County court business centre letter from VCS

[Missangela]

Received a letter today from vcs a letter saying they filed a claim at the county court business centre not legal looking at all think it’s fake no stamps nothing official on it other than a claim number & it came from vcs

[MIKE770]

claim form is blue white with court stamp, post up copy letter minus personal details see what exactly you got

[ostell]

The claim form should come directly from the court, well Northampton. It's not exactly an elegant looking document.

Phone up the court and query the claim number. Is there a password on the form, the one that the court issue?

[Missangela]

We had another form arrive today blue and white with a photo copied stamp of the crest on Northampton county court with a password on this looks slightly more authentic I will post it up

[Amethyst]

If it's genuine ( which sounds likely) you should be able to log in to Moneyclaim online following the instructions in the box with the password and acknowledge the claim with intent to defend ( don't put any defence info in there yet just acknowledge ) and then post up the particulars of claim xx

Also can you post up a bit of background to the parking ticket ( presumably that's what it is for )

[Missangela]

Hi all thanks for messages husband paid up didn’t want to risk ccj he held hands up parked in wrong place ignored lettters then they sent this our friend is a judge in magistrate court he said pay up but worth it so we have

[ostell]

The advice has never been to pay up, often, especially VCS, can be beaten as VCS don't comply with the requirements to hold the keeper liable and if they don't know who was driving then they are stuck.

Perhaps you should point your magistrate friend in the direction of this forum and Schedule 4 of THe Protection Of Freedoms Act 2012. The charges these companies make are not fines or penalties, purely speculative invoices. Completely different to cases that would appear in the magistrates court which would be true fines and penalties backed up by law.

If it was for an airport or a railway station VCS cannot hold the keeper liable.

Does your husband know that a CCJ would only be recorded IF he lost and IF he failed to pay within a month of the hearing? A CCJ is not recorded just because the case has got to court.

Unfortunately you have fallen for the tricks that all the parking companies use: Court used as a frightener to get people to pay. Some companies even withdraw their case if the motorist has the temerity to actually file a defence.

Next time come on here or Pepipoo private parking forums and don't ignore. Ignore has not been the advice since 2012. VCS probably decided to go forward sd they thought they would get a default judgement as you had ignored all their letter.