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Court summons
DIR By: zak290
Date: March 4, 2026, 2:06 pm
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Hi,
I wanted to seek advice for a Court hearing weather I stand a
chance to win or not.
I received a court summons for a PCN I received from Park Direct
LTD in 2023 from Gladstone solicitors.
I parked my vehicle for 15 minutes in the car park in my
buildings parking space in order to unload furniture. I do not
have an allocated parking space in that car park however I was
given access to carpark and advised by the caretaker at the time
to park briefly in order to unload my furniture. The car was
observed by the private parking inspector for 3 minutes before
they issued a ticket. There is signage present in the car park
from the company.
The caretaker refused to take responsibility as he was occupied.
I contacted the housing manager who advised they do not have the
authority to cancel the PCN.
My question is should I just pay the PCN now which has been
inflated to £270 or do I have any chance winning in court?
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Re: Court summons
DIR By: jfollows
Date: March 4, 2026, 2:24 pm
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I very much doubt you have a court summons, so please read
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/<br
/>and post everything you have received and sent to date to help
us be able to help you.
Jopson v Homeguard,
HTML https://www.parkingcowboys.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/JOPSON-V-HOMEGUARD-2906J-Approved.pdf,<br
/>may also be relevant here, loading/unloading not being
parking.
Whoever employs the parking company can cancel this, especially
if they also employ the caretaker who advised you where to stop.
They probably just don’t want to.
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Re: Court summons
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: March 5, 2026, 1:38 am
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--- Quote from: zak290 link ---
>
> I parked my vehicle for 15 minutes in the car park in my
buildings parking space in order to unload furniture. I do not
have an allocated parking space in that car park however I was
given access to carpark and advised by the caretaker at the time
to park briefly in order to unload my furniture.
>
--- End Quote ---
You say you were 'given access' - does this mean that there is a
physical barrier of some kind that would otherwise block access?
If someone (the caretaker) let you past such a barrier then this
is super strong evidence as it demonstrates that you were
reasonably given permission to unload at the location.
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Re: Court summons
DIR By: roythebus
Date: March 5, 2026, 1:51 am
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Make sure you post all the paperwork you've received and edit
your first post by not admitting who the driver was, use the
third person. "The driver" did this, that and the other, not "I
did".
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Re: Court summons
DIR By: jfollows
Date: March 5, 2026, 3:39 am
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“Promissory estoppel” may well be an additional defence point -
the driver was told it was OK to stop and unload.
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Re: Court summons
DIR By: jfollows
Date: March 6, 2026, 7:41 am
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[member=8502]zak290[/member] needs to return to the forum and
respond if we’re going to move this forward.
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Re: Court summons
DIR By: zak290
Date: March 6, 2026, 7:47 am
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Apologies have a family emergency I’m dealing with. Will upload
all relevant information by tomorrow morning.
It doesn’t allow me to edit first post. Should I delete and
repost?
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Re: Court summons
DIR By: jfollows
Date: March 6, 2026, 7:56 am
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Just post any corrections or clarifications here.
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Re: Court summons
DIR By: jfollows
Date: March 7, 2026, 3:08 am
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Or delete and repost if you can. It’s not major but you should
bear in mind to stick to using the third person from now on. In
the case I referred to above, the issue wasn’t related to
identification of the driver anyway.
If you received a N1SDT claim form (that’s a guess), then you
have 5+14 days from the date on the form to submit a response,
which will either be a defence or an Acknowledgment of Service.
If the latter, you have an extra 14 days by which you have to
submit a defence.
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Re: Court summons
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: March 7, 2026, 3:34 am
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It would also help to know the location so we can eyeball on GSV
if possible.
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