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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: hman1970 on April 08, 2025, 12:54:43 pm

Title: Euro Car Parks - Meadows car Park Chelmsford - ticket from 2020 - Court action
Post by: hman1970 on April 08, 2025, 12:54:43 pm

Hi Folks. New here and hoping for some help.

In 2020 during Covid, my daughter passed her driving test and in November 2020 - I received a parking ticket that she incurred by parking briefly in the Meadow Car Park in Chelmsford on the 14th August 2020.  She said that she attempted and believed she had paid on the parking app.  At the time I remember speaking to an advisor at Debt Recovery Plus and advising them of this and heard nothing more. 

4 years later in 2024 I am now being pursued through the courts for an amount in the region of 400 odd pounds. 

I have not conceded and defended the claim.  I believe my defence was based on time that had passed, not being provided with any evidence of the incident and that the car was never mine and should not have even been in my name, it was a mistake by the dealer.  The car has long been sold. I was also not the driver of the vehicle.  The court case has now been moved to Basildon court and I am waiting for the court date.

here is a link to the original debt recovery letter, which was the first correspondence received in relation to the penalty. No surprise as it was during a pandemic.

https://i.postimg.cc/G2Jw4JTz/meadows-car-park-fine.png

Can anyone offer me advice on how to proceed please.

Thanks
Hman 

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