As I mentioned... correct me if I'm wrong, and I am still confused. We need to be clear who is who in this matter.
From what I can now gather, you are the company owner and therefore you can represent the company. Your company "own" the vehicle. However, there is no such thing as a register of "owners". The vehicle is registered to your company, which is fine. However, you mention that "paperwork" arrived at your home address. Are you referring to the original Notice to Keeper (NtK)?
If os, this would be because the vehicle may have been registered in your company name but you must also have used your home address when registering it.
The vehicle is assigned to one of your employees and they were driving at the time of the alleged contravention. They are happy to take responsibility for the PCN.
When you say you "...responded and updated to our company address, at the same time gave the drivers information.", how did you do this? Did you submit a data rectification notice to the DPO of the parking operator, instructing them to update their records with the correct address for service and to erase the old address? There highlighted words are important and should be used in any data rectification notice. It must be sent to the DPO of the company... was it?
You also say that the drivers details were also given at the same time. So, who was this "information" given to? Did you follow the instructions on the NtK on how to inform the parking operator of the drivers detail if, you, the Keeper, were not the driver?
You then tell us that no LoC was ever received but the N1SDT Claim Form was received. At which address was that received and in whose name is it? Is it in the company name or your name as an individual?
We seem to be getting confused with the N9 acknowledgement form and N180 Directions Questionnaire. For the N9 Acknowledgement of Service (AoS), what did you put for: "Defendant’s full name if different from the name given on the claim form"?
Did you then put the company address as "Address to which documents about this claim should be sent"?
On the 'defence and counterclaim' form you put the following: "This vehicle was not driven by me. It was driven by a manager. We would have sent the details in accordance with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. The responsible person is: blah blah." Unfortunately, that is not a defence.
All this happened back in January and at some stage, you will have been sent an N180 Directions Questionnaire. The questions I asked you yesterday were in relation to that form. I asked you what answers did you put in that form before returning it to the CNBC? You've not answered those questions, so I repeat them here:
When you submitted your N180 Directions Questionnaire, what did you put down for the following questions:
• Whose name... "To be completed by, or on behalf of"?
• "Who is the"... which tick box?
• D1. Do you consider that this claim is suitable for determination without a hearing, such as; by a judge reading and considering the case papers, witness statements and other documents filed by the parties, making a decision, and giving a note of reasons for that decision?
• F1. At which County Court hearing centre would you prefer the small claims hearing to take place and why?
• When you signed, which tick box did you tick?
When you've answered the questions above and clarified who is who and who responded, I can then offer further advice.
A lot of clarification required and questions need answering, in order to try and unravel this mess.
I may have this the wrong way around, but bear with me...
Based on your post and the poor excuse for a 'defence' in the Acknowledgement of Service (AoS), you are saying that you were the driver but the Claim should have been issued to the Company, who are the Registered Keeper (RK). If you are not the RK, then the (the company) must have transferred liability to you as the driver and included your address for service.
The Parking Charge Notice (PCN) was not responded to and/or not paid. At some point a Letter of Claim (LoC) would have been sent to the address that the Claim has been sent to, which I'm assuming is your home address. Did you receive the LoC? If you did, did you respond to it?
Once the claim is issued, only the named defendant can respond and it is too late to try and transfer liability for the claim to anyone else.
Normally, I'd tell you that you don't have anything to worry about because any claim issued by DCB Legal, as long as it is defended, no matter how pathetically, will eventually be discontinued. However, this case has been allocated to St Helens for a telephone hearing which is extremely unfortunate and unfair.
When you submitted your N180 Directions Questionnaire, what did you put down for the following questions:
• Whose name... "To be completed by, or on behalf of"?
• "Who is the"... which tick box?
• D1. Do you consider that this claim is suitable for determination without a hearing, such as; by a judge reading and considering the case papers, witness statements and other documents filed by the parties, making a decision, and giving a note of reasons for that decision?
• F1. At which County Court hearing centre would you prefer the small claims hearing to take place and why?
• When you signed, which tick box did you tick?
When you've answered the questions above and clarified who is who and who responded, I can then offer further advice.