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NE Parking / Smart Parking DCBL Court Claim
Sorry for the long one but in chronological order.. PC received from NE Parking for parking in a closed business forecourt. PC contravention dates/times blank. Photographs supplied as evidence show they were on site for 28 seconds. Appealed to NE Parking based on 28 seconds consideration / Grace. Automated acknowledgement…
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Parking advice please
Last year, I received a fine from 5years ago and DBC Legal has been chasing me back and forth for the last year. I moved house in 2021 and didn't receive anything there at the time. At one point, they agreed to reduce it to £60 from over £300. I have been asking the company to provide me with proof that I didn't pay and I…
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Advice for MCOL Defence Submission Please
I have completed the AOS stage online on MCOL, on 11/05/2026 - as advised by this forum, and am now trying to construct my defence. I cannot remember seeing the signage at Cherwell nor do I remember the reason given in previous letters received (and I ignored). I don’t remember the time I entered or left and this is not…
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CEL Claim - Phone and Pay App Failure / Hidden Button
Hi everyone, I have received a Claim Form from Civil Enforcement Limited (CEL) for an alleged parking event at Dinecroft back in July 2024. I have read the Newbies thread and have already successfully submitted my Acknowledgement of Service (AOS) on MCOL on 23 May to extend my deadline. The Situation: I entered the car…
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Civil Enforcement Ltd Claim - Defence
Ok I received another claim through, but this is the last one I swear. I'm way more careful now about not overstaying at private car parks to avoid all this hassle. Here's the claim form
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Croydon - fine for parking outside tariff hours!
Hello, This one is pretty bizarre. I parked at the Leon House car park in Croydon on April 23 at around 7:45 pm. There were signs (see photo below) saying that tariffs only apply between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday. As this was outside these hours I just parked and left, but I got this PCN anyway. Never heard of anything…
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APCOA GWR Station and Connect issue
I've read the newbie info and studied some of the other threads before asking this, so apologies if it has been addressed elsewhere, but I have a couple of questions relating to a PCN appeal. Short explanation - I use the APCOA Connect app and APCOA site for parking at my local GWR station. I recently realised that our new…
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Secure Parking Solutions / DCBL debt letter — parked at shop I've used for 8 years, blocked i
Hi all, long-time lurker but first-time poster. I'd really appreciate some advice on my situation as I've now received a debt collection letter from DCBL and I'm not sure what my next steps should be. Background: I have been a regular customer at an African grocery shop on Berry Street, Wolverhampton (WV1 1HA) for…
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PCN NTK from Excel Parking.
Hello all 😃 My partner received a parking fine because stayed too long in the parking area 🙃 and we are currently appealing it. Standard PCN, pics of a car with time/date stamps reason as: 80) PARKED FOR LONGER THAN MAXIMUM PERIOD PERMITTED. Below is the message I previously sent. I have selected ‘I was authorised to park’…
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Judgement by default even when replied to claim
i have received a judgement letter today even when i submitted the acknowledgment on MCOL website 2 days after receiving the claim letter i did not file a defence as I was not aware or was not informed i had to do it straight after acknowledging the claim Please help to move forward and try get this ccj removed from report…
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DCB LEGAL, SMART PARKING court claim, defended
Hi everyone I recently beat a dcbl case and have now received more court documents for a bogus case that was charged to me 4 YEARS ago. It was basically due to me only paying the default amount and not adding extra time though it did not say this anywhere. I have since been back to the car park numerous times, and the…
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Judgement for Claimant in default, even though I replied on time
This discussion was created from comments split from: Judgement for Claimant in default, even though I replied to the Claim form on time.
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NCP/Moorside County Court Claim
Hi , I've been served by NCP via Moorside for multiple unpaid PCN's. I am unsure how many, going to make an SAR. PoC is breach of T+C's. My aim is to win on technicality by contesting validity of the T+C's. I plan to submit the template defence posted by Coupon mad. Any thing I could add to the defence to strengthen it?…
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Smart parking
4 years ago i appealed a smart parking fine and this is the appeal return letter. subsequently i received a lot more of these fines for the 3 weeks i was parked in the car park. They have just sent me the court papers through and want a load of cash. Surely if this goes to court the judge will not be happy about the…
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Claim Notice Received DCB L/Parkmaven Ltd
Hi All, I’m hoping someone can help me with preparing a defence for a County Court Claim Form I've recently received from HMCTS regarding a parking charge. I've received the below and gone through the 8 steps so I think I have an idea of what I need to do but just need to make sure I'm doing this right. I have received an…
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Small claim struck out for unpaid trial fee, but new trial notice received
Hi all, I’m dealing with a small claim from DCB Legal on behalf of Euro Car Parks Ltd and would appreciate advice on what I should do next. Timeline: Claimant filed DQ: 11/09/2025 I filed DQ: 30/09/2025 Claim transferred to Barnet: 04/11/2025 Mediation took place After mediation, I received no court communication until…
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Civil Enforcement Claim - How to defend?
I was issued a PCN for parking at Brent Valley Golf Club beyond the free two hour period. I was playing golf so was parked for about five hours. I was shocked and surprised to receive a PCN for £140 a couple of weeks later. There is no charge AT ALL for parking there if you are playing golf. My error was not to enter the…
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UKPC via DCB Legal - Response Advice
Hi all; Apologies for creating a new thread as I appreciate so much help is already here and I have tried to go through everything, so apologies again if I have missed the answer to the below. I received a letter from DCB Legal today, dated 27th November. This is from a parking fine in March where I apparently parked in a…
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Smart parking, DCB Legal court claim
Hi all, after following all of the information on the Newbie thread over the last few months which offers amazing advice also I’d like to thank those who provide all of this info. My partner has been receiving debt recovery letters for months which have all been ignored and last week she received a claim form. I completed…
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Azure Parking - Appeal Rejected.
Hi Community, Posting here for some assistance ref the following NTK and subsequent appeal decision received. It's bizarre, but it's clear they have no intention to help, so after reviewing the threads, posting this here for your opinions to my appeal for POPLA. Please find attached and I welcome your thoughts, I have a…
