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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: Leeee on February 10, 2026, 02:29:14 pm
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Is there any advice you can offer me please?
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Apologies if I'm bumping, but the court date has been set for 7 days from today and I'm really unsure what my best course of action is. Any advice is gratefully received. Thank you!
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nothing, it's blank apart from my name and address
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What's on the back of that letter?
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The letter I received is here:
https://ibb.co/VYY8F94V
I dont think there is a mention of witness statements?
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The letter you received which says when the court date is and when the trial fee is due will (should) say
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Oh sorry, thanks for explaining.
I haven't been given a deadline as yet, the court date is March 2nd though, so very soon
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This is a busy forum run entirely by volunteers. It has been less than 5 hours since you posted, please be patient and do not 'bump' your thread.
What's your deadline for submission of Witness Statements?
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any advice please?
thanks
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Is my best course of action to contact BW Legal to negotiate a settlement? Or do I have any other options?
thanks
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I just called them - yes it shows as having been paid on the system
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Yes - do that as quickly as you can.
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I have emailed them to find out (I cant seem to be able to discover this online). Should I call them?
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Firstly, have you checked with the Court that the trial fee has been paid?
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any advise on my course of action? You mentioned that the parking charges might not be compliant?
thank you!
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see here for the first:
https://ibb.co/tMsb8f8q
https://ibb.co/n8VQXfrt
https://ibb.co/b5xyntyD
https://ibb.co/tpwq0HgP
then photos of my vehicle, before the second parking charge:
https://ibb.co/wFMVM3zw
https://ibb.co/xqGTV14Z
and a copy of the Letter of Claim:
https://ibb.co/W4sGZzmN
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It seems to me that the PCN's are not PoFA compliant - can you show us BOTH SIDES of one of the PCNs assuming that they are both identical.
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Here are the links to the main body of the document (1st 13 pages):
https://ibb.co/9kdnfnRm
https://ibb.co/Y7sQPf9D
https://ibb.co/ds1sB3Qk
https://ibb.co/gFdHPZxF
https://ibb.co/2YSz8zKs
https://ibb.co/1tqHxwyG
https://ibb.co/pjKC7ZjX
https://ibb.co/8n1SwCK1
https://ibb.co/xqnh0mZ1
https://ibb.co/BVg1fVmp
https://ibb.co/wZs2b3CK
https://ibb.co/pBc0SDkD
https://ibb.co/HDQkn5TS
there follows several pages of the UK Car Park Management's T&C's, and then several more pages of details of the parking charges
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Please show us the whole document - we can't advise on a letter we have only seen small excerpts of.
You might also want to obscure your full name and home address, this is a public forum.
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I have received an update from BW Legal. It seems they are proceeding with the claim at Court:
https://ibb.co/cf6pPBx
https://ibb.co/zhPvVLv5
https://ibb.co/rNKgLkF
What is my best course of action now please?
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That makes sense. The only defense that I have given at any point was that I do not have full details of the alleged parking charges, so I cannot judge their validity or prepare a defense. I cannot find an actual copy of my wording of this, but that is all I have given.
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You must have provided a defence, because if you hadn’t you would now have a default judgement made against you.
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yes the address is correct.
I received:
some debt collector letters
A Letter of/before Claim from BW Legal
None of these detailed the details of the parking charges.
BWLegal claim that they sent the parking charge notices, but if they did then they must have ended up in the junk mail pile for recycling (I live with elderly parents)
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You mention not having received communication prior to the court claim... Is your address correct on the parking charge notices you have been sent?
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You posted the Notice to Keeper above, Reply #14. It wasn’t explicitly called that I agree.
If the court fee is paid, you will need to file a Witness Statement by the relevant date.
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Ok thanks. If the claimant does go ahead (pays the court fee), is there a recommended course of action, or should I wait to see and then proceed accordingly?
I don't think I have received a Notice to Keeper. I cannot find such a thing. What does it detail?
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An in person court date has been set:
https://ibb.co/8Dhgw1sz
The claimant has until the 12th to pay the court fee.
Good.
So check on 13 February with the court if you have not received a notice of discontinuation.
NtK is a Notice to Keeper from your other query.
Your defence may have been filed as per your email. But that’s only a guess.
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I haven't provided a defense; I have just completed the Directions Questionnaire (see link above); I have also emailed BWLegal to request full details of the parking charges.
I had a phone call with a court mediator in which I stressed that I had no details of the alleged parking charges.
I emailed the court to say:
'I will like to inform the Court that despite multiple requests and with the agreement with the mediator assigned by the Court, I have not received full details of the alleged parking charges brought by BW Legal. I have no information about the alleged parking violations (days, times, locations, vehicle details).
I requested details concerning the parking violations on June 3rd 2025 via email.
As part of the mediation process, on the 5th November 2025, the assigned mediator called BW Legal and BW Legal agreed to share the details with me (the Defendant).
I have not received any correspondence from BW Legal about this case nor the parking charges. I have once again - on 2nd January 2026 - emailed BW Legal to request details.
Best wishes,
Lee Atkins (Defendant)'
This is all.
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Okay - so can we see the defence which you have initially provided?
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no the driver has not been revealed. They do not know who the driver was.
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I can see that you have now posted them.
Do they know who the driver was? Has the driver been revealed in any appeal stage?
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The original PCNs
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'we need to see the whole of the NtK (both sides)'
what is the NtK?
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see un cropped parkign charges:
https://ibb.co/KjGRqN5w
https://ibb.co/PspK98S3
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An in person court date has been set:
https://ibb.co/8Dhgw1sz
The claimant has until the 12th to pay the court fee.
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my completed Directions Questinnaire:
https://ibb.co/0jQnyg1M
Advice here is that you need to ask for a hearing in person, not as you have done.
By forcing the claimant to attend court in person, or send representation, makes it more likely they will discontinue rather than attend.
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As I have already mentioned, we need to see the whole of the NtK (both sides) redacting only personal information.
So far you have made two attempts to show the PCNs but have cut off key wording in both cases.
Please try again.
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my completed Directions Questinnaire:
https://ibb.co/0jQnyg1M
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I sent this to the court on the 2/01/2026:
'I will like to inform the Court that despite multiple requests and with the agreement with the mediator assigned by the Court, I have not received full details of the alleged parking charges brought by BW Legal. I have no information about the alleged parking violations (days, times, locations, vehicle details).
I requested details concerning the parking violations on June 3rd 2025 via email.
As part of the mediation process, on the 5th November 2025, the assigned mediator called BW Legal and BW Legal agreed to share the details with me (the Defendant).
I have not received any correspondence from BW Legal about this case nor the parking charges. I have once again - on 2nd January 2026 - emailed BW Legal to request details.
Best wishes,
Lee Atkins (Defendant)'
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case details are here:
https://ibb.co/1YDmTR2C
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My defence was submitted online, I will see if I can find a copy to share with you
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Thank you for detailing what you need.
The claim form is here:
https://ibb.co/HkpttBb
the allocation letter is here:
https://ibb.co/v4PBQyvk
full copies of the parking charges:
https://ibb.co/s9dp21ZD
and
https://ibb.co/s9dp21ZD
Thank you!
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RE: my defense - I hadn't received details of the parking charges despite several requests for this info. I was therefore unable to check whether they were valid or not. Just this week they sent the details (the 2 images attached). They insist that they sent details of the charges previously.
We need to see exactly what you submitted, not a summary.
I have have uploaded the docs here:
Letter from the Court:
https://ibb.co/kFSbKX3
That's not the letter we need to see. We need to see:
- The Claim Form - this contains the Particulars of Claim, and
- The Notice of Allocation - this is the one that tells you what date the hearing is on, and the deadline for submission of evidence
Your PCN uploads are cut off about half way down for some reason.
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I have have uploaded the docs here:
Letter from the Court:
https://ibb.co/kFSbKX3
The parking charges:
https://ibb.co/nsD9vBq2
https://ibb.co/Z11cnHNt
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Sorry yes, its the County Court of course. How can I attach photos of the relevant docs?
I have the letter from the Court detailing this.
Also I have details of the two parking charges to share (but cannot work out how to attach).
RE: my defense - I hadn't received details of the parking charges despite several requests for this info. I was therefore unable to check whether they were valid or not. Just this week they sent the details (the 2 images attached). They insist that they sent details of the charges previously.
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You're coming to us at a stage during which the advice we can offer is somewhat limited. But, to give us the best chance to advise, please provide the details InterCity mentions, as well as an exact copy of the defence you submitted, and a copy of the Notice of Allocation that sets the hearing date and the date for submission of evidence etc.
Also, for clarity, it's the County Court, not Crown Court, as this is a civil case.
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The best course of action is to give us some details of the case.
Also, post up the PCN and the County Court Claim redacting only personal info.
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UK CPM have taken me to court for two parking charges. We have been through mediation and a court date has been set (12th March). what is my best course of action here?