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UK Parking Limited - County Court claim against me, Paid to park in Castle Car Park, Windsor. ticket fell of windscreen
marvalus
post Mon, 16 Apr 2018 - 19:02
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Hello all,
I have a bit of an Issue with a PCN and now have a Court claim against me,
I’m wondering if anyone is able to help as I have a limited amount of time to respond.

I parked in Castle Car Park, River street Windsor, Berkshire which is a Private Car park at the following time & date –
16:57 20/07/17
I purchased a parking ticket for 2 hours at a cost of £6.00,
this was valid until 18:57.
I stuck the parking ticket on the windscreen with some sticky tape I already had in the car and then left for a boat trip.

When I returned to the car shortly before the ticket was about to expire, I found a PCN on the windscreen, to my shock the ticket I had purchased had fallen off the windscreen and landed facedown on the dash board.
It was the middle of summer, so the heat from the sun probably caused the ticket to fall off.
Even though I had a PCN, I still purchased another ticket to cover me for another 2 hours.
Purchased tickets can be found here -
https://ibb.co/feULz7

Looking at the PCN placed on my screen, you can see that it does not have times for Observation from and to, only period of parking which was stated as [18:04]
The PCN was for £100.00 reduced to £60.00 if paid within 14 days.
PCN can be found here -
https://ibb.co/f63KsS

I went onto paymypcn.net website and could see plenty of photos had been taken of the car parked and the ticket I had paid for facedown on the dashboard.
What I observed straight away is that the serial number for the ticket I had paid for was clearly visible in the photos taken, the serial number is unique to each ticket, and is printed on the front and rear of the ticket, so if checked it would have been easily found that I had a valid ticket to park in the car park.
Photo of Ticket facedown with Serial number here -
https://ibb.co/dg5kz7
https://ibb.co/dNN4sS

I appealed on the paymypcn.net website,
unfortunately I don’t have a copy of my appeal, But I remember stating that I had purchased a ticket for the period parked, and that the ticket was valid and serial number for this could be seen in the photos taken, I also included a photo of the tickets I had purchased in my appeal.

PCN Parking solutions [for UK Parking Limited] responded to my appeal and rejected my appeal stating the following –
(Your vehicle was observed as being parked in a Pay and Display car park, without clearly displaying a valid Pay and Display ticket.
Please note that you can visit our website; www.paymypcn.net whereby you can review photographs of this parking event. You will note from these images that the Pay and Display ticket was upside down and was therefore not legible to the Parking Attendant.
Whilst we note the contents of your appeal, these amount to mitigation and are not sufficient to discharge your liability. The onus is on the motorist to ensure that a valid Pay and Display ticket is on display at all times.
Whilst you may have been a genuine ticket holder, by failing to ensure that the Pay and Display ticket was correctly on display, you have breached the terms and conditions of parking.)
Something I now need to make you all aware of –
1. I am not the registered keeper of the car I was driving, I had borrowed it
2. They had my First name and Surname the wrong way round.
3. The address was incorrect, (it had no flat number) but I found the letter a few weeks later as it was found by a neighbor, So I did not get the letter until over 6 weeks later.
I ignored the letter as I thought it might just go away, and they had incorrect details for me anyway, and there was no way I was paying £100.00 when I had a valid parking ticket.
Appeal letter response can be found here –
https://ibb.co/eOnXe7 Page 1
https://ibb.co/iwXXe7 Page 2
At the end of December 2017 I was given a letter from a Neighbour from CSB Solicitors, they now wanted £202.25 from me.
again they had the following details incorrect.
1. They had my First name and Surname the wrong way round.
2. The address was incorrect, (it had no flat number) which is why I received the letter several weeks later.
I continued to receive quite a few letters harassing me to pay the amount owed, all delayed due to incorrect address, I ignored them all and hoped they would give up.
First Solicitor letter found here (I have many more) -
https://ibb.co/eJyimn Page 1
https://ibb.co/jjY5z7 Page 2
This month, April 2018 I receive a County court claim form, again with the above incorrect details demanding I now pay £242.98

County Court claim form found here -
https://ibb.co/ebKdK7 Page 1
https://ibb.co/kRepRn Page 2
https://ibb.co/fhWKRn Page 3
I seriously now need help with this now, I refuse to pay the amount when I had a valid ticket, question is how do I respond to this?
I never informed them that I was the driver of the Vehicle, also they have suffered no losses as I had spent a total of £12.00 on parking tickets, this is why I feel strongly that I should not pay anything, but now it has been taken to a county court.
Do I admit part of the claim? Or do I counterclaim and let the court know about the harassment?
Do I ask for it to be taken to Court and then let the Judge decide?
Also does the incorrect name and address that the Court has make any difference to the case?
Many thanks to you all for your time reading this.
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post Mon, 16 Apr 2018 - 19:28
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With this one, it will be the pic of the signs that will win it for you. Have you got a pic of the wording? AFAIK it is badly worded so an easy send off.

They used to use Gladstones who made so many errors they've switched. Can't see CBS being any better.

An old pic which says display a valid ticket. It was valid so there is no breach .....



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post Mon, 16 Apr 2018 - 19:36
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post Mon, 16 Apr 2018 - 19:57
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Define ' Display ticket clearly in vehicle '' does it mean 'display ticket so it can be read' or Display a ticket so it's clearly a ticket even if it's upside down', how do you know.

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post Mon, 16 Apr 2018 - 20:11
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post Mon, 16 Apr 2018 - 20:32
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I'll play devil's advocate. The ticket (although not the contract) does say 'display clearly on dashboard'. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that the details need to be visible to confirm whether it's valid...

Right, I wouldn't pay - defend all the way (no part admittance). There are a number of defence considerations:

You mention no loss but a 'lazy' judge may simply be swayed by ParkingEye v Beavis and that the amount is necessary to discourage those who are not paying. Here you should argue that the parking fee (and some) was paid and can be clearly evidenced. It should be argued that there is an imbalance here:
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What the Appeal Court said in ParkingEye v Beavis :
When the court is considering an ordinary financial or commercial contract, then it is understandable that the law, which lays down its own rules as to the compensation due from a contract breaker to the innocent party, should prohibit terms which require the payment of compensation going far beyond that which the law allows in the absence of any contract provision governing this outcome.

The classic and simple case is that referred to by Tindal CJ in Kemble v Farren (1829) 6 Bing. 141 at 148: “But that a very large sum should become immediately payable, in consequence of the non-payment of a very small sum, and that the former should not be considered a penalty, appears to be a contradiction in terms, the case being precisely that in which courts of equity have always relieved, and against which courts of law have, in modern times, endeavoured to relieve, by directing juries to assess the real damages sustained by the breach of the agreement.”


Indeed, you did comply with the contract (although not the ticket, i.e. dashboard) by displaying the valid ticket. It seems the contract was frustrated by something outside your control. (You actually put extra effort in securing the ticket)

Their inability to process your personal data is worth an attack - presuming you entered it correctly.

I doubt any counterclaim applies here unless you could show a breach of data protection (currently DPA, heading towards GDPR). The 'harassment' is fairly normal for PPC's but any untruths should be picked on, if any.

Was a compliant (debt protocol) Letter Before Claim sent? It's not a defence but may assist in costs.

Do the signs make allowance to these mystical extra charges?

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RK=Registered Keeper, OP=Original Poster (You!), CoFP=Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty, NtK=Notice to Keeper, NtD=Notice to Driver
PoFA=Protection of Freedoms Act, SAC=Safety Awareness Course, NIP=Notice of Intended Prosecution, ADR=Alternative Dispute Resolution
PPC=Private Parking Company, LBCCC=Letter Before County Court Claim, PII=Personally Identifiable Information, SAR=Subject Access Request

Private Parking - remember, they just want your money and will say almost anything to get it.
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post Mon, 16 Apr 2018 - 21:42
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thank you for your reply Jic,
No Debt Protocol letter was sent, Just the letters I have mentioned.
I dont have any photos of the signs, Only a partial picture I have included.
I have searched the net and this forum for photos of the signs, it appears lots of people have had problems in this car park.
I found a topc here which might help me

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=106567
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post Tue, 17 Apr 2018 - 06:51
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Have you ACKNOWLEDGED the claim yet?

If not, do so now, online. With an issue date of 12/04.2018 you have 33 days to ensure the court receives your defence ONCE you ack.

One major argument will be de minimis - that the contract breach was so minor a court should not bother with it. it is a trifle. Especially when they could have confirmed there was a valid ticket themselves, and DOUBLY so when they could have done so after the fact. If they were honest, then they would have cancelled at either opportunity.

WHEN you ack, DO NOT START THE DEFENCE. You leave it entiurely totally and COMPLETELY blank, null, void of all content. This is CRITICAL. You will then compile your defence on some form of office softwaer, inssert a scan of your signature, convert it to PDF and EMAIL it to the courts email address

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QUOTE (marvalus @ Mon, 16 Apr 2018 - 22:42) *
No Debt Protocol letter was sent,

The phrase is 'letter before action' (or occasionally 'letter before councty court claim', its 'required' by the 'pre-action protocols', make sure you have the phraseology correct as a Judge may not connect your words with what they should have been.


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post Tue, 17 Apr 2018 - 23:13
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QUOTE (nosferatu1001 @ Tue, 17 Apr 2018 - 07:51) *
Have you ACKNOWLEDGED the claim yet?

If not, do so now, online. With an issue date of 12/04.2018 you have 33 days to ensure the court receives your defence ONCE you ack.

One major argument will be de minimis - that the contract breach was so minor a court should not bother with it. it is a trifle. Especially when they could have confirmed there was a valid ticket themselves, and DOUBLY so when they could have done so after the fact. If they were honest, then they would have cancelled at either opportunity.

WHEN you ack, DO NOT START THE DEFENCE. You leave it entiurely totally and COMPLETELY blank, null, void of all content. This is CRITICAL. You will then compile your defence on some form of office softwaer, inssert a scan of your signature, convert it to PDF and EMAIL it to the courts email address

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Thank you for your help, I have never done this before so I wanted to just check with you.
Here is the form I have which i think your talking about
https://ibb.co/fhWKRn

So I Sign this form, anything else on the form?
date?
Defendant full name?
Address?
D.O.B?
defend or contest?

I know your saying to leave blank,
Just checking why and how it will help?

and how best to compile my defence and how should I submit it?
On paper, Email or do I intend to sit before a Judge?

many thanks
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The claim form should have a web address and a password. Use those details to go online and simply acknowledge the claim. No need to send in paper. You are defending in full, you will not be putting anything in the defence. Acknowledging give you 33 days from date of issue to get your defence in to the court, with a little help from the forum.
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Date?
Defendant full name?
Address?
D.O.B?

This is information to identify you and must be provided

Defend or contest?
You dispute all of the debt
You do not dispute jurisdiction (unless you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland)
The case will be moved to your local court later

I know your saying to leave blank,
Just checking why and how it will help?

If you enter anything in the the Defence box now, the system will treat it as your defence
You won't be able to submit your actual defence later

and how best to compile my defence and how should I submit it?
On paper, Email or do I intend to sit before a Judge?

As a pdf attachment to an email but make sure it's signed
The case only ends up in front of a judge if UK Parking doesn't back down but pays the Hearing Fee in about three months time
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post Fri, 20 Apr 2018 - 10:40
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Thank you for your help everyone, I just wanted to let you know I have know Acknowledged the claim form online,
I ticked the box titled 'I intend to defend all of this claim'
I will now need to get my defence together.
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post Fri, 4 May 2018 - 11:05
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hello all,

I was wondering if you could please help me to compile my defence for the Court,
so I guess I need to do this as a PDF attachment by email?

many thanks

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post Fri, 4 May 2018 - 11:15
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It's your defence, your personal circumstances. Read around and pick up from other defences that may be suitable for your situation. Post on here for critique before sending.

By this time you should have had your defence nearly complete, it's getting close to having to submit it. Issue date + 33 days.

You are stating all the reasons why you are not liable to pay the alleged debt.

Yes it's put as a signed document in PDF format and attached to an email to the court.
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post Fri, 4 May 2018 - 11:32
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You cannot wander away for 2 weeks and come back essentially asking us to write YOUR defence for you! Imagine how that looks to everyone...

Get it written> it should basically be complete - your resarch, reading other threads, completed cases sub forum, MSE parking sub forum -> newbies thread post 2, etc all give you clues.
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post Fri, 4 May 2018 - 11:50
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QUOTE (ostell @ Fri, 4 May 2018 - 12:15) *
It's your defence, your personal circumstances. Read around and pick up from other defences that may be suitable for your situation. Post on here for critique before sending.

By this time you should have had your defence nearly complete, it's getting close to having to submit it. Issue date + 33 days.

You are stating all the reasons why you are not liable to pay the alleged debt.

Yes it's put as a signed document in PDF format and attached to an email to the court.


thank you for your help, most appreciated
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post Thu, 10 May 2018 - 16:06
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Hello all,

i'm trying to compile my defence, I don't have much time left and it is proving to be a bit difficult,
this is what I have so far, does anyone have any advice on what I have?
What I should remove or add etc?

many thanks in advance.

Defence Statement

I assert that I am not liable to the Claimant for the sum claimed,
or any amount at all, for the following reasons:

1.
Terms and Conditions on Signage stated the following -
‘Clearly display a valid pay & display parking ticket or permit’
As far as I am concerned I followed the Terms & Conditions.

I displayed a valid pay and display parking ticket, it appears it may of become dislodged by a gust of wind,
something that was out of my control.

Define ‘Clearly display a valid pay & display parking ticket or permit'
does it mean 'display ticket so it can be read' or Display a ticket so it's clearly a ticket even if it's upside down', how do you know?

2.
I went onto paymypcn.net website and could see plenty of photos had been taken, of the car parked and the ticket I had paid for facedown on the dashboard.
What I observed straight away is that the serial number for the ticket I had paid for was clearly visible in the photos taken, the serial number is unique to each ticket, and is printed on the front and rear of the ticket, so if checked it would have been easily found that I had a valid ticket to park in the car park.

I appealed on the paymypcn.net website, stating that I had purchased a ticket for the period parked, and that the ticket was valid and serial number for this could be seen in the photos taken, I also included a photo of the tickets I had purchased in my appeal.
PCN Parking solutions [for UK Parking Limited] would have been able to clearly see that I had a valid ticket that had been purchased and covered the period I had parked for.

PCN parking solutions responded to my appeal stating the following
‘The onus is on the motorist to ensure that a valid Pay and Display ticket is on display at all times.
Whilst you may have been a genuine ticket holder, by failing to ensure that the Pay and Display ticket was correctly on display, you have breached the terms and conditions of parking.

So they admitted my ticket was valid, but where does it state in the terms and conditions that ‘The onus is on the motorist to ensure that a valid Pay and Display ticket is on display at all times”?
it simply does not state this, that would mean staying with my car for the entire duration the car is parked to make sure it it being displayed clearly.

3.
I paid a fee of £6.00 to park in the car park, my ticket was valid.
even when I received a PCN, I still purchased another ticket for £6.00,
So they received a total of £12.00 from me.
My fee for parking on the land has already been paid.

4.
Looking at the PCN placed on my screen, you can see that it does not have times for Observation from and to, only period of parking which was stated as a fixed time.
So the operator did not allow enough time to see if I was reading the terms and conditions and retuning to the vehicle, or if I was walking to or from the payment machine, he did not allow anytime whatsoever.

Changes were made to the BPA Approved Operator Scheme's Code of Practice in October 2015. This established a Grace Period at the end of the parking period of 10 minutes for BPA AOS members, if the location is one where parking is normally permitted.

BPA also states -
operators should also now be factoring in a small ‘grace period’ to allow a driver time either to find a parking space (and to leave if there is not one) or make a decision whether the tariff is appropriate for their use or not.
This ‘grace period is however at the discretion of the Landlord/Landowner and will also vary in duration, dependant on the size/layout/circumstances of the car park.

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post Fri, 11 May 2018 - 13:37
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SRM - I suggest you havea look. Or Lamiladl
This needs a lot of working

Youre mixing a witness statement and defence together. Yes, time is runnign out - in three weeks you have posted twice.
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post Fri, 11 May 2018 - 13:50
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thank you, I think I have about 3 days.
I have found a similar defence letter which I can edit and use some of my info,
but I'm not very good at this, I just need a few pointers.
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