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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: Tir71 on October 22, 2025, 04:36:17 pm

Title: Re: After 5 years
Post by: jfollows on October 23, 2025, 07:08:32 am

Then try https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/
and https://www.ftla.uk/announcements/posting-images/#new in particular.

Title: Re: After 5 years
Post by: satsuki726 on October 22, 2025, 10:33:32 pm

That was just me trying to tell them how to upload instead of them actually tried to do it lol.

Title: Re: After 5 years
Post by: b789 on October 22, 2025, 09:54:33 pm

Nope. All you have done is linked to the website, not to your image.

Title: Re: After 5 years
Post by: satsuki726 on October 22, 2025, 09:15:40 pm

Try
https://imgbb.com/

Title: Re: After 5 years
Post by: Tir71 on October 22, 2025, 05:56:14 pm

Thanks. How can I attach pictures of the document sent?

Title: Re: After 5 years
Post by: b789 on October 22, 2025, 05:35:57 pm

I'm pretty sure you have not received any "summons". A summons is an old term used mainly in criminal or magistrates’ courts to require someone to attend court to answer an offence. It’s the court’s way of starting a criminal case or compelling attendance.

A money claim is a civil matter, not criminal. It’s used when one person or company wants to recover money from another, such as a debt or alleged breach of contract. It usually starts in the County Court or online through Money Claim Online and can lead to a County Court Judgment (CCJ) if not defended.

In short: a summons drags you into court for an offence, a money claim invites you to defend a debt. One’s criminal, the other’s civil.

Title: Re: After 5 years
Post by: DWMB2 on October 22, 2025, 04:42:49 pm

Welcome to FTLA.

To help us provide the best advice, please read the following thread carefully and provide as much of the information it asks for as you are able to: READ THIS FIRST - Private Parking Charges Forum guide (https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/)

Title: After 5 years
Post by: Tir71 on October 22, 2025, 04:36:17 pm

After about 5 years since supposed parking incident - got a court summons. Is it fair when any valid reason is now not fresh in our minds? Can I post the documents for you to look at?