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Apcoa, DRP, and CST Law .. I feel like im headbutting a brick wall..
Edited from an earlier post on another forum. Hello, I need urgent help please. About a month ago I received a bunch of letters from a debt recovery agency for parking charges going back to September of last year in Apcoa car parks. On envelope contained 3 debt recovery notices two tickets went back to 2025. I had no…
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Template defence from newbies thread, I got help and I WON!!
EDIT - I have changed the title to Won, because I got help on this thread and won!! Make sure to read this thread if you struggled or are struggling with your defence. My initial defence got struck (below) as I used the full defence template and the added my own points. This was overkill and the judge clearly didn’t like…
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Judgement in default CCJ
Dear all I've acknowledged the service late, because not received the claim forms. Sent an email to court and cc-d the claimant, called court to confirm. Which they did. Now received a judgment for not replying the claim form. What are my options ? Anything wrong here from them. Now I've received
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Defending Claim - Smart Parking Ltd and DCB Legal Ltd
Hi All, In 2021 I used a Smart Parking car park and didn't get a ticket. My gym has an agreement with the car park and there is a free ticket machine inside the gym. On one particular day I forgot to get a ticket from inside the gym. I duly received a PCN between 2 and 3 weeks later. I (with hindsight - foolishly)…
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Parking charge notice from Parkingeye
Hi, respected experts. This Parking Charge Notice was received in Bournemouth this week. I would be grateful if anyone with experience could look at it and advise whether there are reasonable grounds to challenge it or whether it would be better to pay the reduced amount. The driver was accompanied with the new Tennant who…
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Notice To Keeper from ParkMaven, The Station Hotel, Aberdeen
Hello everyone. I think this should be a relatively easy case to solve, but I need someone to tell me what should I do. So I spent a night in The Station Hotel in Aberdeen. I used their private parking to park my car and I paid for it! Today I received a 'Notice to keeper' from Park Maven that I "overstayed authorised…
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DBCL - Horizon Parking - Final Reminder
Yes, I have read the FAQ’s (multiple times) but there’s an overwhelming amount of info in there and on other threads so I’m making a new one. My partner has received a ‘Final Reminder’ from DCB Ltd for the amount of £125 from 2023 - Essentially she overstayed in the car park after Tescos had introduced new parking rules…
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Newlyn Debt Company
Hi everyone, I have just recieved a text today from this company telling me I need to get intouch with the and quote the reference number given. Theres no other information on there as to what it is or anything. Is this a legit company please? Kind regards
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Excel parking Overstay
Hi Everyone, I purchased the parking ticket for 1 hour and stay 30 mins late. Received the pcn fine today. The date of incident was 30/06, letter received on 21/07. Is there anything I could do to appeal this fine? Could someome help me please! Thanks
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Misleading Parking Eye Signs leading to a PCN
On Sunday April 19th I parked at the St Anthony Gardens Car Park on Penzance Promenade opposite the swimming pool. It is operated by Parking Eye though I have subsequently ascertained via a local FB group that it is actually owned by the Jubilee Swimming Pool across the road. I went over to the ticket machine ready to pay.…
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traffic enforcement agency
Has this any basis in British Law ? i got a parking ticked from a local authority, thay took me to the traffic enforcement agency, didn't tell me when, didn't tall me where, defendant cannot appear, defendant cannot give evidence, it seems it just a council rubber stamp, but they issue a court judgement that baillifs use…
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DCB Legal/ECP claim defence
Hi all, I have until 14/06/26 to submit my defence. POPLA appeal rejected. I thought I had reasonable grounds. It seems that this is a notorious parking scam site, and there was an article about it in a local paper. I paid for an hour, and overstayed by 19 mins at Eype Beach in April 2025 when holidaying with another party…
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smart parking DCB legal defence - Para 3 quick check
@Coupon-mad, @Le_Kirk I have the usual claim form from smart legal for Overstayed Free time for an alleged contravention in Jan 2022. Issue date 24th Oct AoS submitted 5th Nov, Have used the standard 11 paragraph defence (para 4 untruth statement etc) so wont post it all here and have constructed para3 from these threads.…
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Stansted Airport Drop Off APCOA PCN
Well, I'll be dammed! Just when I thought my story with Stansted Airport was over, not having passed even 24h after winning the battle with DCBLegal, see this link: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6486328/dcblegal-claim-form-met-parking-services-ltd-stansted-help-please-transferred-so-far-away/p16 My wife…
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Claim Form Defence
Hi all, I'm currently writing out my paragraph 3 defence against Smart Parking Limited/DCB legal, and wanted some advice on whether the defence is appropriate. Claim form was issued on 7th July, AoS was filed on the 11th, and received on the 13th. I was visiting a pub which on the entrance on the car park, had a sign which…
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N1SDT claim form — defence help needed (NCP/Moorside Legal)
Hi all I'd really appreciate some guidance. I've been sent an N1SDT claim form and wanted to double check some things with my defence. I have read and re-read the newbies thread but I am having issues with assimilating information at the moment so I want to make sure I don't miss anything that could harm my case. I have…
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Transfer of liability - or does this count as non-PoFA?
Hi all, My partner received a PCN dated 17th December from an incident on 15th November (issued date 19th November) - this one however stating that the early window had already passed and we now owed £100. This was the first correspondence we'd received of any kind however, the supposed reduced amount letter was either…
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Mediation appointment today
Looking for the info on mediation can someone point me in the right direction pls?
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Civil Enforcement PCN - Claim Form
Good Afternoon, I have received a letter from CE regarding a PCN from Feb 2025. Initially I didn't get the original fine as I had moved property and not updated my log book. DCBL then contacted me a few months later at my current address. I tried to appeal to them and they outright said no to any appeal. A few months went…
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RingGo Paring Payment reminder
I have just had a text to my mobile phone from the above about an unpaid parking charge for my vehicle. I do not know this company and suspect it is a scam ( i have not opened the text or replied to it ) does anybody know if this is a scam or possible genuine but sent to the wrong vehicle. Thanks for any help/ info.
