CEL ANPR PCN Claimform - Croydon Poplar Walk car park.

[dx100uk]

you've not got a court date yt so I wouldn't panic too much about your Witness statement as such at this stage

at this time you are just gathering knowledge about what might be in it.

the key will be when you get theirs..

they usually file early giving you time to use your witness statement to counter theirs.

 

I also wouldn't expand your search upon what you might possibly include to far outside CAG and parking prankster sites.

 

the top red toolbar here is very good for searching only from CAG . the search CAG box.

 

witness statement CEL Claimform.

 

most of the CEL ones you'll see are the same.

[FTMDave]

DX is right, prepare some bullet points that could go in your WS (most mentioned above), then when it comes to it see what nonsense they send first.

 

True, you can't prove you called, but they can't prove you didn't, and I bet your story would come across very well to the judge - you'd always paid before, your phone was on the blink on the day in question, you called to make late payment but they said they don't accept late payments.

 

By invented costs I mean this. Say you really owed the money (you don't, but let's pretend for a minute). So it's £100. Plus court costs (I think they've gone for £75) & interest. But how the hell has £100 morphed into £236? They've invented fees that are expressly not allowed in the small claims system. Judges don't like this and I would add it as a point.

[lookinforinfo]

You say that you have not identified yourself as the driver

but at the same time you have admitted calling them to pay which would probably have confirmed you were the driver rather than the keeper.

 

You do not want the solicitors to send you the documents you asked for.

If they had them they would have sent them.

So no docs.

No locus standing to take you to Court.

 

In any event as you didn't pay you were a trespasser and only the land owner can pursue you not the organ grinders pet monkey.

 

Read up the parking-prankster's article about double charging by legal fees.

 

Also even if their notices allow extra charges,

under the OFT guidance the sum charged has to be appropriate.

So 20 or 30 pounds would be more than enough.

(That is 20 to 30 per cent of the £100.

Edited February 11, 2019 by dx100uk
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[lookinforinfo]

Sorry I meant no locus standi-damn predictive text. Why does it think better than I do what I want to say.

[alladin78]

Hi All 

Just thought I would update you. I got a letter earlier this month from CEL "Confirmation of Cancellation xxx" stating they've discontinued the proceedings for the Claim and have notified the court.Attached was a form N279. 

 thank you all for your help!! you kept me going and gave me strength to fight these goons! God bless you all.

Al

[dx100uk]

CEL have been known to pull this stunt before and get a default judgement because the defendant didn't turn up.

have you checked with the court it IS disc'd??

[ericsbrother]

yep, check with the court just in case they do try telling you one thing and then pitching up.

In the bad old days they used to phone you the night before and tell you that they were dropping the clim ut then turn up and hope you had fallen for the lie.

 

The most extreme case was a parking co impersonating the judge to get a delay on proceedings

[alladin78]

I called the county court and they've confirmed its been settled.

Thanks for all your help and support!

[honeybee13]

Hi.

 

Did the court say that the case has been discontinued?

 

HB

[FTMDave]

Well done on your victory!