Draft Defence -Help please with Gladestones claim

Thank you very much
I checked google street view but the signs are not clear on there.
So they are evidence of signs which cannot be read well from a car but not evidence in terms of the time limit being 3 hours or 2 hours at that time.

Yes thank you
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Basically I did not receive a ticket or the PCN if they were posted, only copies when requested after the LBC. I will start wth a sentence to reflect this.

Thank you thank you thank you so much to everyone who helped me during this process.

I’m still astonished about how these companies are allowed to put the public through such stress.

I arrived 30 minutes before court today.
I was very nervous.
I went through sercurity and then found out which court I was due in. I checked in with the usher who asked me if anone was representing me. I said no and then was directed to take a seat.

The staff at the court were approachable and helpful. I think I had novice written all over me!

The waiting room was busy with various lawyers, barristers and clients. They seemed to have lot of cases going on that morning.

I waited an hour and a half. During that time I got increasingly nervous. I think being in the unfamiliar environment and watching people come and go looking very unhappy didnt help.

When we were called into the court the judge gave us a chance get our papers out and explained what the procedure was.

My defence was based on my visit to the site to view the contract as Johnersh said.
The claimant did not produce any evidence of the 2 hour time limit (which i don’t think ever existed) other than a line saying the signs had been changed after the event. They sent in a print out of what was on said sign but no pictures of an actual sign and nothing from the relevant time. As I have said before they also submitted a site plan which contradicted their claim.

I should have read more or at least asked more questions about the authority from the landowner and mentioned it in my initial defence. Although in their statement of truth they claim that the person they have a contract with is the land owner they are actually named on the contract as a management company. I didnt realise that there was a difference (that the landowner may not be a management company) until later when there was nothing I could do about this. I could have gotten the claim dismissed on this basis alone as if they do not have authority of the landowner they cannot pursue me as keeper. Thats a rookie error. I really didnt understand it before.