N1 County court letter received today 7 days from 6 year anniversary.

Hi Guys

Really need some guidance, as I thought this was done and forgotten a long time ago!

23/9/2020 I parked in a hospital, this was a during COVID and there were zero cars in the entire car park. As I had an appointment and was in pain with a broken collar bone I decided to park as close to the entrance as I could - after all the whole car park was empty.

The car park section I chose was for blue batch holders, and the signage on return was fairly clear. However every space within the car park had the disabled logo in the tarmac apart from 1 space, that is the space I parked in. I had my appointment, came out and had a ticket!! I subsequently ignored all letters, I did appeal based on the space not be labelled disabled but lost. Letter came and now 8 days away from the 6 year period I get the N1.

I can't remember the original charge but think it was around £60 if paid within 14 days. The N1 has £140, £35 court fee, £50 legal representative costs, making a total of £289.47!!

What should I do? Accept? offer to pay less? challenge and go to court? Based on your experience and this scenario what is best to consider and do.

The claimant is Parkingeye, and the address for documents and payments is DCB Legal.

Any advice would be great team :-(

Thank you

http://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/

They have six years in which to bring a case against you for breach of contract.

If you don’t have the original NtK which you can post, you can request it with a Subject Access Request to Parking Eye for the personal information they hold on you. Do this asap if so.

Was the driver revealed in your appeal?

If the parking offence was the 23rd September 2020, and I received the N1 today 15th September 2026.

Was the driver revealed in your appeal?

I don't know, but I appealed I must have said I was the driver

If you won’t post the N1SDT form then at least be aware that you have 14+5 days from its date to file a defence or an Acknowledgment of Service, and if you file an  AOS you have an additional 14 days to file your defence.

Here is the N1, does that help? Also got a picture of the car space i used if that helps?

If you won’t post the N1SDT form then at least be aware that you have 14+5 days from its date to file a defence or an Acknowledgment of Service, and if you file an  AOS you have an additional 14 days to file your defence.

How do I post the image of the N1??

http://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/

As per Reply #2!

https://ibb.co/b5S5qcbM

https://ibb.co/Rk978rxb

Do these links work?

Yes.
Just for clarity, you need to file an Acknowledgment of Serice or a defence by 29 September
If you file an AoS your deadline for filing a defence is extended to 13 October

Im not sure whether to continue pushing and go to court, or just pay? What does history suggest to do based on my case?

In general DCBL discontinue the claim before they have to pay the trial fee, if a defence is submitted. There are no guarantees of course, but unlikely you will have to pay more than the listed claim, and you could argue against the interest since this is due to their intransigence in submitting the claim, and the extra 'debt collection' fee is sometimes disallowed.

Is there a really good template i can follow and use for my reply to dispute and say ill go to court?