Hello lovely people.
I have been reading through this forum for a little while and have seen some great feedback and guidance for people that has helped them with their case outcomes. If anyone can be of assistance, I would be much obliged!
Current Status:
Telephone hearing due to take place in 2 weeks. Witness statement needs to be submitted from me within the next day or so. (Leaving it a little late, but trying to gather as much information as I can before submitting) Have received witness statement from claimant, along with photos of signage, ‘contract’ between them and the landowner etc etc.
Backstory:
We are talking about 2 tickets from Nov & Dec 2016 - charge notices from CP Plus Ltd (Groupnexus) for overstaying approx 1 hr on each occasion at motorway service station. ANPR images provided, all dark (evening visit), barely able to make out the car or the plate etc. Notice to keeper issued on both counts, allegedly, though I have never received anything in the post - they have provided copies of what they allegedly sent. 4.5 years later - at a new address, I received a claim form, all a bit of a shock to me, claiming outstanding bill of £453 + Court fee of £35 + legal cost of £50 totalling £538.99
I responded and denied any knowledge of the claim in question. I stated that I had not received any PCN or anything from them prior to the claim form. I stated that there was no evidence provided to me that would enable me to defend the claim or establish if there was even any legitimate claim against me. I made a not that there was no offer to settle this out of court and therefore due process was not being followed to avoid wasting the courts time with this matter. I also mentioned that this could not possibly be a legitimate estimate of loss in any case, as the amount claimed was far in excess of any PCN that would have been issued in any case.
They have since sent though witness statement, photos of signage, a letter from the landowner saying that a contract was in place and continues to be. The hearing goes ahead by the looks of things…
I understand I have to now provide a witness statement and work on my defence argument. If there are any templates for witness statement that I can download and edit that would be awesome to have a link or something.
Thanks in advance.
I have been reading through this forum for a little while and have seen some great feedback and guidance for people that has helped them with their case outcomes. If anyone can be of assistance, I would be much obliged!
Current Status:
Telephone hearing due to take place in 2 weeks. Witness statement needs to be submitted from me within the next day or so. (Leaving it a little late, but trying to gather as much information as I can before submitting) Have received witness statement from claimant, along with photos of signage, ‘contract’ between them and the landowner etc etc.
Backstory:
We are talking about 2 tickets from Nov & Dec 2016 - charge notices from CP Plus Ltd (Groupnexus) for overstaying approx 1 hr on each occasion at motorway service station. ANPR images provided, all dark (evening visit), barely able to make out the car or the plate etc. Notice to keeper issued on both counts, allegedly, though I have never received anything in the post - they have provided copies of what they allegedly sent. 4.5 years later - at a new address, I received a claim form, all a bit of a shock to me, claiming outstanding bill of £453 + Court fee of £35 + legal cost of £50 totalling £538.99
I responded and denied any knowledge of the claim in question. I stated that I had not received any PCN or anything from them prior to the claim form. I stated that there was no evidence provided to me that would enable me to defend the claim or establish if there was even any legitimate claim against me. I made a not that there was no offer to settle this out of court and therefore due process was not being followed to avoid wasting the courts time with this matter. I also mentioned that this could not possibly be a legitimate estimate of loss in any case, as the amount claimed was far in excess of any PCN that would have been issued in any case.
They have since sent though witness statement, photos of signage, a letter from the landowner saying that a contract was in place and continues to be. The hearing goes ahead by the looks of things…
I understand I have to now provide a witness statement and work on my defence argument. If there are any templates for witness statement that I can download and edit that would be awesome to have a link or something.
Thanks in advance.
Comment