Vehicle control services - St Mary’s retail park Sheffield |
Vehicle control services - St Mary’s retail park Sheffield |
Fri, 30 Oct 2020 - 12:40
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Member Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 7 Jan 2008 Member No.: 16,457 |
Hi folks
Just need some advice please Mum & bro some scary letters saying they need to pay up It looks like a County country letter but clearly isn’t Do they need to pay? Car was lease so no longer owned TIA This post has been edited by uklarka: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 - 12:43 |
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Fri, 30 Oct 2020 - 12:47
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,053 Joined: 20 May 2013 Member No.: 62,052 |
Post up here a picture of the "court" letter, with personal details redacted. See this site's FAQ for how to post an image (basically by hosting on a another site and linking to it).
You'll have to give us lot more details in order for us to advise you. What was the alleged parking event? What communication has there been back and forth - what paperwork has been received, what appeals have been made etc? Do they still have all the paperwork? Has any appeal identified the driver or hinted at their identity? |
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Fri, 30 Oct 2020 - 12:56
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Member Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 7 Jan 2008 Member No.: 16,457 |
Thanks for quick reply. Have added a few of the letters received to original post.
No appeal has been lodged. No communication with parking company at all from mum or bro to date. I can post rest of the last “court” letter if needed Thanks |
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Fri, 30 Oct 2020 - 15:34
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Member Group: Members Posts: 2,053 Joined: 20 May 2013 Member No.: 62,052 |
That is a real court claim form from the county court, and whoever is named as the defendant on it has now entered a legal process with various deadlines and requirements to be met. Ignoring it will result in a default judgement, 6 years of ruined credit ratings, and potentially hassle from bailiffs etc.
The defendant now has two options: pay the (exorbitant) amount claimed and it will go away; or defend themselves in court - this is a process of submitting various bits of paperwork at various times, then attending a hearing (possibly by phone in these COVID times). If the defendant loses, they have to pay the amount claimed plus possibly an extra £25 or so. If they win, they pay nothing, and may be able to claim a small amount of expenses - mainly for lost earnings in the day of the hearing - but that is capped at a bit below £100. Note that the named defendant has to deal with this mostly themselves - they have to write their own witness statement, attend the court hearing etc - other people can help them but can't replace them. If they wish to defend, then they need to acknowledge the claim online soon after 5 days from the date of issue on the claim, using the login details supplied on the claim form. This should include: don't contest jurisdiction (unless they live outside of England and Scotland); defend the whole claim; and leave the defence completely blank for now. This will give them 33 days from date of issue for the claim to get their defence to the court - a defence that will be written with this forum's help. But in order to help with that defence, we need to know more details about the alleged infraction. The claim form says it's an overstay, but how long was the parking free for, and how many minutes was the overstay? Was there a good reason for the overstay, like a queue of traffic on exitng or the car broke down etc? Did VCS include a copy of the car lease when they sent your relative a notice-to-hirer/keeper? Also, is "St Mary's Road Retail Park" actually the Aldi car park off Boston Street? |
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Sat, 21 Nov 2020 - 21:41
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Member Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: 7 Jan 2008 Member No.: 16,457 |
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