Money claim from parking company

[godfearinglayman]

Not really wishing to start a discussion. Really only posting this for informational purposes.

If you ignore letters from the parking company as I have been doing they do actually seem to apply to the court for a money claim. I've just had a letter though the post from HM Courts & Tribunals Service!

It's actually the debt collection company who have lodged the claim, not the parking company who originally issued the parking charge.

All I'm saying is the days when these guys were just messers who didn't really mean it seem to be coming to a close.

If I don't deal with it I'll end up with a CCJ.

As it happens I believe I have a solid defence, I just couldn't be bothered arguing with them because they don't back down easily and would probably have to go to POPLA and all that sort of thing.

[Kuwahara]

Ignore…they play the heavy hand to see who blinks first..

[mmm-five]

I thought it had been many, many years since the defence was to file it in the bin?

[godfearinglayman]

Kuwahara said:

Ignore they play the heavy hand to see who blinks first..

I can't ignore a letter from HM Courts & Tribunals. They've lodged a money claim against me. If I don't defend myself or pay what they're asking I will get a CCJ!

[Heathwood]

Is it perhaps more a case that they rarely see the process through? It’s not difficult or expensive to submit the claim.

[godfearinglayman]

Heathwood said:

Is it perhaps more a case that they rarely see the process through? It s not difficult or expensive to submit the claim.

I thought in the past that taking it to court was the sort of thing which happened once in a blue moon. I also erroneously assumed if I never contacted them that they would assume they had the wrong contact details and would eventually give up.

Apparently not.

[Unreal]

If you call their bluff and they issue a claim you can defend it or accept the claim against you.

Either way, unless you start spending money, the maximum costs can be easily calculated.

If you lose and they get judgment, no CCJ for it will ever appear on your record provided you settle in full within a month.

[lost in espace]

Unreal said:

If you call their bluff and they issue a claim you can defend it or accept the claim against you.

Either way, unless you start spending money, the maximum costs can be easily calculated.

If you lose and they get judgment, no CCJ for it will ever appear on your record provided you settle in full within a month.

Did they contact you to negotiate and provide a letter before action? If not the court will take a dim view of their claim.

[Sebring440]

godfearinglayman said:

All I'm saying is the days when these guys were just messers who didn't really mean it seem to be coming to a close.

If you'd said that 10 years ago you'd have been correct.

What did you really expect to happen if you ignored everything they've sent you?

[Clad-Hach]

If the letters were not recorded i.e. signed for bin them, they have no proof you received them.

Its as simple as that.

[Unreal]

Clad-Hach said:

If the letters were not recorded i.e. signed for bin them, they have no proof you received them.

Its as simple as that.

They do not have to prove you received them. There is case law on the subject.

If you want to play that game the best you can hope for is more time to prepare a defence.