thanks but I doubt she's got £2.75 spare let alone £275. I'll ask about the address but I doubt she'd agree to that. She's checking for letters etc too but thanks all, you've been very helpful.

claimformedit.pdf here you go!

just spoke to her. She says she's had nothing with timings/duration or pics of vehicle. I've asked her to double check for any earlier letters she may have misplaced. I'll check g. earth for anpr. Thanks for your help.

she rents from a housing trust with a licence agreement. This doesn't include a parking space. Other properties either rent from a private landlord or are owners. Some of these people pay for a parking permit but others park on the street. Hers is the only property owned by the housing trust in this row of terraced properties. To clarify, the car park belongs to a private company.

the carpark location is named as ST JOHNS, WV15 6AG. She rents from a housing trust, her home is in a terrace with on-street parking so she doesn't use the car park at the rear of the property. This was a once only time for a few minutes so her father could load the vegetation that he'd cleared from her rear gate and the car park. She had her blue badge in the vehicle too and she wasn't even driving it. She has ME and needs help with various tasks, hence her father helping. Is that enough information?

PDTS. Phone remembered password for old account,

Yes, carpark but I'm not sure if it has ANPR. Her back gate opens out directly onto it. Apparently you can purchase a parking permit for a lot of money, which evidently she doesn't have.

apparently there was no pcn on her windscreen. Here's the redacted copy of claim form. Claimform2.pdf

Hi, I've spoken to the woman again and she says that she's only received the claim form, response pack and the judgement for claimant (in default) form, no judgement for claimant. Attached are the redacted documents she has given to me. ClaimForm.pdf Judgement.pdf

Hi again, I've spoken to the young woman concerned and she says that she hasn't received any other documents apart from the claim form, response pack and judgement for claimant (default). She is convinced that the Civil National Business Centre isn't anything to do with the County Court and that she's read a lot on the internet about companies engaged to 'police' private car parks who are just debt collectors, hence ignoring the documents. The claim form does have the correct details for her vehicle which she admits was parked for around 5 minutes in a parking space by the back gate to her house. The vehicle was then driven away to the refuse tip by her father.

@FTMDave thanks, I'll ask if she can let me have the rest of the paperwork tomorrow. Thanks all for other replies

I only have the Judgement for Claimant (in default) dated 16th November. I only have one other document entitled 'claim form' referring to the incurring of a parking charge on 24th May 2023 dated 13th October 2023. As I previously said she's ignored it until today when she asked for my opinion.

Thanks for the response. As far as I can make out the issue date of the claim was 13th October 2023 but I don't currently have all the paperwork here.

Hi, I'm asking a question on behalf of a friend who parked at the rear of her property. She has only just made me aware that she has received the Judgement for Claimant and has explained that she was ignoring it because she didn't think it was genuine. The car park is adjacent to her property and she'd parked for around 5 minutes to load some vegetation into the back of her vehicle to take to the tip, leaving the vehicle to go back into the house to get her children. The bush had been blown over onto the car park, so both she and her father were removing it. I'm just querying how to advise her. She is a disabled single mom with 2 kids so if you can help I would be grateful. The questions are: 1) Is the Civil National Business Centre genuine? 2) If this is genuine, should she pay £282.11? Thanks PD

Good advice and much appreciated, I'll make the phone call first, seek out a copy of Dad's will and then maybe see the family solicitor.

Hi, thanks for the reply. No, dad died in 2009 and neither joint names as tenants or tenants in common applies.

Hi all My mother died in September and I've been putting off applying for a probate grant but I've made an attempt at completing application for probate form, (PA1) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-probate-form-pa1 and Inheritance Tax IHT205(2011) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inheritance-tax-return-of-estate-information-iht205-2011. I've read HMRC guidance notes but I think I'm missing something when completing the online version IHT205 because it flags up that my mother's estate could be liable for Inheritance Tax. I've carefully assessed Mum's assets and liabilities and assumed that once these were entered online it would automatically make the deductions but it doesn't appear to do this. My mother and father took out an equity release mortgage which amounts to £175,000, the property has been valued for probate at £375,000 so I would assume that the mortgage and any other liabilities should be deducted from the property value and other assets. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Should I deduct the liabilities from the assets myself before adding them to the online application? If not, I'll give HMRC Helpline a ring in the morning. Thanks for reading, hope this makes sense.

Thanks, I'll give them a ring tomorrow. It really is like wading through treacle with these matters sometimes. Just to add, I'm now reading the probate guide, it's very helpful so thank you so much.

Hi folks, my mother died in September and I'm executor of her will. I've arranged for for an estate agent to view her vacant property in order to prepare a probate report. I'm also getting two property valuations so that the house can be put on the market after probate is granted. I'm going to apply for probate myself and I don't anticipate that inheritance tax will be due because once sold there's a large equity release payment outstanding. my question is does anyone know the difference between a standard probate report and an enhanced one? There is a fee of £250 for the standard and £350 for the enhanced. I was told the latter was 'to cover inheritance tax', but when I asked the estate agent's rep to explain the enhanced type in more detail, she advised me to consult a solicitor. I don't want a hefty bill for simple advice but wondered if I should have gone for the more detailed report, so if anyone can help I'd be very grateful.

My licence doesn't mention anything about keys or locks at all, the only reference to spare key was a verbal one. My daughter's licence is more detailed. I also understand that 24 hours notice of any visit should be given, unless its an emergency

Hi all, I live in a property rented from a housing trust under a licence rather than a tenancy agreement. When I took on the tenancy about 7 years ago I was informed that the clerk to the trustees would hold a set of keys to my home and it would be stored in a locked safe. I have recently discovered that keys have been used to enter properties owned by the trust by workers employed by them without the tenant's permission or presence. One particular maintenance worker often calls unnanounced to carry out small jobs and has been asked on numerous occasions by various tenants to make an appointment but he refuses to do so. He often works until 8pm making this awkward for people coming home from work or with children to get meals etc. This person has entered a neighbour's home without her permission. He also entered another person's home without her permission and moved personal items which I assume was to enable him to carry out a repair job. He has also questioned me because my daughter has fitted a secondary lock to her door saying he's reported her to the trust clerk as he checked that she hasn't provided a spare key. My questions are: a) has the clerk to the trustees got legal rights to hold a spare key b) does the male maintenance worker have legal rights to use this key without permission of the tenant (all mainly female living alone) c) can tenants have secondary locks fitted (leaving the original lock in place), without having to pass a key on to the clerk to the trustees as some of the tenants have been told. As you probably gather most of the tenants are females living alone and are very nervous that the male maintenance worker rocks up at any time without an appointment and seems to be able to access keys to gain entrance when the tenant isn't present. Unfortunately any complaints to the trust clerk about this man seem to fall on deaf ears and he seems to be very highly thought of by the trustees. Any legal advice welcome with pointers towards legislation to quote if possible. Thanks in anticipation.

MissSmith31, try sending a pm to make sure he gets the message.

Lee, what is happening? I thought you were going to call me about this once you have cleared the offer to make monthly payments? My mum has now received a letter informing her the debt has been passed back to Fredricksons! As you know she is 82 and in poor health recovering from a major operation, but is willing to make payments as discussed with me during your call to me on 1st August 2014. She has in paid £20 recently and has replied to Vodafone's letter ref COLDCA2 dated 7th November. Advice please....can you do anything?

Hi Peopod Not exactly sure as my daughter has been dealing with it on Mum's behalf but I think the charges have been applied after the early termination of contract, over £700 now when I think originally Vodaphone wanted £200. That was when the offer to pay in instalments was turned down by Vodaphone and just after Vodaphone refused to take a card payment over the phone. I'm not sure without checking the correspondence with my daughter who is applying the charges now.

Thanks rebel11, help appreciated. Email sent, reg WRT135 - CAG 7497691. Vodaphone account number CS00015876001, 684229214, originally with Fredericksons now with DRS. My mother is a vulnerable person and should not be treated like this bearing in mind she is not refusing the pay the original charges but asked for time to pay and even made an offer to pay something by card, which was refused by Vodaphone who failed to return the calls as promised.