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Thanks, I've tried calling. It's seemingly impossible to speak to St Helens Court - after 20 different options to select you end up speaking to someone who can't directly help. I honestly thought my judgement had already been set aside. My initial correspondence from St Helens Court was a 'Notice of Allocation to the Small Claims Track (Hearing)'. Please see below.https://imgpile.com/p/GOhmINm

I've been on the receiving end of a default judgment for a claim made by Euro car parks and DCB Legal. The claim form was sent to our current address but we didn't receive it in time to respond to the claim within 14 days. It was mistakenly put through our neighbours letter box at a time when the house was vacant. I applied to seaside the judgment as soon as I discovered its existence. The fee for this was £313. The judgement was made on 19th Nov and I applied to set aside on the same day. The case was then bafflingly transferred to County Court St Helens. I received a response back on 31st January saying the judge had considered the case and allocated the claim to the small claim track and a telephone hearing set for 25th March. On 24th Feb DCB legal file a Notice of Discontinuance with the court. I was surprised to discover this left the original CCJ in place and I've had to recontact the court for a hearing regarding setting aside the judgment. My new hearing date is 21st May at St Helens Court, only this time it's an attended hearing and not via telephone. I'm based near Bath - it's an 8 hour round trip! I've asked the St Helens Court to reallocate to my nearest County Court in Bath and now awaiting their response. The claim is against my company so I'm not particularly hopeful.I'm unsure where I now stand in terms of seeking any loss or damages from the case, whether the particulars of the case are still relevant or am I just applying to set aside judgment based on my not receiving the claim form. I've stated to the court my wish to claim losses in regards this case and highlighted the discontinuance as proof DCB never intended to take their claim to court. I've stated my belief DCB and Euro Car Parks are abusing the court system.Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks for the advice so far. As requested, here are the links to Smart Parking correspondence.https://freeimage.host/i/f8zb7xshttps://freeimage.host/i/f8zbRbnhttps://freeimage.host/i/f8IIcUNhttps://freeimage.host/i/f8IIalp

I'd appreciate some help with a couple of Notice to Keeper parking charges I received regarding parking in Cradlebridge Retail Park in Trowbridge. The site operates ANPR cameras at the entry and exit of the site. They changed the parking period from 3 hours to 1 Hour in the months prior to the parking charges I received. We had no idea they'd made this change, it's also not obvious ANPR cameras are used here. My vehicle overstayed the 1 hour time on site by 11 and 12 mins on two occasions. I haven't responded to the Notice to Keeper and I am now being chased by Debt Recovery Plus for £170 for each charge. I'm willing to fight the charges on the basis of poor signage and the historical 3 hour free parking period changing to 1 hour. Advice on what to do next would be appreciated. Should I continue ignore the correspondence and wait for Letters of Claim or should I formulate a response to Smart Parking or Debt recovery plus. I tried speaking to Marks and Spencer who occupy the main retail unit on the site - their manager was rude and unhelpful. Amazing how many people are complicit to these nonsensical charges.