Got a claim form through the post today giving me my options. Seems like they are going to take me to court. Any advice on how to progress please?

I sent it at the weekend, they should have it by now so I'm just waiting for a response. this is what I wrote: To whom it may concern, Unfortunately for you I wasn’t born yesterday so I won’t be paying the demand to you as both you and I know that there is no liability in this matter because the land is covered by its own byelaws, the signage is prohibitive and not an offer of a contract so none has been breached and anyway the POFA limits any charge to the specified sum so your demand for £160 is just a nonsense. As VCS has been spanked at court on this very same thing several times before I suggest that you discontinue this foolishness and that way you will at least obey the SRA rules of conduct and obey Civil Procedure as well. I know that may well be a first for you but call it your new year's resolution. Should you decide to continue then I shall be asking for a full costs recovery order for unreasonable behaviour and then seek damages for breach of the DPA as per VCS v Philip, Liverpool CC Dec 2016. regards

I did spot that and was unsure, so thanks for clarifying. I’ll edit it slightly and will post this week. Thanks for all your help so far

Ok cool. I won’t send the same thing verbatim, but I’ll Knock something up that’s similar. also is the DPA now the GDPR? Or am I overthinking things here?

post 33? from honeybee13, talking about amending an ericsbrother response?

Sorry had a nightmare with the pdf's but I think I got there in the end Documents.compressed.pdf

it won't allow me to upload anymore files

Hi, it took me some time to scan and redact some information but here is all the correspondence I've received from VCS so far (I'll have to send it through several posts) . I'd like to add that I wasn't actually driving the car, I was being dropped off at the airport. Also as you can see from the photos VCS provided as evidence, we stopped at a zebra crossing to allow people to cross (you can clearly see people using the crossing in one of the photos). We just used the opportunity of being forced to stop to get out of the car.

Hi, I have been following some of the forums on here with great interest. I got a 'Parking Charge Notice' for 'Stopping in a zone where stopping is prohibited' I have followed the advice I have seen on various posts, which is to ignore them until a 'Letter before Claim' is received. Well that letter has now arrived, along with the threats of legal proceedings, CCJ's, negative impact on my credit rating, etc. Please advise on the best way to progress with this kind regards