BW legal court paperwork - Napier

[toplad]

hi - my wife has received court paperwork this morning from BW legal - please what is best response. Unfortunately we did not read any forums etc first and my wife has already apologised for parking to a private car park . We were unaware of any restriction as there was limited signage present. This is an area of land that we have parked on many times before, then all of a sudden restriction ! from were we parked we did not see any signs and there was no road markings. She explained all of this and appeal - but still no joy. can someone please advise

[Amethyst]

Did you receive a response refusing your appeal ?

Have you actually received a court claim this morning ? or a letter before claim ?

[toplad]

they refused the appeal -
it is court paperwork from Northampton county court.
they last letter sated they may proceed to court and was not a letter before claim

[toplad]

sorry yes and received this morning

[Amethyst]

Ok, had you replied to their previous letter ? ( did it say to contact within x days to avoid court etc )

[toplad]

no reply and previous letter just same as other ie - if you fail to pay we may proceed with court action

[Amethyst]

Ok - we'll, your first step is to acknowledge the claim - do it. Through money claim online and tick the intend to defend in full box - You don't need to write any defence at this stage it simply gives you more time to obtain the relevant information and decide whether you want to defend or whether you want to settle the claim.

Then if you can post up copies of the original PCN the appeal any replies and the letters you've had from BW legal , And the claim form, make sure you retract any personal information we can have a look and see what's best for you to do.

Presumably you don't want to get a CCJ against you wrecking your credit file for the next six years. So it's a matter of seeing if you do have a defence and if not how to get the case settled Out of court.

[toplad]

ok thank you - at teh moment i did not save any of the old paperwork, so thinking settle out of court route might be the most pain less. do i contact BW legal direct for this?
will discuss with my wife tonight and post court letter for review

[Amethyst]

Yes you'd contact BW to pay and then, once done, complete the court form to say it has been paid.

[toplad]

Tired to settle out of court but they are refusing to accept any lower payment . Or open a month plan based on our finances. Looks like I will have dispute and defend in court. Any advice please

[charitynjw]

You will automatically be given the opportunity of free mediation via the court's Mediation Service later on in the proceedings.

For now, acknowledge the claim. (Tick 'defend in full' but do not enter any dialogue in the 'Defence' box.)

Send a CPR 31.14 request asap to the solicitors for all documents etc that they will rely on in court. (+ some other stuff.)
We can help you with that.

& do not miss the defence deadline.....33 days from the issue date of the court claim.

Could you post up a picture of the site sign?