County court claim defence pack: the defence, written to your claim
A claim form has arrived and the deadline on it is real. 14 days from service of the particulars of claim to file a defence, or 28 if you acknowledge service first. That is the whole of the pressure, and it is why people pay a charge they do not owe. Here is the defence instead, written to your claim form and to the record of Horizon Parking Limited, with the first section on screen before you pay for anything.
Deadlines read from the Civil Procedure Rules and quoted on the court claim page · checked 29/08/2026
1. The Defendant denies that the Claimant is entitled to the sum claimed, or to any sum.
2. It is denied that the Defendant entered into any contract with Horizon Parking Limited on the terms alleged. The Claimant is put to strict proof that terms were displayed, that they were legible from the position a driver occupies, and that they were displayed on the date alleged.
3. The Claimant is put to strict proof of its authority from the landowner to make contracts and to bring proceedings in its own name.
4. The particulars of claim do not state the date, the location and the term said to have been breached with the particularity required, and the Defendant reserves the right to amend this defence once they do.
5. Any sum added above the parking charge itself is put in issue, and the Claimant is put to strict proof that it represents a real cost incurred.
6. The Defendant will rely on the Claimant’s own record before the independent appeals service. In the year to 30 September 2025 POPLA decided 2,668 appeals against Horizon Parking Limited and allowed 12.9% of them in the motorist’s favour.
See the first section of your defence free, on screen, before you pay for anything. The rest of the pack, sections 7 onward, is written to your own claim form: the points your papers actually support, the covering letter, the dated timeline and the evidence list.
Whose claim is it?
The pack is built for the company named on the claim form, because the record it rests on is that company’s. Pick the name printed on your papers and the free section above is rebuilt for it:
A different company? Name it in the free checker and it will tell you which appeals body it answers to and what its record looks like. The pack is written for any of the 217 operators this site holds.
What arrives when you buy it
- The defence, written to your claim. A numbered defence for the county court, built from the particulars you were served and from the operator's own POPLA record on this site: the claimant's case, the points you put in issue, and the documents the claimant has to produce.
- The letter that goes with it. A short covering letter to the claimant's solicitors, asking in writing for the landowner contract, the signage photographs as they stood that day, the notice timeline and a breakdown of every added fee.
- Your timeline, counted. Every date on the claim counted out from the date you were served, with the acknowledgement route and what each one costs you if you miss it.
- The evidence list. What to gather, in the order a judge reads it, and what each item is for.
- The operator's own record. That company's POPLA appendix rows across three years, the grounds POPLA decided on, and what its own published rulebook says about the points you are raising.
None of it is a form with your name dropped into it. The defence is written to the particulars you were served, which is why the pack asks for them and why it comes back to you rather than downloading in a second.
The pack, £79
The free things on this site stay free: the letter builder, the deadline calculator, the operator check and the first section above. The pack is the finished defence, and it is the one thing in this lane you can pay us for.
- The defence, written to your claim. A numbered defence for the county court, built from the particulars you were served and from the operator's own POPLA record on this site: the claimant's case, the points you put in issue, and the documents the claimant has to produce.
- The letter that goes with it. A short covering letter to the claimant's solicitors, asking in writing for the landowner contract, the signage photographs as they stood that day, the notice timeline and a breakdown of every added fee.
- Your timeline, counted. Every date on the claim counted out from the date you were served, with the acknowledgement route and what each one costs you if you miss it.
- The evidence list. What to gather, in the order a judge reads it, and what each item is for.
- The operator's own record. That company's POPLA appendix rows across three years, the grounds POPLA decided on, and what its own published rulebook says about the points you are raising.
- The pack is built for the claim form and the operator named on it, or your money back.
- Every figure in it names the document it was read from and the date it was read.
- If anything in it does not fit the papers you hold, reply to the receipt and it is fixed or refunded.
- We do not promise you win. Nobody honest can.
- The record in the pack is the operator's own POPLA figures, which are a record of other people's cases and not a forecast of yours.
- This is information, not legal advice, and nobody here acts for you in court.
It is not on sale yet. The pack is finished, the checkout is not, and we would rather say so than show you a button that does nothing.
Free either way, and you never need the pack: the first section of your defence, on screen, every court date counted, the operator check and the appeal letter builder.
By arrangement, hello@getaxionlabs.com.
Why it is not the cheapest thing in the lane
Because a cheaper document is what the lane already sells, and a document is the one thing nobody asked for in our own reading of sixty two real complaints. What people asked for was the letter already written, somebody to take it away, or a straight answer about whether the thing in their hand is real. This is priced as the answer, not as a template.
Common questions
Do I need this to defend the claim?
No. Every deadline, every rule and the whole shape of a defence is published free on the court claim page, and the first section of the defence is on this page at no charge. The pack is for somebody who would rather not write it.
Will this stop the claim?
Nothing on this page can promise that, and anybody who does is selling you a feeling. Filing a defence means the claim has to be proved rather than entered against you by default, and claims over parking charges are discontinued, settled and abandoned constantly.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is information and a drafted document, and nobody here acts for you. If a judgment would matter to you, take the papers to Citizens Advice or to a solicitor of your own.
What if it does not fit my papers?
Reply to the receipt and it is fixed or refunded. That is the same policy the rest of this site runs on and it is written into the buy box above rather than buried in the terms.
Where the dates on this page come from
- The days to file a defence, and the days with an acknowledgment of service: Civil Procedure Rules, Part 15, Defence and Reply, read at source 29/08/2026.
- What the small claims track can order you to pay if you lose: Civil Procedure Rules, Part 27, The Small Claims Track, read at source 29/08/2026.
- The appeals record the defence relies on: POPLA Annual Report 2025, Appendix, read at source 24/08/2026.
Other help on this site
Free on every page: the appeal letter builder, the deadline calculator, the discount checker and the operator check. These are the paid ones, each named once, so you can see which lane is yours:
- One operator's full POPLA record, £20 once, for when a private parking charge.
- A SEND appeal pack for the Tribunal, £11.99 once, for when a refused EHC plan or assessment.
Every court date, counted, free → · The firm that wrote to you, by name → · Check the operator, free →