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PCS:NTK : MultiStory being refurbed, payment machine indicated no connection
Parked in a Multi story carpark, car park was under major refurb, attempted to pay at machine. Can't recall exact message (nor pictures of) , but my understanding of the message at the time was that m/c could not get a connection. I put this down to the current works taking place. I didn't see any other machines on my…
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Letter Before Claim - Moorside Legal CCJ-1
Hi MSE, New here... I have received a LBC from MSL dated 14 August 25, it gives me 30 days to pay meaning my time is fast running out, leaving me about a week to resolve. I have been looking into how I can avoid paying this and there appear to be several different ways/oppinions. I am self employed, in the process of…
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Parking Fine - Mistaken Identity
Hi there, Hope you're all coping in this heat! I was just wondering if you could help. My Mother-In-Law has been receiving letters from a Debt Recovery Agency for a parking fine that does not relate to her - however it is for someone with the same first name and last name. She has never been to this car park or even the…
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Claim Form - March 2026 Smart Parking Limited via DCB Legal Ltd
My situation is almost the same as this post. Received Claim Form as per image below. Submitted AOS via MCOL. Defence deadline is 02/05/2026. I've pretty much copied Micky2022's defence, bar changing details particular to my case, and made the assumption that nothing has changed in how to deal with these between…
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dcb legal and secure parking solutions
Hello I'd appreciate some help please My car was parking in a pay &display near a hospital (car park not owned by hospital). Paid for a 1 week stay and ended up overstaying due to requiring an unexpected life-saving operation 2 PCN were attached to the car - appealed these, lost and paid for the anyway. Received a notice…
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Defence against PCN Civil Enforcement: numberplate keying error or not input
Hello all, I have found defences where a numberplate was inputted incorrectly but none where it was omitted altogether. I am unsure if forgetting to input a reg constitutes a major keying error? My other question Thank you very much for any help in defeating these parasites. Summary of events: Incident: customer of leisure…
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ParkingEye POFA 2012 defence
Hi, Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere and I just haven't been able to find it - I promise I looked hard! We've received a Parking Charge Notice from Parkingeye - standard Parkingeye format that there are images of elsewhere on this forum. We paid for parking at the car park in question. The PCN states the time…
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CCJ from Parkingeye. Claim form not received as driver resides abroad. Can I set aside?
I have recently been advised that I could request to set aside this CCJ based on the fact that I reside overseas and the claim forms were not served correctly. My car is registered with DVLA at my UK holiday home address, so the claim forms were sent there while I was residing overseas. I did not discover them until last…
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Holiday Inn Express T5 Heathrow - County Court - Driver identified
Hello all, here to help another colleague of mine who is a private hire driver for a PCN he received from ParkingEye. Background: He had passengers picked up from central London, who had a stop at the Holiday Inn Express T5 Heathrow hotel to drop their luggage, and then was going to continue their journey elsewhere. It…
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Day in court. Advice welcome
I am due in court in the next few weeks for the case brought against me. Any advice is welcome to help me support my defence. I genuinely sold my car, cancelled the insurance, and had insured and registered myself as the owner of my new car. I have a letter from the insurance company as proof of cancellation of policy…
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DCB Legal Parking Eye CCJ - advice needed re set aside, I ignored the Claim Form
I wanted advice on this please. So I have received the letter below asking for a ridiculous amount of money. I did not even know about this till recently. I have not seen the previous letters as they were delivered to the incorrect address. I definitely do not want to pay the ridiculous amount they requested which has…
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Letter before claim LDK GROUP
Hello, hoping someone can give me advice. The driver parked at a private car park to drop off a broken mobile phone for repair at a neighboring shop. The car park provided only phone- or app-based payment methods, with no physical pay stations or cash/card options on-site. Because the driver's phone was non-functional—as…
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Times24 Gatwick South Terminal drop-off PCN - lease company won't transfer liability
Hi there, I already appealed previous times as I forgot to make payment at Stansted. This time is a bit different and would need some advice. My car is leased with Arval and went to Gatwick drop-off and forgot to pay (once again… such a trap to not put entry/exit barriers with payments just like in France actually). It…
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PE Corporation Street 5 minutes PCN
Wasn't able to get the payment app to show the correct parking start time, I reckon something to do with daylight savings time at the time of trying to park. Left the car park and parked somewhere else close-by and got stung with a £100 charge from PE for remaining in the car park for just under 6 minutes. Appealed with…
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DCB Legal / Total Parking Solutions Claim - Heritage Retail Park Crewe - 2 Year Delay
Hi everyone, I am a new member looking for some guidance as I am quite stressed. I have received a County Court Claim Form from DCB Legal representing Total Parking Solutions Ltd for an alleged overstay at Heritage Retail Park, Crewe. The Claim Form was issued on 27/08/2026 for a total of £288.72. I have already gone onto…
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Civil Enforcement ignore my appeals. What steps can I take?
In May 2026 my local garden centre which has always had free parking became pay/display. This was unknown to me (and many others) and by the time I received the demand for payment much more signage had gone up. I’ve spoken to the staff at the garden centre and the manager who agree they have had many complaints but can do…
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Euro Car Parks - Claim Form - Scottish Resident - 2022 event - Concourse Shopping Centre
Hi I am a total newbie. I have been using AI to help me frame a defence and the AI has told me to come here and ask for your help before I send off my defence to the CCJ people... Am I in the right place and shall I go ahead and just paste my defence in here for you to look at?
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PCN for breastfeeding - Appeal lost with Premier Parking
Morning all, As typical as it might sound we were issued a PCN at the Royal Gatehouse Car Park in Tenby for overstaying 23 minutes to breastfeed our baby. Long story-short, we went on a long weekend holiday near Tenby, on our last day went to Tenby’s beach with our two little boys. Accessed the car park paid for two hours.…
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DCB Legal - Court Claim received - can you advise
Claim form received this week. I'm nervous about going to court but feel like i need to because of the unjust nature of the charges I will take step 1 today and acknowledge receipt of the claim for money, but wanted to start a thread to give time for advice about my defence. Read that even details such as exact amount of…
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Apcoa Parking- Stanstead Airport
Hi all, received a pcn for not paying the drop off fee at stanstead recently. Any help please to appeal. thanks
