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Smart Parking / QDR solicitors have issued court proceedings
By: Driver8 Date: February 4, 2026, 9:27 am
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Hi. About 8 weeks ago I received a letter from QDR solicitors
demanding £170 for overstaying in a car park nearly 2 years ago.
This was the first I had heard of it. I went on to the Money
Saving Expert forum and asked for advice and was told to ignore
it.
So a couple of weeks back they issued court proceedings. I
followed the templates on MSE and entered a defence. QDR have
now sent a reply to that defence and asked for it to be listed
in a court over 100 miles from me.
Some facts. I was there at the time of the event, with my
family. We paid £1.60 for an hour parking and overstayed by,
apparently, 27 minutes. They have written to me as registered
keeper. They have now sent photos which show who was driving.
Both me and my wife drive the car.
What do I do now? I sent the template defence without really
understanding what I was doing tbh, and now there are loads of
legal things being thrown at me that I do not understand.
They say that I could have avoided additional costs if I had
responded 'at an earlier stage' but there was no earlier stage.
They have included a copy of a letter that I was supposedly sent
about 10 days after the event but I never saw.
Any advice on what I should do? I have no idea what the signage
is like as I am not local and cannot go and look. The Ts and Cs
are only displayed in one place according to the aerial view
that the solicitors have sent me, and there is no reason why a
person would need to view these (they appear to be facing
inwards by the exit). However, they have stated that tariff
notices are displayed with all RingGo signs. These mention a
£100 fine but do not include full Ts and Cs.
Thanks
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Re: Smart Parking / QDR solicitors have issued court proceedings
By: jfollows Date: February 4, 2026, 9:30 am
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You must post what you’ve received and what you’ve sent in
response in order to get any sensible, tailored advice.
At the moment all we have to go on is a bit of a rant, to be
honest!
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Re: Smart Parking / QDR solicitors have issued court proceedings
By: Driver8 Date: February 4, 2026, 9:55 am
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Sorry, it's a bit stressful! What do I need to send? Copies of
everything? They have sent a letter plus 6 pages of 'Reply to
Defence' and appendices with pictures of the car, copies of
previous letters, print outs of the signage etc.
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Re: Smart Parking / QDR solicitors have issued court proceedings
By: DWMB2 Date: February 4, 2026, 10:16 am
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As a starting point, as much of the below as you have access to:
[list]
[li]The original Parking Charge Notice[/li]
[li]The claim form from the court (we only need to see the page
that contains the Particulars of Claim)[/li]
[li]Your defence[/li]
[li]Their reply[/li]
[li]Anything else received since then[/li]
[/list]
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