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Hi
I had a smart parking fine through the post. The fine was for the 1/07/2024 the issue date was 22/07/2024. The letter stated it was to my name but no mention of driver or keeper. No mention of POPLA on the parking notice. I appealed saying that as this is notice to keeper it does not meet POPLA’s 14 day rule of receiving the PcN within 14 days. They sent me an email acknowledging my appeal but didn’t ever give me an outcome. My appeal was well within the timeframe of appeal. I have had lots of threatening letters through the post from a debt collecting agency and now a notice for a ccj. I have contacted the company sending threatening letters and explained the situation. I’ve asked for proof that there was an outcome to my appeal and the 10 digit reference code. I’ve asked for information like photos and the pcn. I’m told that these are unreasonable requests. If I put all this through as my defense in court will I win or do I just pay the hugely inflated fine and forget about it.

Thank you
Hannah

Do not continue to contact any of these people, they may well try to get the drivers ID which you must not divulge.

Everything in writing.
Post up what you have received, including a copy of the PPN.

Also, this is not a FINE, it is an invoice.

Read the link I posted earlier.

Thank you.

There’ll be more to follow. I also had telephone conversation with the debt collecting agency.

General advice: as in Reply #2 above

• Ignore debt collectors completely
• Do not have telephone conversations with anyone, including debt collectors

You need to have everything in writing, and you run the risk of inadvertently damaging your position during a telephone call.

I could not find a N1SDT county court claim in the posts above. You say you have “a notice for a CCJ”. What’s this?

Parking companies routinely deny valid appeals, so don’t take this too personally.

If you do have a county court claim which I missed, please note its deadlines carefully.

If not, you’re probably waiting for a Letter of Claim from DCB Legal, to which you will need to send a response. There is then a court claim, and DCB Legal usually discontinues these claims eventually if they are defended.

Your defence looks like non-compliance with PoFA 2012 and the driver has not been identified. Will you please post a clearer copy of the original PCN, with all dates showing as well?

Yes it was a letter HM courts and tribunals service at the civil national business centre. If I don’t respond in the time frame I could get an automatic ccj. If I defend and it goes to court, and lose, will I then automatically get a ccj? What would be the maximum costs I’m looking at if I end up paying the legal companies solicitor fees?

Thank you for any help and information.

Read https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/kellys-storage-luton-universal-parking-enforcement-ltd/msg59804/#msg59804 on CCJ.

Read up on the Small Claims Track and see that costs are very limited if you lose.

File AoS or defence by 26 May

File defence by 9 June if AoS is filed

The above article is brilliant!!! Thank you. I will definitely defend. I must be one of the stupid gullible ones. I nealy ducked out at the last hurdle. Thank you 🙏