Hi - first time posting so apologies if any errors! After having followed advice off here and another forum we are now at the witness stage and need to submit by Weds 4th June 4pm but am really struggling with where to start and how to word things as I don't want to miss anything out and a lot of it is all jargon if I'm honest
In a nutshell we parked on land managed by CPM. We paid £2 for parking via phone and of which we thought covered what we needed. I think it was 50p Per hr but can't remember as it was back in Feb 24. However have since found it's 80p Per hr but no idea if this has been updated since. Regardless we felt we had still covered our parking. The first PCN stated 'failure to park for duration of stay'. The POC form just states parked in breach of the terms of parking stipulated on the signage so we had no idea if a) they thought we hadn't paid anything b)they were saying we hadn't paid enough. We ignored and followed the procedure submitting a defence etc. At mediation stage the mediator stated that the claimant was alleging we hadn't paid as they had no record of it. We explained we had and said we had proof of payment via a bank statement. The mediator said this was good but maybe we had inputted the wrong car registration or the wrong ID location and if we could show proof we hadn't we would be in a good position. Well we couldn't prove this. However we knew we had paid and didn't offer any settlement figure. HOWEVER now at witness stage and their witness statement declares their records show £2 payment, but that we entered at 11.10am paid at 11.39am until 1.40pm but we left at 1.30pm and they're saying we haven't paid enough as 20mins of parking isn't paid!. How on earth can this now be changed upon witness statement? Surely they had to declare this at mediation so we would have happily offered the extra 80P payment! Is this allowed? Im also aware of consideration periods and grace periods. Here are the links to the POC form and the defence we submitted.
https://imgur.com/onwjd3Ghttps://imgur.com/X2HxSJuPLEASE HELP WITH THIS FINAL STEP as we really can't loose this sham! Thanks in advance