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Letter before claim recieved
DIR By: boxer29
Date: October 2, 2025, 8:13 am
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Hello,
i have received a before claim letter from Gladstone Solicitors
for £ 155 plus 35 court fee and 50 solicitor fee a total of £
240 to be paid within 30 days of this letter which is dated 19th
September 2025.
Some one from family might have parked the car there with a
disabled badge visible on dash.
Should i ignore it or shall i need to reply to this.
Can someone please help me.
Thanks
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Re: Letter before claim recieved
DIR By: b789
Date: October 2, 2025, 9:18 am
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The claim is for £155, likely an £85 Parking Charge Notice (PCN)
and a fake added £70 debt recovery fee. If this is the very
first you know about this, you should check the V5C registration
for the vehicle has the correct up to date address.
For now, the Keeper (the person made in the letter) should
respond as follows:
--- Quote ---
> Subject: Response to your Letter of Claim Ref: [reference
number]
>
> Dear Sirs,
>
> Your Letter Before Claim contains insufficient detail of the
claim and fails to provide copies of the evidence your client
places reliance upon, putting it in clear breach of the
Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims.
>
> As a supposed firm of solicitors, one would expect you to
comply with paragraphs 3.1(a)–(d), 5.1 and 5.2 of the Protocol,
and paragraphs 6(a) and 6(c) of the Practice Direction. These
provisions exist to facilitate informed discussion and
proportionate resolution. You may wish to reacquaint yourselves
with them.
>
> The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Pre-Action Conduct and
Protocols (Part 3), require the exchange of sufficient
information to understand each other’s position. Part 6
clarifies that this includes disclosure of key documents
relevant to the issues in dispute.
>
> Your template letter refers to a “contract” yet encloses none.
That omission undermines the only foundation upon which your
client’s claim allegedly rests. It is not possible to engage in
meaningful pre-litigation dialogue while you decline to furnish
the very document you purport to enforce.
>
> I confirm that, once I am in receipt of a Letter Before Claim
that complies with para 3.1(a), I shall seek advice and submit a
formal response within 30 days, as required. Accordingly, please
provide:
>
> [indent]1. A copy of the original Notice to Keeper (NtK) and
any notice chain relied upon to assert PoFA 2012
liability.

> 2. A copy of the contract you allege exists between your
client and the driver, being an actual photograph of the sign(s)
in place on the material date (not a stock image), together with
a site plan showing the sign locations.

> 3. The precise wording of the clause(s) allegedly breached.
> 
4. The written agreement between your client and the
landowner evidencing standing/authority to enforce and to
litigate.

> 5. A breakdown of the sums claimed, identifying whether the
principal sum is claimed as consideration or damages, and
whether the £70 “debt recovery” add-on includes
VAT.
[/indent]
>
> I am entitled to this information under paragraphs 6(a) and
6(c) of the Practice Direction, and I require it to meet my own
obligation under paragraph 6(b).
>
> If you fail to provide the above, I will treat that as
non-compliance with the PAPDC and Pre-Action Conduct and will
raise a formal complaint to the SRA regarding your conduct. I
reserve the right to place this correspondence before the Court
and to seek appropriate sanctions and costs (including, where
appropriate, a stay and/or other case management orders).
>
> Until your client complies and provides the requested
material, I am unable to respond properly to the alleged claim
or to consider my position. It would be premature and a waste of
costs and court time to issue proceedings. Should you do so, I
will seek immediate case management relief pursuant to paragraph
15(b) of the Practice Direction and an order compelling
provision of the above.
>
> Please ensure that your and your clients records have the
correct address for service and erase any other addresses you
may hold for the Keeper. My current address for service is:
[Your correct address in full].
>
> Please note, I will not engage with any web portal; I will
only respond by email or post.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> [Your name]
--- End Quote ---
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Re: Letter before claim recieved
DIR By: boxer29
Date: October 2, 2025, 4:37 pm
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Thanks b789,
How should I send the reply
Recorded first class.
Or
Email
#Post#: 92634--------------------------------------------------
Re: Letter before claim recieved
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: October 2, 2025, 4:51 pm
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Email and CC yourself in for a record.
As an aside, if you have to send anything by post, it's
generally advised not to send it recorded/signed for. If the
recipient refuses the delivery or declines to sign for it, all
you are left with is proof that your letter did not arrive. If
you send it by regular first class and ask for a free
certificate of posting, you enjoy a (rebuttable) presumption of
delivery.
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