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hey again friends,

The latest is I've received an email about a mediation appointment phone call.


How do these usually go down? And any advice on how to proceed and what the outcome usually is would be really appreciated.

Thanks in advance x

Thank you.

I’m guessing they want to negotiate on the phone. They haven’t provided me with an email dress, should I contact the generic one?

Thank you,

would you mind confirming the best way to mark the transcripts as exhibit a and b.
I have written the following email and attached the documents:

Please find attached the defence, draft order and two case law transcripts in the matter of CP Plus t/a GroupNexus v (name) Claim Number (number)

Exhibit A: CELvChan appeal transcript (attached)
Exhibit B: CPM v AKANDE (attached)

Hi,

Thank you so much for your help, the walkthrough was a life saver. I’ve completed that step this morning and have until 25th of Nov to submit my defence (33 days from issue)

Please advise me how to respond from here.

Back in January I visited a business that claimed on their website to provide lots of on site parking. I had not visited before and as I was approaching saw a large sign of their logo with a car park (see photo one). I drove in and parked up and when I walked to the front of the business I was confident I was parked in the correct place as there was no other parking in the area.

Fast forward to May and I get a letter from debt collectors or ‘solicitors’ DCB legal  from Group nexus asking for £170 for parking at Buzz bingo ( an establishment I had never visited) I assumed at the time it was a scam or a mistake so I ignored it. (I realised now that the original fine must have gone to my old address as I’ve only recent updated my vehicles V5) obviously had I seen this they probably would have included photo evidence and I would have realised I needed to appeal.

I’ve now been issued a CCJ for £260. Realising this isn’t a scam I went back through my diary and texts etc and identified when and where the incident happened. I returned to try and figure out how I missed the signs.

In my defence, the signage looks to me as though it only applied to the left side of the car park, directly in front of the buzz bingo building. I’ve shown in the images where I parked. The part of the car park directly in front of the Buzz bingo building has signs on the walls all over the car park stating you can pay to park on an app (no other way to pay) however the small section I parked in is separate to this and has no signposts. I genuinely thought this was free parking for LEXTAN the business I was visiting.

Furthermore I measured the writing on the sign and I don’t believe it adheres to the guidelines set out by the parking association for private car park signs.

I’m wondering if I have a leg to stand on if I dispute the claim. I didn’t appeal in the first 28 days due to wrong address on V5 which is my own fault so I can’t argue that I thought the letters were a scam because the original letters most likely had photos on. But is there a chance I’ll win on the grounds of bad signage. Am I likely to incur extra legal costs on top of the already £260?

What’s the best response to the CCJ in this case?