Coach Hire - No Contract, But Staying Charged Cancellation Fee

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My query entails a client law trouble in the State of: Coach Use
Final year in November 2010, I designed enquiries to many coach firms with regards booking a significant coach for a school journey.
one coach organization gave me a fair quote, and I replied to them by way of e-mail with the wording "I would like to verify this quotation, and proceed with a reserving. Can you forward the needed details to me in the publish."Not, I have to level out "I accept and would like to guide"
I under no circumstances obtained anything at all at all in the post, and about a week or so later, I realised that we had not had the crucial quantity of youngsters to make the journey viable.
Just after lengthy replanning, I was in a place to make the trip viable by doing work with a minibus. I hadn't obtained anything at all at all nonetheless from the coach company, at this point, and imagined as I hadn't obtained a booking form with terms and disorders, and consequently, not signed and accepted a contract, I ought to cell phone them and cancel. I did so by cell telephone.
I imagined almost nothing at all supplemental of it considering that.
Now six months later on on, on the day of the journey, a coach turns up on the school's doorstep.
I had presently departed on the minibus, and the school had to turn the driver away.
I have acquired an electronic mail from the coach enterprise these days stating they do not accept verbal cancellations, and are charging me £200 cancellation charge.
I have to have to point out that thinking about that the 10th of november, other than a cellphone cell phone to cancel, I have had NO communication of any variety with the coach company.
Would any individual please be capable to inform me where I stand with this as I do not really feel I entered into any contract.
Most productive Regards
J Turpin

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