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Convincing my wife to keep fighting
Hi all, First of all, thanks for all the great advice in this community. Encouraging and invaluable. Last year my wife started receiving letters from Nexus about a parking "infraction" she committed last June. I usually handle this sort of thing so duly wrote to the retailer, who confirmed they'd cancelled the ticket with…
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speeding fine 20mph wales, help needed
I received a speeding fine the other week for 26 in a supposed 20mph road. Ive travelled back to the area along the same route and its signposted as 30mph everywhere. then the signs disappear and this area is where i was stung by the camera. Ive not noticed any terminal signs except for the opposite way where it reduces…
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Claim against UKPC for their unreasonable behaviour and misuse of data - Update: I WON!
Firstly, thanks to everyone for the great advice in the stickies and the various threads on this forum, it's been invaluable so far. Apologies for the length of this post, but the background is important. Back in January I was doing some work in what you might call a business estate/campus, there's a small security hut…
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APCOA & EuroCP Sidcup Station 4x PC
Hi. My step-daughter received 2x parking charges APCOA and 2x parking charge notices EUROcarParks on 16, 17, 18 and 20th Feb at Sidcup Station. She appealed these as she did pay for parking using Ringo however, there are 3 separate car parks at Sidcup and she simply assumed they were all one and the same so that when Ringo…
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Moorside "Letter Before Claim" without details or response time
Hello all, I received this "Letter Before Claim" a few days ago relating to a very old parking charge (2020). I did not pay it and have been ignoring the debt collectors (location was Waterside Inn Leamington Spa, which was closed during covid). It does not contain any information about the charge or purported…
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Manchester Airport T1 drop off fine
Just received one of these through the post from APCOA after dropping our son off who was moving to Australia and we were understandably distressed and must have missed the signs and there was no toll in use like we have used at Liverpool before. Anyway I’ve seen there are a million and one of these posts on here but our…
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DVLA and Data Protection Complaints?
Morning All, I have a current issue running with CE, who have just sent their standard 14 day response following their confirmation of my letter before action response. In haven't raised in here previously as I've been comfortable following the newbies threads, so I am now waiting for the claims forms to arrive. In essence…
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Smart Parking NTK appeal rejected – no POFA keeper liability, should I fight it?
Hi everyone, I’m hoping to get some advice from people who have dealt with private parking charges before or who know a bit about the legal side of this. I'm based in England where it all happened. I received a Notice to Keeper from Smart Parking Ltd after an alleged overstay in a retail car park. According to them, the…
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DCB Legal - Euro Car Parks
I appealed a PCN with POPLA, following the excellet guidance on the NEWBIES thread - guidance I have followed successfully on previous appeals. I have just heard my POPLA appeal was rejected. The appeal was on grounds of a non-compliant NtK as well as signage, ANPR, etc but as NtK was not compliant, I thought it was a sure…
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PCN from Smart Parking 2023 - May have screwed myself, advice?
Hi guys, just looking for a bit of advice. I'm in England for reference :) I received a PCN from smart parking in 2023, I appealed it but never heard anything back. I'd used the ring go app and accidentally paid for the wrong car for the right amount of time (the number plates start the same FE18/FE19). I never heard…
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Direct Collection Bailiffs Ltd
Is it known how many different car park management companies currently deploy DCB Ltd to chase down alleged parking transgressors on their behalf? As I've dealt first hand with DCB Ltd., and given them a clear understanding of what should and should not be in their correspondence, I know for sure that UK Parking Control…
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First Ever Parking Charge Notice
Dear all, I have read through the newbies thread but I'm still lacking confidence and would like some guidance/support please. I have received a PCN in the post claiming that my car spent nearly 3 hours in a car park which the letter states is over the time limit for St. John's Retail park, which has a lot of different…
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Euro Car Parka dcbl letter
Hello, just reading through advice. My husband parked his van at a Euro car park and didn’t see the van tariff so just paid the car tariff. Ignored the PCN and now have £170 dcbl letter. We have not responded or challenged anything. Are they likely to go away?!
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CCJ, no claims forms received, correct address
I have read many threads here but I am yet to come across a case just like mine. I became aware of a ccj (DCBL on behalf of Capital Car Park) against me last week on Thursday 5 February 2026. They obtained the judgement on 3 February 2026. I received no prior particulars of claim, and my address hasn't changed since before…
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Missed documents
Hi. I have not been in the country for the past few months and received letters from DCB Legal with the parking company being park maven. DCB Legal sent a "Letter of Claim" on 12 December 2025 which I was not able to respond to. I recevied a "claim form" dated 23 Jan. There is also a judgement order dated 17 feb 2026…
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CCJ Cancellation - Payment via DCB Legal Portal
Hi everyone, I’ve received a “Judgement for Claimant (in default)” from the Civil National Business Centre (CNBC) regarding a claim by Smart Parking / DCB Legal. The judgement date is 17 February and the amount is £309.98. I don’t have a record of receiving the original Claim Form, but that’s not the main issue. My…
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Looking for Advice – CCJ Issued Despite Appeal and Incorrect Address Used
I’m hoping someone can advise me, as I’ve read the Newbies thread but I’m getting a little lost with the amount of information. In January 2024, I received a debt recovery letter from DRP stating that I owed £170 to Smart Parking for an unpaid parking charge. This was the first correspondence I had ever received about the…
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Ccj judgement advised by text, no paperwork or reason
Hi, hoping someone can advise ASAP regarding a text I received last week saying I had a ccj, amount and phone number to pay. I started to ignore as a scam but checked register and found there was a new ccj. I'm stunned as no paperwork ever received from this company, but see that my old address which I left 18 months ago…
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Leeds Bradford airport no stopping question
Such is my luck. My car was used today to drop two people off at Leeds Bradford airport. Unfortunately they took a wrong turn, and ended up in the meet and greet carpark. They stopped and the passengers got out. Then drove through the meet and greet carpark to exit as he thought it would be better than reversing back out…
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UKCPM DRP Final Notice
Hi all, Looking for advice on whether I should pay or fight this PCN — today is the last “deadline” given by Debt Recovery Plus (DRP) before they say it may escalate further. Summary of Situation: * The PCN was issued by UKCPM. * The parking site now uses ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition). * I parked there for 40…
