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       Gladstones Solicitors - Letter Before Claim
   DIR By: Mmurphy737
       Date: August 29, 2026, 5:57 am
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       Hi all,
       I've been away and I've come back to a letter from Gladstone's
       Solicitors. A letter before claim.
       They've been sending letters to my old address so they carried
       out a search trace. They're asking for £155 to be paid within 30
       days of the letter (It was issued 4th of August and because I've
       only just come back and seen this, I only have a few days to
       proceed). I'm wondering if this is something I can ignore?
       Thanks in advance
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       Re: Gladstones Solicitors - Letter Before Claim
   DIR By: jfollows
       Date: August 29, 2026, 7:33 am
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       You should reply, according to
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       > the defendant responding within a reasonable time – 14 days in
       a straight forward case and no more than 3 months in a very
       complex one. The reply should include confirmation as to whether
       the claim is accepted and, if it is not accepted, the reasons
       why, together with an explanation as to which facts and parts of
       the claim are disputed
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       presuming you intend to defend the subsequent court claim. Your
       respond to the Letter before Claim will be ignored, but you have
       put things in writing to show that you have engaged with the
       process.
       If you want more advice, we probably need to see the original
       Notice to Keeper and any other correspondence between you and
       the parking company.
       You really need to provide us with the background to this as
       well as the documents requested. Whether or not you ignore, you
       are likely to receive a county court claim, which you need to
       defend.
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       Re: Gladstones Solicitors - Letter Before Claim
   DIR By: RichardW
       Date: August 29, 2026, 7:43 am
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       You need to make sure that you include your current address with
       any reply. It would also be worth sending a data rectification
       notice to Horizon instructing them to update your address for
       service, and to erase old addresses.
       Horizon PCNs were often not compliant with POFA to transfer
       liability, if you don't have it, then send a Subject Access
       Request to them to get all the info.
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