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Received a HMCTS claims letter
DIR By: User336699
Date: May 9, 2026, 10:46 am
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Hello, someone has received a claims letter saying they owe
money from a private parking ticket that was over two years ago,
I think it might have been the case where the driver was sat in
the car on the phone for a job interview which rang as they came
into the car park, they managed to park quickly before answering
the phone, then was on the phone for about 25-30 mins, they then
went and paid for a ticket and went about their day, pretty sure
when they got the first letter they contented it explaining what
happened and they didn’t accept it so the person just ignored
the rest of the letters coming through thinking it would just
stop as they had looked and found you don’t need to actually pay
a private company
My question is, what do they need to do now that they have
received this court order ?? I have attached a link to the
picture of the front page as well as after reading another post
of similar where you need to see the front page
HTML https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-334aVuFxELjHWfbayUEuzz6Th7Eyh2NCiXHk6v1qtw/edit?usp=drivesdk
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Re: Received a HMCTS claims letter
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: May 9, 2026, 11:11 am
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A good start would be to read the cunningly hidden "READ THIS
FIRST" sticky at the top of this forum.
Have you received a Claim Form, a Court Order, or some other
random communication? Your attached front page is a google docs
link that requires whoever is determined enough to give up their
free time to try to help you to request access.
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Re: Received a HMCTS claims letter
DIR By: User336699
Date: May 9, 2026, 11:35 am
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I have had a look through the read this first post before
posting
I have also just changed the settings of the google doc so
people can see it, didn’t realise it was set different
The letter says it’s a claim document for money that is owed,
the picture in the doc I posted the top says claim form
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Re: Received a HMCTS claims letter
DIR By: jfollows
Date: May 9, 2026, 1:51 pm
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As it says, you have to file a defence within 14+5 days from the
date on the form, so by 26 May. If you file an Acknowledgement
of Service by this day, you have until 8 June to file your
defence.
Of course you don’t need to pay anyone, but the claim will be on
the basis that the driver of the vehicle entered into a contract
by parking, and posting any other documents here will help your
case.
Sitting in a car in a parking space in a car park is parking by
any reasonable definition. So the purchase of the ticket and its
duration will both be relevant.
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Re: Received a HMCTS claims letter
DIR By: jfollows
Date: May 10, 2026, 5:41 am
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> as they had looked and found you don’t need to actually pay a
private company
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As you’ve found, this was poor advice that you believed.
The court claim is under contract law, in which the driver
entered into a contract by reading signs and parking, and
agreeing to pay some amount if a parking ticket was not bought.
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