LFI, the OP is adamant that the original PCN was from Excel, and this is borne out by Simon's solicitors sending all the documentation after being SAR'd ... bar the PCN. The OP can't post up the original PCN because it was thrown away. However, I agree with you that the OP is on a very sticky wicket here. The judge decides on the balance of probabilities. Is it more probable that Simon sent the PCN from the wrong company and then later on forged a PCN from the right company? Or that all along the PCN was from VCS? Given the OP has thrown the PCN away and cannot show Excel were involved, the judge will decide for Simon. IMO the point about Excel could stay but should be a minor point reduced to a single paragraph which points out that the solicitors were unable to produce a PCN.

That's incredible that you got Smart to back down - well done!

When is it due in? I've been very busy but will try to have a look at it ASAP.

You've already replied to their Letter Before Claim. Ignore everything now, unless Simon does have the gonads to take court action.

Yes, it was a mistake not to get on to the hotel before and it was a mistake to ignore the Letter Before Action which the fleecers will have sent. Anyway, we've all made mistakes here, the point is to fight back now. Please fill in the sticky dx posted, it's vital we have the details so you don't miss the deadline to file your defence.

But, but, but, didn't PE insist it was "too late" to consider cancelling the charge? Well done on your victory!

I'm behind with threads due to being on holiday ... ... but belated congratulations on your victory!

HB is right, don't reply. They were so anxious "to assist the court" a few weeks ago that they wouldn't accept a set aside by consent and are now pursuing a hopeless case, so stuff them.

Well, you should let anyone that you're in legal dispute with know your change of address. As for this lot - not sure. On the one hand POPLA say your appeal is uncontested, on the other they find against you! Maybe it's worth contacting them and asking what the situation is with your appeal because all they've done so far is confused you? Just to be sure.

Begging letter. Ignore.

You can sue Amtrac for not replying to your SAR if you wish. Have a think about if this is a road you want to go down.

I'm a bit confused BB. You won at POPLA, yet what you've posted seems to be all biased and against you. Who does this Alexandra Roby work for?

E-mail Matalan's CEO Johnson_S@matalan.co.uk and demand they call the fleecers off. This may get you nowhere as we don't know if it's Matalan's own car park, but it has to be worth a try. In any event it would be useful for you and others in the same position to know who runs the damn car park.

The good news is you're the sixth motorist who has put a thread on CAG over the last few months about this car park and these "utter villains" as you quite rightly call them. No-one has paid. No-one has been taken to court. In fact the fleecers haven't even sent a Letter Before Action to anyone. Good try with Matalan. The problem is, they might be right. If Matalan run the car park, then they can call G24 off. If Sports Direct do, they can. But if the car park is run by a third party as a retail park, then Matalan and Sports Direct are powerless. We haven't been able to find out yet who runs the car park.

Begging letter. Yes, carry on safely ignoring. Come back here if Simon sends a Letter Before Action/Letter Before Claim.

You're spot on with everything CD.

@HouseofBerries thanks for coming onto the thread. You're absolutely right that it is a money-making cartel. But that only works as long as motorists confuse these invoices from private companies with fines, get frightened and cough up. This forum has about 1,200 victories against private parking companies. We're not the only forum on the Internet. So please don't pay, the conmen are eminently beatable. For a start, they should go after the driver of the vehicle, but they don't know who that was. There is a law, POFA 2012, which allows them to go after the keeper instead, but they've been too lazy & arrogant to follow the provisions of the law. Then there is supposed to be a 10-minute grace period for the motorist to read & understand the signs. In your case what were you supposed to do when someone was pulling out, continue driving and smash into them?!! AS HB says, if you start your own thread we'd be happy to help you fight these fleecers.

Yesterday we had a private parking case where the motorist unfortunately lost in court. This very rarely happens but you can't win them all. It's keljon's case if you want to have a look at the last few posts on that thread. The PPC wanted £160 + £100 costs. Although the judge found for the PPC, only £100 + £100 costs were awarded. There are no guarantees but if they took you to court and if you lost you'd probably be looking at £200 for the two PCNs + £100 = £300 (plus a bit of interest).

Well done. This is all very useful evidence for you and the others to use if G24 were ever daft enough to do court.

You'd already been through PAPLOC in January and told VCS to do their worst so as dx said in post 16 you could have just ignored this latest letter. Still, no harm done.

It's very difficult for us to understand what stage of the court process you're at from your explanations. I think what you are saying is - 1. Lowell sent you letters demanding this money. 2. They then started legal action and you got a claimform from the court with their Particulars of Claim. 3. You didn't defend in time. 4. They won by default and you got a CCJ. 5. Yesterday you were trying to get the CCJ set aside. Is that right?

Sorry to hear things went badly. As dx says, judge lottery unfortunately. So you have to pay £200. I imagine they were too stupid to deal with the case themselves and got a solicitor to do it for them. Paying the solicitor plus the involvement of BW Legal will easily have cost £150, then they had £50 court costs to shelve out, meaning they didn't make a penny out of you. As you say, ending up paying £200 is not much worse than £160, and I bet you have learnt a lot about the legal process which will set you in good stead for the future. One small victory, they claimed £160 + costs, seems the judge allowed £100 + costs and at least disallowed the Unicorn Food Tax.

DCBL's letter is an absolute disgrace, saying you did, er, something but we can't be bothered to tell you what, in 2017. The fact you've moved is worrying. Every couple of months or so we get someone here who moved, meaning court papers turned up at their old address, they didn't defend the claim as they knew nowt about it - and they lost by default. You need to write to Highview and tell them your new address. "Dear Highview Parking, Re: PCN no. XXXXX, will you please note that I no longer live at XXXXX. My new address is XXXXX." You might as well extend your letter and make it a SAR so you can get to the bottom of what they reckon you did in 2017. Simply click on SAR here and what to write will pop up. Get that sent off today if you can, if not tomorrow, 1st class, and get a free Certificate of Posting from the post office. Job number 2, as dx says, is to send a snotty letter, so they know you would be big trouble if they did try court. There are loads here on the forum if you do a search for "snotty letter". Please post up a draft of what you propose to send so we can tweak it if necessary.

You don't mess about, do you?! Right, see if the accommodation responds (during my bookings over the last week automated messages told me I might have to wait 24 hours for answers, so that's obviously considered the maximum you should wait). If no reply, cancel the booking and go for a refund. If that fails, then yes stick the boot in with Tesco Financial.