Parking invoice question invoice dated from before Oct 2012

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Sorry,

I realise these are tedious, but I do have a question as i've been sent an invoice from a parking company for a claim made back in february 2012.. that now has a court reference on it and a request to attend a court in north london.

It has, for obvious reasons rather focused my attention on what to do next. Yes, I could pay, but the idea of paying a large sum of money for staying over by a handful of minutes is somewhat galling.

As of yet I have not contacted the company or the court but I was under the understanding that parking matters dating from before October 2012 were unenforcable under contract law. Is this the company trying it on, or do they have a legal resource to the county court?

Cheers,

DMN

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Sorry, my explaination is ambiguous. I have a form from the bulk centre with the claim amount on it and a court location and an empty form attached to respond to. I'm at work now. I'll update the thread later today with the correct details.

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The company that is charging me bought the debt from another. Does that make a difference?

Moreover, is it correct that before October 2012 liability lies not with the owner but the driver. The reason I say this is I was not the driver that day.

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Right,

home now with the form in front of me and TBO i'm not sure what to make of it.

For a start the form looks like a poor photocopy with a number of poorer copied sheets attached to the back of it.

It's for a company with the name Debt Enforcement And Action Limited. with my name as claimant. The bottom left of the form says Ni claim form ( CR Part7)(12.12) and then bottom right (c) Crown copyright 2012.

The top right has a box with Northampton something something - there is a sticker over it with a reference bar code and then an 8 digit reference.

Towards the bottom of the bottom of the form there is a box which indicated the court name for hearings

Barnet Civil and Family Court Centre.

Is there a way that I can find out from the reference number if this is a genuine count reference number of this particular company are playing mickey mouse with me.

The second page has a signature at the bottom from a solicitor.

The poorly photocopied sheets are about country court claim forms, your response sheet, attachment of earnings, defence and admission sheets that can be sent back. All these pages have N9 response pack written at the bottom of them.

Surely if a claim is registered in me in the court, using these references I should be able to find it 'somewhere' on line.

Something feels very wrong here. I'm sure the court process does not hand out a poor photocopy of a poor photocopy as a legal means of dialog.

Cheers,

DMN

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Breadvan72 said:

Did you mean to say that you are named as the Claimant? Defendant, surely.

Yes, sorry defendant. Words, it's all in the words

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Righto,

I phones the court. Indeed legit. So, a defense form will be downloaded and filled in and posted off to their address. Lets see what happens next.

Thanks got all your help. Part of me thinks these companies work pretty much with the belief that the defendant will bin the letter and they win their claim.

We shall see.

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That is exactly it.

Reeling in process by the looks of it, but as others say, I suspect more a chancers end game than anything else. Nasty scumbag bottom feeding parasites.

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Righto, an update.

A letter has arrived from the court with a date for the hearing . I moved court to one local to me.

My 15 minutes of allotted time is now determined, but my question is, for those who have been through this process is, what should I expect in terms of being asked questions etc. I'm new to this. Never been in a court before, so have no idea as to what to expect.

Cheers,

Dmn

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Thanks. No, you're not missing anything and that's pretty much all there is to it.

My betting is on a no show to.

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Final part of this little sage.

I was all prepared for my 15 minutes of court, but a letter has arrived indicating that the claim against me is being discontinued.

What a surprise.

Thanks for all the advice people, it was much appreciated.

DMN