HELP! Judgement for Claimant (in Default) Gladstones Solicitors

[PaulaLichfield]

Posting on behalf of my OAP Mother (terrible how they target vulnerable people!)

 

After a long and complex saga my Mother has received a Judgement for Claimant (in Default)

 

She has been charged £259.34 for parking in her OWN allocated parking space. Permits were delivered to other residents prior to this fine being issued, but not to her; she has evidence of requesting permits from both the Parking Management Company and Facilities Management Company - unfortunately these requests were ignored and she was subsequently issued with a fine.

 

The parking is no longer enforced and all signs for parking management have been removed.

 

Unfortunately, after receiving numerous letters from various debt collection agencies she received a few letters from Gladstones Solicitors. As with previous demands, she ignored them. She received a Court Claim letter, and went online to fill out her claim and defence. Sadly, she's not terribly computer savvy and didn't realise she had not attached her fully prepared defence to the appropriate part of the form. I wasn't around to help her at the time.

 

Consequently, 28 days elapsed and she has now been issued with a Judgement for Claimant (in Default)

 

She's terrified that bailiffs are going to enter the property now - please help. Is there anything we can do now other than pay this very unjust fine?

 

Thank you!

[dx100uk]

Its not a fine

 

It will cost her £255 to set aside

But I'm pretty sure via ex160 it will be free for her

Go ring the court

 

Tell then you wish to set it aside

Your defence will be her tenancy agreement

Trumps any other agreement they have

 

Get it done asap

That will kill dead any further action

 

But bailiffs will be very rare on this

If at all

 

DX

[PaulaLichfield]

Doing this now, thank you dx100uk. You are my Mom's hero/heroine!

 

Will update after call.

[dx100uk]

if that's your real name as a username

might be better to pm me an anon alternate?

 

 

dx

[ericsbrother]

form N144 for the set aside with furhter hearing.

come back here if you need help on the reason for set aside and then constructing a defence.

If your mother has all the old letters and original demands it will be very easy to show they dont have a leg to stand on.

[dx100uk]

N244

 

Dx

[ericsbrother]

sorry, fat finger syndrome

[dx100uk]