Smart Parking/Gladstone LBC- Wrong VRN entered

Hi all

I have been awaiting my court date but have instead received the letter below!

My question is, would you advise me to now ignore this and await my day in court or reply!
I will not pay and intend fighting this to the end!


Re: Our Client: Smart Parking LTD
Amount Due: £185.00

Thank you for your correspondence, the contents of which have been noted.
We believe our Letter before Claim is compliant with the most up to date version of the Pre-Action Protocol ('the Protocol') however and without concession, we would be grateful for clarification as to your position with respect to non-compliance with the same.
It is noted that you have not provided an account of your version of events as is required by the Protocol.

Despite the above with a view to expediting matters, please find enclosed evidence our Client may later rely on should the need for proceedings arise. We also enclose a copy of the Annex 1 Information Sheet, the Reply Form and the Standard Financial Statement.

We trust the above and the enclosed clarifies our Client's position with respect to the outstanding debt. In the event you are still unsatisfied with the above, please find below our responses to your numbered questions below;
1 . The motorist entered into a contract to park on the land pursuant to the signs with our Client. The contract allowed the motorist to park in accordance with the signs or, for a charge of £100, allowed the motorist the privilege to park outside of the conditions as stated on the signs. As the driver on the day for the charge of parking charge 11111111 parked otherwise than in accordance with the signs, they accepted a charge of £100. Payment of the charge has not been forthcoming within the relevant timeframe and as such, the contract has now been breached and further costs incurred as a result of the breach in having to facilitate the recovery of the debt. Our Client's Accredited Trade Association also states that an additional fee may be applied upon the matter being referred for enforcement.
2. Your details were provided as the registered keeper of vehicle registration 1111111 when a request was made to the DVLA. On the enclosed Notice to Keeper you were provided with the opportunity to nominate a driver. As we are yet to receive any nomination; our Client therefore avers, given your lack of response, that you as the registered keeper of the vehicle were also the driver on the date of the incident.
3. Our Client has complied with the POFA 2012.
4. 111111111vehicle number 111111111 registered to you was parked at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel car park in Bristol City Centre (the site), and received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN).
Please find enclosed all documents are Client is prepared to disclose at this stage, we believe their content to be self-explanatory.
5. Yes, this is a claim for contractual breach. We hold that a valid contract was formed between the driver (you in this instance) and our Client and the charge owed is outstanding.
6. We will not provide a copy of our client's contract with the landowner at this stage. Our Client's position is that the contract entered into is between itself and the motorist to which it acts as the Principal. Any other contract is therefore superfluous when considering liability. In the event that a Court Order specifies that a document to this effect must be provided, our client will comply.
7. Please refer to the evidence attached.
8. The information on the signage informs the driver (you) of the parking conditions at the location. Signage is prominent throughout the parking area. Signage location, size, content and font has been audited by the British Parking Association and had this been an issue this would have been addressed and rectified at this stage. It is your responsibility, to check for signage, check the legality and obtain any authorisation for parking before leaving your vehicle. The signage on site is the contractual document.
9. Prior to our involvement, if the charge had been paid at the time of issuing and/ or within 14 days, the parking charge would have reduced to £60.00. Failing to make the payment within the time frame would make the motorist liable for the full charge of £100, as no payment was forthcoming the case was passed to ourselves and the amount increased to £160.
The £100.00 is the parking charge and the £85.00 being claimed is a charge owed to our Client for their time spent and resource facilitating the recovery of this, as a direct result of your non-payment.
No interest and no admin charges have been added until if required, we commence legal proceedings.
1 0. Please refer to the evidence attached.
1 1 . Please refer to the evidence.
12. Please see attached list of redacted vehicles whom paid for their parking. You will note from the list your vehicle registration is not included on this, therefore no payment was made for your vehicle to be parked on site.
13. All documents our Client is prepared to rely on have been disclosed at this stage.
We trust the attached explains our Client's position in relation to why the debt is outstanding and in view of the evidence itself, it is our Client's position that the sum of £160 remains outstanding within 30 days from the date of this correspondence. In the event that neither a substantive response nor payment is made within this time-frame our Client may elect to issue legal proceedings without further notice.