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DCBL claim / Smart Parking Court claim 2025 advice
Afternoon all, I’m hoping someone can help please. I received a claim for DCBL Ltd, then DCBL Legal which I responded to by letter using the helpful template on here within the time period required. I have today received in the same post run a reply from DCBL Ltd (not Legal) saying they have referred my case for legal…
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Smart Parking | DCB Legal | Claim Form
Got the claim form shown below for an unpaid invoice from Smart Parking. Going to do the AOS today. On the defence, I don't have any specific mitigation or defence. I overran my parking and didn't realise. Do I just omit paragraph 3 in its entirety?
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UK Parking Control / DCB Legal - Parked Without Making Valid Payment
Evening all, I have received court documents stating that I parked at X location on Y date. The particulars of Claim are as follows: The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C) for a Parking Charge (PC) issued for vehicle xxx at yyyy. The date of contravention is xxx and the D was issued with a PC by the Claimant.…
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BW Legal letter after no response to appeal
Hello, I've spent the past few days reading through threads on the forum as well as the stickies, but can't anything similar to my question (other than older threads, which I assume are out-of-date with the advice now) so hopefully you knowledgeable people are able to help me... I received a NTK by post on 31/07/25 (dated…
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CEL In House, Claim Form Stage
Hi, i have read the newbies thread, guide to MCOL and template defence including the specifics for a CEL in house claim where breach is not specified. I’ve attached the Claim Form for reference and confirm AOS was completed this evening, 26/04/2026. I have my draft defence ready to go, the suggested standard paragraphs…
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Parking fine when using bogus airport car parking company
We recently booked 2 weeks parking with a company called Heathrow Meet & Greet (heathrowmeetandgreet.co.uk). On our return we received three parking charges on three separate occasions. When we queried this with Heathrow Meet & Greet they denied any responsibility, saying they subcontract the services to 3rd parties. They…
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Napier Parking Ltd/BW Legal defence stage
Hi all, sorry in advance for the complete newb-ness of my post. Just not sure how to proceed with appealing and maybe if there's any point. So essentially I have been sent a Parking Charge letter issue under the reason No valid parking session detected for the total duration of around 5 and half minutes, in one of my local…
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VCS no stopping County Court Appeal judgment
Document already in the public domain https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dmgp7zo6ucehnap8p2bhp/nostoppingappeal.pdf?rlkey=bjwco38t0q8bi2xttkurvejdt&st=7ukkjn56&dl=0
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Dcb defence 2025
Hi, I have received a letter of claim from DCB legal. I have read the newbies post (which is great, but I’m not sure I’ve done it perfectly as there’s a lot to navigate!) and sent a reply email (I didn’t use the online portal, I emailed info with their reference). I never received anything about this parking fine until…
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Unfair Parking Ticket By Smart Parking Ltd
Hi everyone I was sent a letter by debt collector company stating that i have a parking ticket for about £170 and that it’s fine included but the truth is i never received any parking ticket you know them yellow ticket they stick onto your car or any parking ticket letter the only letter I received was from debt collectors…
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Eurocarparks - first strike 'warning letter'.
Mate of mine has been visiting a local pub which opened in since 2022. His friend works there so its handy for him to call in a catch up. Its in a busy area and has had ANPR since it opened, but he's never had any bother from it. Is never there long so just calls in, has a drink and maybe a sandwich. Saw him yesterday and…
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Exceeded Time by 11 minutes
Hopefully someone can direct me to a recent relevant case or offer advice - I've tried and can't find anything posted within the last year or so. On the evening of 15th May 2026 driver paid for 3 hours on street parking in Manchester. Unfortunately they arrived back at my car later than planned - the concert start was…
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Anchor Security via Moorside Legal | 11th May 2026 | Parking in a no parking area
Hi, So Ocean Parking handed me a PCN in April for parking outside of the bay (see photos - it's something plenty have done before there that hasn't led to any reprimand). I consulted a previous thread on Ocean and Metrolink car parks from MSE Forums and the advice seemed to be 'kill it with POPLA'. Here's a TLDR of what I…
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Dcb late discontinuation
hi, I got a ticket some while ago and took advice from you all. As predicted, they left it till late, after lots of answer phone messages and emails basically begging me to phone and ‘make a deal’ (I wonder if a certain fat, orange moron is involved?), then emailed me yesterday to say they were closing the file. No…
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Smart Parking ticket - Asda car park - East Sunday
Good evening, We were visiting family on the south coast over the Easter weekend. The meetup was in Poole on East Sunday. Not knowing the area and where to park, we found an Asda superstore car park located at Boat Quay and parked there. I've just received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from Smart Parking, specifically a…
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ECP /DCB LEGAL COURT CLAIM 3
I missed this one.. hands up, just couldnt keep up. I have some discontinued, some that appear to not have been follwed up, some that went wrong and had to be corrected, and yeah, i just missed it. POC are mirror image of the others, AOS sent 13-08-25 Can i ask if the template defense including cause of action…
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Flashpark charge
Hi there. I have a couple of questions regarding a parking charge I received in the post two weeks ago. I've had a Google and the street is on a private residential estate and 'governed by a deed of covenant, administered by trustees.' The letter is from Flashpark and it says the street is permitted parking for residents…
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Whitefield Total Fitness
Hi all, I signed up for a day pass at total fitness Whitefield recently and spent just over 4 hours there. During the initial email enquiry and my time at the gym talking to multiple members of staff they never once mentioned the car park’s time limit or that there is (or isn’t) a system at the gym where I can enter my…
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Ocean Parking Whitefield Metrolink
Just contributing to the threads on here regarding Ocean Parking and Metrolink car parks, particularly people caught out by the No Overnight Parking rule. I'm helping an acquaintance who received a PCN Feb 2025 as the car had been left in the free car park at Whitefield due to the driver missing the last tram home. After…
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Travelodge - Horizon Parking (Parked out of a marked Bay)
Hi, I think I have entered my era of collecting parking tickets. I was doing good for so long lol. Anyway long story short I was staying at Travelodge, ended up parking outside of a marked bay as no spaces were available. I am a blue badge holder and annoyingly 4 cars in the disabled bays didn't even have a disabled badge…
