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Gladstones defence - 'breach of terms and conditions'
I would be grateful for a sense check of my Gladstones defence please, due Tuesday 9 Dec. I have drafted using the new template, and just wanted to sense check that I have understood the new process correctly (as I'm used to submitting lengthier defences via email). Paras 1-10 below are to be submitted on MCOL. In previous…
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Sainsbury’s Wallington, Surrey
This is a Sainsbury’s with an attached multi storey car park next to a small high street. A friend recently copped a Parking Charge Notice from Euro Car Parks after an alleged 10 minute overstay. £100 or £60 with the mug’s discount. They had spent > £170 in the store! On my advice they spoke to the manager in person and…
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Unjust Parking Charge Notices at New Residential Address
I have received four Letters Before Action for PCNs at my residential
parking [administered by a parking company – can I name?], all within a week of
moving in. Each LBA is a £100 parking charge plus £60 administration charge. During this period, we attempted to conscientiously pay to park in the visitor bays, but this was…
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DCB Legal G24 Discontinuation
Hi, I recently used the information in this forum to guide me through fighting a private parking charge from G24 represented by DCB Legal. They took it right down to the wire but discontinued 24hrs prior to the hearing. Is there somewhere I should post details that would be helpful? I’m really grateful to everyone here. I…
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Court date issued
Hi All I received a claim form from DCB Legal in April this year for an alleged parking charge from 25.02.2020!! I followed all the procedures set out by this forum and have now received a Notice of Trial Date for 15th December. I am asking for advice on how to set out my witness statement as I have no recollection of this…
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URGENT help needed with my defence against DCBL
Hi all I am a complete newbie and just learned some things after reading the template defence and a few other posts so please help me out. I have also left it a bit too late so I am hoping you folks will be kind and give me some much-needed guidance quickly. Here is a brief summary of the situation. * 26/06/2024 - Letter…
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Parking fine for private parking Not the driver but registered keeper
Hi All Please I need some help here - I filled my AOS 5 days ago and I am now in the process of writing and submitting my defence. I got a parking ticket as the registered keeper, I was not the driver at the time and I can not recollect seeing any letters. can my ultimate defence just be that I was not the driver? I am…
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Please check my Defence v DCB Legal
Please could knowledgeable members check the below defence that I
plan to file in response to a POC from DCB Legal. My partner was in charge of the car at the time, and I
have her credit card bill showing three hours of parking were purchased. It is possible (but I don’t know) that she may have typed the registration wrong…
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Submitting defence after AoS - DCB Legal/Euro Car Parks - review of draft needed
Hi, I have spent an eternity reading the Newbie thread and I am compiling my defence now which is due by 25/04/2025 having submitted by AoS on 11/04/2025. I can't seem to find the right defence template wording to use so was hoping somebody could help me. Essentially I hired a car back in Feb 2024 for a week from…
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Preparing a defence at county court
Edit - Victory (page 3) History August 2024, I parked my car at the rear of a pub/shopping centre while I met a pal, all of 21 minutes. 90% of the car park is owned by the pub but the remainder is controlled by Parkmaven. Parkmaven signage allows 45mins free parking but any longer then you need to scan the QR code and…
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Newbie Panicking. Received claim form
Hi everyone, thank you for all yours help for others. Yesterday received claim form dated 6.2.2025, 11 days after issue date. Its from euro car park & dcb legal ltd. Pcn issued 6.6.2021, checked my email and submitter appear 15.7.2021 . Rejected. Afte that received couple of letters but ignored till yesterday's claim form.…
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Smart parking court summons
I have just recieved this summons. I was actually not the driver of the car at the time, I was overseas. I do know who the driver was but wont be inclined to disclose the details. The car park in question is a free car park in retail park. The free period i believe is 3 hours and I think the driver went over the free…
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Not able to attend Parking Fine Trial and Hearing
Hi everyone, I have a hearing on 18th November and the trial on 19th November, and both have now been moved to a court that’s about an hour’s drive from me. Originally everything was listed at my local court, but it was later cancelled and relisted at this further location. I’m currently dealing with knee pain and…
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UK Parking Control Limited / DCB Legal Limited - Defended Claim
Hi, I have tried searching the forum but to no avail. Keeping it simple, I emailed a defence three days late and have just received a Judgment for Claimant (in default) letter. Annoyingly, I missed timed how long I had to send the defence. My question, is my only option now to pay the UK Parking Control Limited (via DCB…
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Smart Parking / DCB Legal county court claim
Hi everyone, I am the registered keeper and the defendant (my husband was driving and I was not present). We have just received a few days ago, a County Court Claim Form from the Civil National Business Centre (CNBC). Details:
- Claimant: Smart Parking Ltd
- Solicitor: DCB Legal Ltd - Location: Cardiff Gate Retail Park –…
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Parking Charge - MFG Southall - ECP
Hi All, Received a parking charge notice from Euro Car Parks Ltd. This was based at MFG Southall, which has an esso station and also has a service station containing shop and burger king. Went in bought petrol and sat down at burger king for lunch. In and out in 40 minutes, 10 minutes over the allowance. Can't remember…
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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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Received Horizon Parking Charge for Tesco Parent & Child Bay
Hi all. I got the parking letter today for the car being parked in that bay last week. I have read the Newbie FAQ posts but its very confusing as there is so much posts in there I am not sure where to look. Are Horizon letters still non compliant with POFA? If so, shall I use the standard template? The letter I received…
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CEL , DCB LEGAL court claim, at WS stage
Hi. Received 2 PCN's. Both times machine must have been faulty as I've never not intentionally paid to park at this lot. They sent me the court document, issue date 11th September 2024 and I filled out the AOS as the Newbie thread stated. The total amount being requested is around ~£500 (for £2 worth of parking tickets). I…
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DCB Legal January 2025 money grabbers
Hey, so back in August 2022, my friend and I parked our car in what seemed like a council-owned car park near a shop. It had an ANPR camera, and we were there between 5-6 am. When we tried to leave, we realized the parking machine only accepted coins, and since it was shortly after Covid, neither of us had cash. We…
