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EMPIRA - Final Notice Before Court Proceedings
HI MSE, I have received a 'FINAL NOTICE BEFORE COURT PROCEEDINGS' from Empira, claiming an amount of £170, is tis another 'scam'? Do I need to respond to this letter or wait until claim arrives?
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Less than 3 minutes 30 seconds
Well hello again Backstory: NTK received from OPS at the dreaded location of Broadwater Street West. CCTV images show car pulling in, passenger getting out, car momentarily stopping in a bay, car picking up passenger and then leaving. "Parking period" just under 3min 30seconds. Full timeline of all images from entrance to…
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Deception by the sea, GXS Worthing
Hello again. The registered keeper received the following NTK with a number of additional images covering a roughly 5 minute period: The vehicle was temporarily stopped at the location to pick up a food delivery from a nearby outlet. On returning to the vehicle the driver saw an individual in a GXS shirt (driver also has…
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Received PCN from First Parking – POPLA Rejected – Now DCBL Letter for £150
Hi all, Looking for advice on my situation as I’ve read the newbie guide but want to make sure I’m on the right track. I've only just come across this wonderful website. Timeline of events - October 2024: Parked at my university’s car park (managed by First Parking). Tried multiple times to pay via the JustPark app, but it…
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APCOA - Railway - Advice on Appel (not standard)
Merry Xmas all. I have a question related to an an APCOA penalty notice. Brief points - received NTK this week, related to a penalty notice dated first week of November. Carpark is managed by APCOA, and is a railway carpark. No ticket left on vehicle (and photos added don’t show one). Images are time stamped at 0910, but…
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Charge for 'No Stopping' - Lines obscured
I have been sent a parking charge by Vehicle Control Services Ltd. The photo below is from 4th December. The charge is dated 20th November, at that time the lines were not visible (left side). Should I argue this or stick to the template? The vehicle is a hire vehicle. The registered keeper has given my information to…
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Can’t post defence on MCOL ?
Hi all , I thought I put my defence on the money claim website 2 weeks ago but it appears that I did something wrong and now I can’t seem to get back in with my claim number and password ?? Please advise if you can as my head is fried from this . Should I just email my defence as I’ve only a few days left , thanks sean
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Ive got a CCJ form, from I PARK SERVICES, can i fight it?
so i started going to therapy and its been nothing but stressful trying to use the parking services in the area, so far ive paid around £240 to this company and ive had enough now. my missus does all the online paying once we get there but on this one day we paid for the hour but after a little discussion we decided to get…
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Premier Park Parking in Disabled Bay Without Valid Disabled Badge
Hi any advice please? Parking Charge Notice was issued at The Springs shopping centre in Leeds by Premier Park for parking in a Diability bay not displaying a Valid Disabled Badge. Blue Badge in question had expired and we were waiting for the renewal to arrive. The issuer Leeds City Council had stated we could continue to…
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Claim Form received I think I’ve missed date for Defence!
I received a claim form but I didn’t see the letter until now and I’ve opened it and it has an issue date of 14 October - I believe I had missed the deadline to submit a defence. Any advice on what I do next? The claim is easily defendable! I’ve just seen a judgement was issued on the 4th. Can’t believe this has happened..…
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Brewerygate parking fine
Hi all, I've read through the newbie thread and still wanted some guidance about this. I received a NTK from Brewerygate Limited for a parking contravention on 11/11/2025. The reason for issue is "Overstayed for the type of ticket purchased" as I had bought 2 hours parking, however had returned later than that. I've…
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Another DCB/Smart Parking Case
Here's another case with DCB and 'Smart Parking' not being so smart. I've gone through the usual path to this point, but wanted to document it here for everyone. This was for me parking whilst visiting my brother almost two years ago. I have an invoice from RingGo for this session for the time I was there. I'm pretty sure…
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DCBlegal Letter of Claim just received
Hello, I've just received a letter of claim from DCBlegal ltd. They outline the 30 day period and its £170 charge blah blah. I've searched the forum for the email address to send the templated response to and came up with: info@dcblegal.co.uk is this correct? I'm happy to take this all the way as the PCN was sent to my old…
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Stopping not parking
I have read the newbie thread. My circumstances are not (from what I can see) fully covered there - if there is a relevant thread, perhaps it could be linked from there? My issue relates to "stopping", *not* to parking. I have received a "Parking Charge Notice" from a BPA member. They say their reason for issuing a PCN was…
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Pizza Hut/ DCB Legal/ MET Parking Claim
i would appreciate help in fighting this Court claim, i visted Pizza huit in hayes and did not realise it was closed, i went to the front door to check if it was open and then sat in the vehicle before leaving the car parking not realizing that i was meant to register my number plate in store, which in obviously could not…
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Preparing a defence for County Court before xmas. How much info to put on.
Hi. I think l have managed to locate the defence template letter. My question is that someone l know was allegedly 'parked' in a non bay. However that person was not the driver and as the car has been used by multiple people, hence they cannot trace who was driving. Nevertheless the owner of the vehicle was not the driver…
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Breaking news! ZZPS now an SRA regulated law firm
Info passed to me by @troublemaker22: ZZPS is now a law firm regulated by the SRA. The ZZPS legal practice will be headed in the New Year by barrister Scott Wilson who is stepping down from his role as head of legal at CEL in order to take up the post.
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Tesco parking fine by Horizon Parking more than 28 days old, issued after 28days
Hi, I have a company car and a Parking Charge Notice was issued to our company. The notice was dated 21st September, with the alleged breach occurring on 15th August at Tesco by Horizon Parking. Normally, we would have appealed immediately (as advised in the “newbie” section), on the basis that the notice was issued 28…
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A thread of Pictures of parking firm NTKs
Notice to Keepers: ACE Security Services POFA-ish https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80623847/#Comment_80623847 AM Parking by 'PCS' (DR Plus) non-POFA & for £120 https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81498278/#Comment_81498278 ANPR 365 non-POFA…
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CP Plus Ltd - Nexus - Parking Charge Notice
Good day Forumites and other Newbies! Just want to say I've really found your forum useful, but think it's time I get some help. I use a company car and our fleet team forwarded me a parking charge notice from "GroupNexus" that was received on 31/10/2025. The thing is I was out of the country when the alleged parking…
