring it as a trespass claim, because the nature of the claim had not specifically been stated as Breach of contract he asked CMPS if they wished to pursue under trespass and was happy to allow it as such.

As soon as it was trespass in my opinion the judge disregarded the signage issue and the placques issue as it was no longer parking contract, it was now trespassing - and he viewed it as my responsibility to review the signage, and the placques to ensure my vehicle was in the appropriate space. He also likened it to parking in somebodies drive etc.

So I now wait on the outcome letter and at this point am just expecting to pay it and forget about it, the judge said at the beginning there would be no right to appeal unless he had made a flawed decision in the law.

At this stage is it worth contesting or should I just chalk it up to experience and the experts on this forum can be prepared for the trespassing change next time someone comes up against this?

I'm so surprised that the judge felt the punishment of parking in the wrong space fit the crime, I get it was the wrong space and somebody else couldn't park in 'their space' but still it feels quite dis-proportionate to me.