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DCB Ltd Parking Fine Conundrum
Help / advice would be greatly appreciated I'll try and keep this succinct whilst not omitting important detail ... In March ('25) I received a letter charging me with an inflated parking charge listed to an incident from October('24). It was linked to a car park I sometimes use BUT I never had any fine on my car at that…
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Group Nexus PCN received - Hire vehicle
Hello all, So back in August this year I needed some repairs done to my car so off to the body shop it went, I hired a car to cover me for the period in question, returned it when the hire period expired and went on my merry way. So recently I received an email from a company which I hired the vehicle from in August and…
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Classic DCB Legal Letter of Claim, all this over 1 minute!
Hi, We've been pursued by these scumbags for a while now and they're not getting the message. A while ago my partner stopped at the infamous Stanstead (McDonald/Starbucks) car park that's been featured on the TV for being a total scam hotspot! We've been hit with a fine for staying in the car park under some rules that…
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UKCPS Moorside Legal Claim Form
Hi Guys I've been following the excellent advice on here regarding UKCPS since I received my first letter about a year ago. Basically I've ignored every single letter but I have now received a claim form. In the particulars they have blatantly lied and said the driver agreed to pay within 28 days. I've never acknowledged…
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ECP DCB LEGAL court claim 2025
The driver of this car attempted to pay after staying in a Euro car park but when they inputted the registration it said they had only just arrived. There was no way of speaking to anyone or calling anyone to address. There was also no way of changing the time. A photo of the car park terms and conditions also clarifies…
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Letter Before Claim received 5 years later
Hi there, I have gone through the guidance on the newbies forum. I recently received a letter from DCB legal confirming it's a LBC, I responded logging a complaint using the template provided in this forum. This is for a private fine dated Christmas Day 2019 for parking in a Homebase carpark, needless to say I have no…
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Excel Parking Services - Siddals Road car park Derby -(I WON!)
I have two queries which I hope people on here may be able to advise on: My questions are as follows: 1) The Gov Code of Practice was formally introduced (Feb 2022) prior to the Claim being issued (March 2022). This states that operators should undertake reasonable endeavours to trace the driver. They have charged an extra…
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Forgot to pay NCP
I totally forgot to pay an NCP stay and just got a letter today. However I left the car park on 2/8/25 and got the letter today 23/8/25. Did I read that if they send the letter outside of 14 days they've broken some kind of rule, so I can appeal? Sorry I'm WAY too stressed in general to seieve through hundreds of posts on…
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CEL issued me with a PCN for not paying within 10minutes
Hi I have seen a few similar threads, but none that have updated on their outcome yet. The car park is privately owned but right in front of the entrance to a council arts centre, it is all fenced and looks like it part of the centre, the council have said they don't own it and I have been waiting over 4 weeks for them to…
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smart parking DCB legal ltd
Hi people is there anybody who could advise me on a the process im in a lot of physical and mental pain and my concentration is very limited. so far I have submitted the aos within the 14day time frame and now working within the 28 day window before a CCJ would have been issued against a parking fine from 2022 which I have…
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Smart Parking Fine Is Wrong - Need Help Please!
Hey all So my wife got a parking fine letter through about a month and a half ago from Smart Parking. She'd gone into our local town centre to buy shoes for my Grandmother's funeral, she went to park in the normal pay and display car park she usually does and had the correct amount of money with her to cover her for half…
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Confused about who to appeal/write too.
Admittedly I missed the original appeal window. I have dodged every way they have tried to communicate with me up to now, over a year anyway. It is in Scotland, a car park at a retail park with several retailers. It came originally from the car park operator, then moved to another mob and now a debt collector linked to the…
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Iceland - para 3
Hi all, It has been a while! Got court claim through with these particulars... The driver of the vehicle with registration B2???? (the 'Vehicle') parked in breach of the terms of parking stipulated on the signage (the 'Contract') at ICELAND CHELMSFORD, on 15/12/2023, thus incurring the parking charge (the 'PCN'). The PCN…
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Letter of Claim DCBLegal
Hello everyone, I am aware of the advised steps in the newbie thread and will do them. I have a slightly separated question. My case involves a car park that has been in the local press for giving people unfair fines, so I emailed my MP about it. His caseworker has now responded asking for information so that they can take…
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ECP via DCB Legal, issue date 10th April 2025
So POPLA rejected my fine appeal. Sadly i admitted driving my car. They had photos of me anyway. So this is perhaps a newish scam where you pay for your ticket but the payment to their payment site does not go to them. You are redirected from their payment site and purchase something totally unrelated. In my case a scam…
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Parking Ticket - Court Letter Received
I am being pursued for parking despite having paid for parking on the day in question.On 02/08/21, I attempted to purchase a parking ticket while on holiday with my family, including young children. The car park was extremely busy, with long queues at the payment machines. I successfully purchased a ticket; however, the…
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Smart Parking notice
I have recently received a letter from Smart Parking about a parking charge for staying between 17:19 to 21:06. The contravention happened on 09/08 the date issued is 19/08 and I have received the letter in the past couple of days I had paid for Parking and even extended my parking ticket by purchasing additional time when…
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Letter of Claim - Napier Parking Limited - BW Legal
Hi, I’ve read the Newbie posts and followed them, i.e. appeal letter, ignored subsequent letters, and am now at the ‘Letter of Claim’ stage. I’ve looked at the threads on the ‘Letter of Claim’ stage and drafted a response (a combination of the suggested responses for this stage, based on my circumstances). The original PCN…
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ECP , DCB Legal court claim 2025
Hi All I have had a letter of claim sent to me by dcbl after
ignoring everything from euro car parks and others sent to me previously. I overstayed at a carpark 11 minutes after the free time. It was a place where you could only get a
ticket by a mobile and I didn’t get one as I thought I’d only be a few minutes,
but got…
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Thanks To This Forum
Hello, Long time reader, first time poster. I would just like to thank the people who put all their time and effort into the sticky posts in this sub section with regards to Small Claims Court cases when dealing with companies like DCB Legal and their associated entities. With the guidance and resources from the…
