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    • Thank-you dx, What you have written is certainly helpful to my understanding. The only thing I would say, what I found to be most worrying and led me to start this discussion is, I believe the judge did not merely admonish the defendant in the case in question, but used that point to dismiss the case in the claimants favour. To me, and I don't have your experience or knowledge, that is somewhat troubling. Again, the caveat being that we don't know exactly what went on but I think we can infer the reason for the judgement. Thank-you for your feedback. EDIT: I guess that the case I refer to is only one case and it may never happen again and the strategy not to appeal is still the best strategy even in this event, but I really did find the outcome of that case, not only extremely annoying but also worrying. Let's hope other judges are not quite so narrow minded and don't get fixated on one particular issue as FTMDave alluded to.
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    • the claimant in their WS can refer to whatever previous CC judgements they like, as we do in our WS's, but CC judgements do not set a legal precedence. however, they do often refer to judgements like Bevis, those cases do created a precedence as they were court of appeal rulings. as for if the defendant, prior to the raising of a claim, dobbed themselves in as the driver in writing during any appeal to the PPC, i don't think we've seen one case whereby the claimant referred to such in their WS.. ?? but they certainly typically include said appeal letters in their exhibits. i certainly dont think it's a good idea to 'remind' them of such at the defence stage, even if the defendant did admit such in a written appeal. i would further go as far to say, that could be even more damaging to the whole case than a judge admonishing a defendant for not appealing to the PPC in the 1st place. it sort of blows the defendant out the water before the judge reads anything else. dx  
    • Hi LFI, Your knowledge in this area is greater than I could possibly hope to have and as such I appreciate your feedback. I'm not sure that I agree the reason why a barrister would say that, only to get new customers, I'm sure he must have had professional experience in this area that qualifies him to make that point. 🙂 In your point 1 you mention: 1] there is a real danger that some part of the appeal will point out that the person appealing [the keeper ] is also the driver. I understand the point you are making but I was referring to when the keeper is also the driver and admits it later and only in this circumstance, but I understand what you are saying. I take on board the issues you raise in point 2. Is it possible that a PPC (claimant) could refer back to the case above as proof that the motorist should have appealed, like they refer back to other cases? Thanks once again for the feedback.
    • Well barristers would say that in the hope that motorists would go to them for advice -obviously paid advice.  The problem with appealing is at least twofold. 1] there is a real danger that some part of the appeal will point out that the person appealing [the keeper ] is also the driver.  And in a lot of cases the last thing the keeper wants when they are also the driver is that the parking company knows that. It makes it so much easier for them as the majority  of Judges do not accept that the keeper and the driver are the same person for obvious reasons. Often they are not the same person especially when it is a family car where the husband, wife and children are all insured to drive the same car. On top of that  just about every person who has a valid insurance policy is able to drive another person's vehicle. So there are many possibilities and it should be up to the parking company to prove it to some extent.  Most parking company's do not accept appeals under virtually any circumstances. But insist that you carry on and appeal to their so called impartial jury who are often anything but impartial. By turning down that second appeal, many motorists pay up because they don't know enough about PoFA to argue with those decisions which brings us to the second problem. 2] the major parking companies are mostly unscrupulous, lying cheating scrotes. So when you appeal and your reasons look as if they would have merit in Court, they then go about  concocting a Witness Statement to debunk that challenge. We feel that by leaving what we think are the strongest arguments to our Member's Witness Statements, it leaves insufficient time to be thwarted with their lies etc. And when the motorists defence is good enough to win, it should win regardless of when it is first produced.   
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And no surprise, no response.

 

I am correct in saying that i have 28 days from date of service to enter my defence? Do I need to confirm anything to court in the mean time?

 

As SCM have not complied with CPR I will enter a brief, embarrassed defence...?

 

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SCM have written acknowledging my letter (CPR request for info) and unsurprisingly have ignored the request and said that they will use CPR 3.4 to strike out my defence as having no merit. (which I haven't written yet!)

 

They have also offered to settle out of court reserving the right to show the letter when the question of costs arises.

 

The letter is clumsy in the way it is written and starts by saying 'our letters must have crossed in the post' ! How will they have known this prior to posting it ?!!... lets hope they keep applying this level of stupidity to the rest of their dealings!

 

any thoughts anyone?

 

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well if you have not indeed submitted a defence i would certainly use within your arguments against their application for strike out that they are being disigenuous and attempting to abuse the court process by falsely alleging that a defence of which they have no knowledge whatsoever has no merit!

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Another letter today dated 9.10.09, 4 days earlier than the letter received yesterday!

 

Here is a copy of an 'agreement' very poor copy of something I cant even make out and the letter quotes a new 'account number' I have never seen before with a different balance (a lot lower than the amount claimed!)... further stupidity and gross incompetence from our friends SCM.

 

SCM are incompetent and devious... looks like they are sending letters with dates that are well behind when they actually send them and they have made errors with 'account numbers' and 'balances'

 

As you say babybear, 'enough rope'. I dont even need to give them the rope!

 

I will go ahead with my defence and wait for direction from the court.

 

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Can anyone help with this...

 

SCM have sent me the following in response to CPR 31.14:

 

*A very poor copy of what they allege to be a CCA - the same one that is towards the beginning of this thread (almost invisible)

*A copy of some terms and conditions not associated with signed part

*A covering letter with a new account number (different to the one on the claim) and a different balance.(they got it wrong)

 

Should I still enter an embarrassed defence saying that the quality and accuracy of the documentation is wrong and incomplete (no copies of DN or termination, statements...)?

 

Should this thread be moved to a different forum now?

 

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Hi I also received an illegible copy (due to the age , no longer held), so I entered a short embarrassed defence.

Just a word of warning, check with the court after your defence has been filed as [problem] have a habit of 'forgetting to check' if you have filed a defence and going for a SJ ;)

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ok so here is the standard embarrassed defence...

 

1. I, ********** of ************** make this statement as my defence to the claim brought by **************

 

2. The claimants particulars of claim are vague and fail to disclose any cause of action, they appear to be an abuse of the process in that they fail to deal with the basic rules of pleading in accordance with the CPR even allowing for the constraints of the bulk issue system

 

3. No documents supporting the claims in the particulars have been offered and despite a request to the claimant for further information via CPR 31.14 dated xx/xx/xxxx sent by recorded delivery none has been forthcoming and as a result I cannot plead in defence to the claim

 

4. Without clarification of the claimants claim, the defendant is extremely disadvantaged and the claimants claim appears without merit, the defendant asks to be allowed to submit a fully particularised defence should the claimant provide copies of the original documents he will rely upon.

 

5. Further to that above 4 paragraphs, the defendant is unable to plead effectively or at all. The defendant is embarrassed.

 

 

I am thinking of editing paragraph 3 so that it reads...

 

3. No documents adequately supporting the claims within the particulars have been offered, despite a request for information via CPR 31.14 dated xx/xx/xxxx sent by recorded delivery. In response to this request, the claimant has sent details relating to another account number and balance than that quoted in the claim. The claimant has also sent some documents which are illegible with no reference to what they are within the correspondence. The documents sent by the claimant do not appear to relate to this claim and as a result I cannot plead in defence to the claim.

Do I risk overcomplicating this when it is not necessary?

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ok so here is the standard embarrassed defence...

 

1. I, ********** of ************** make this statement as my defence to the claim brought by **************

 

2. The claimants particulars of claim are vague and fail to disclose any cause of action, they appear to be an abuse of the process in that they fail to deal with the basic rules of pleading in accordance with the CPR even allowing for the constraints of the bulk issue system

 

3. No documents supporting the claims in the particulars have been offered and despite a request to the claimant for further information via CPR 31.14 dated xx/xx/xxxx sent by recorded delivery none has been forthcoming and as a result I cannot plead in defence to the claim

 

4. Without clarification of the claimants claim, the defendant is extremely disadvantaged and the claimants claim appears without merit, the defendant asks to be allowed to submit a fully particularised defence should the claimant provide copies of the original documents he will rely upon.

 

5. Further to that above 4 paragraphs, the defendant is unable to plead effectively or at all. The defendant is embarrassed.

 

 

I am thinking of editing paragraph 3 so that it reads...

 

3. No documents adequately supporting the claims within the particulars have been offered, despite a request for information via CPR 31.14 dated xx/xx/xxxx sent by recorded delivery. In response to this request, the claimant has sent details relating to another account number and balance than that quoted in the claim. The claimant has also sent some documents which are illegible with no reference to what they are within the correspondence. The documents sent by the claimant do not appear to relate to this claim and as a result I cannot plead in defence to the claim.

Do I risk overcomplicating this when it is not necessary?

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looks ok to me- although on reflection i might just produce these in my bundle of disclosures and hope they dont spot the mistake until they are before the judge

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Ok thanks DD, very helpful as ever...

 

I think I am just concerned that they will try to have my defence struck out and go for SJ and am being a bit over-keen to get my arguments in!

 

Thanks again

 

i'm no expert but i am not aware of many cases where an embarassed defence would be brushed aside in favour of a SJ

 

you have to have the documents that support the claim to be able to make any sort of plea

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