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Euro Car Parks / DCB Legal claim form - major keying error, ECP admitted payment in writing
Claim issue date is 11 August 2026, so I make my AOS deadline 30 August and my defence deadline 13 September. I haven’t filed the AOS yet but I’m doing that this week. The claim is for £183.84 plus £35 court fee and £50 legal costs, so £268.84 in total. Site is Eastgate in Louth, Lincolnshire, which is ANPR. Reason given…
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Civil Enforcement Ltd County Court Claim | Defence Help Needed
Hi everyone, I’m hoping someone can help me as I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed by the court process. I’ve received a County Court claim from Civil Enforcement Ltd regarding a parking charge at a KFC car park, and I’ve already filed an Acknowledgement of Service. I’m now at the defence stage. I’ve read through the NEWBIES…
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Smart Parking demanding nearly £1000
Two months ago I experienced an attack of Gout which made walking incredibly painful. I live on a canal boat which was moored adjacent to a private car park. In the evenings this carpark is completely deserted. On a few occasions I parked in the evenings in the car park while transferring work equipment/shopping into my…
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National car parks (Moorside Legal Services LTD) Court claim
Hi Seems i have recieved a letter of claim, is this valid, i dont think they would use HM courts. If so just wanted to confirm the next steps, loink to thread. date of service is 5 days after issue date so I must send back by 15.02. Also do I need to put my income and employee details am very uncomfortable with this. Thanks
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Smart Parking via DCL Legal Claim
Hi All, Thank you for all of your advice on this subject, it has helped a great deal. I have received a claim form / threat of CCJ for a parking fine in July 2022. I have submitted AOS and about to submit defence via MCOL. Do I tick yes or no for making a counterclaim? (I have said I defend ALL of the claim). Also, do I…
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Parking fine during medical emergency
Hiya I've received a parking fine from carparkers.co.uk for a 19 minute stay in a car park because I had to pull in somewhere to deal with my son having a hypo (diabetes) which is time sensitive. Before I found this forum I had submitted an appeal (which may not be the right thing to have done reading this) citing this,…
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Euro car park @ the water edge car park
hi guys, I have been sent a parking charge notice by the Euro car parks who are managing the car park owned privately by M&B ( Mitchells & Butlers ) pub and restaurant, apparently the water edge car has two areas of parkings, the one on the left is owned by M&B pub which is private and the other one on the right is for the…
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NCP / Moorside Legal — N1SDT court claim — defence help needed
Hi all, I've read the NEWBIES thread and post #2 on court claims. I've just filed my Acknowledgment of Service via MCOL and would be very grateful for help drafting my defence. Key facts: Claimant: National Car Parks Limited (NCP) Solicitor: Moorside Legal Services Ltd Court: CNBC Northampton (N1SDT claim form) Issue date:…
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Oak Legal Services - Letter Before Claim
Hi there, i have just received a letter from the above, which reads as: "We have been instructed by LDK Group Limited to obtain payment of the above Debt from you. The letter of claim is sent to you in accordance with the Civil Procedures Rules and the Pre-Action Protocol for Debt claims('PAP')" The dates of the offenses…
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Horizon Parking Charge – Tesco Customer – Appeal Advice
Hi everyone, I’ve received a parking charge from Horizon for parking at Tesco, even though I was a genuine Tesco customer on 18/07.I contacted Tesco by phone and via WhatsApp, and they advised me to appeal directly to Horizon. Unfortunately, I paid in cash and don’t have the receipt, but I do have proof of Clubcard points…
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BW legal parking
Hi all, looking for some advice! Over a year ago, my sister came to visit me in my flat that was managed by UK CPM. At the time, my building manager hadn’t set up my visitor permit account with Sippi so he manually approved my visitor permits via email (which I have). Despite this, all my siblings received PCNs. Over the…
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POPLA rejected appeal
Hi all. Got a Horizon parking ticket back in May for staying longer than 15 mins in a Tesco car park on a Sunday. The store was closed and apparently you can’t stay for longer than 15 mins. I was there for like 30. I appealed to POPLA and Horizon came back with photos from 2024 showing that they have signage. I appealed…
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CEL in-house claim, Defended
Hi, thanks for help in advance. @Coupon-mad and others I am at the stage of building my defence after completing acknowledgement of service via MCOL. Here is the POC… Correct me if I'm wrong. I understand I'm to use paragraph 3 from the CEL v Chan due to no mention of breach, and then everything else from the main thread.…
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NCP parking Charge
Morning I received a parking charge to keeper from NCP. The date of incident 20.5.26, date sending letter 30.6.26, letter received in post 7.7.26. Not sure who was driving, as incident going back to May, also we received notice 7 weeks after the incident.
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APCOA Court Claims
Can i suggest we stop saying APCOA dont issue court claims This is no longer true , it obviously was true but is no longer the case
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Claim form from DCB Legal LTD
I am back again for your support my fellow colleagues. DCB Legal LTD has issued me a claim form for a 2hrs free retail car park in 2023. The below are the particulars of cliam The parking company is called OBSERVICE PARKING CONSULTANCY LIMITED Claim issue date: 12 Dec 2025 1. The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant…
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Horizon | Gladstones | Court
Hi, Couple of questions if I may. I'm preparing a defence for a claim by Horizon/Gladstones for a parking overstay. On the day in question, my wife parked in a supermarket car park, shopped at the supermarket (we have evidence) and came to visit me in a nearby hospital. I was in intensive care at the time (fully…
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POPLA appeal - P4Parking PCN during unloading at residential development
Hi everyone, Apologies for the length of the post. I'm now at the POPLA stage after my keeper appeal was rejected. I've spent the last few weeks reading the NEWBIES thread, BPA CoP, and Jopson v Homeguard ruling, but before I submit my POPLA appeal I'd really appreciate a sense check. Background The PCN was issued by…
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Popla code expired, no NTK received
The timeline is as follows: Windscreen PCN: 17/05/2025 Appeal sent: 11/06/2025 (25 days since PCN) Appeal rejected: 12/06/2025 (26 days since PCN) Final Reminder: 18/07/2025 (62 days since PCN) So no NTK was received. I tried appealing via POPLA but the verification code (received with the rejection on 12/06) has expired.…
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Moorside second letter of claim different reference
Any advice most welcome: I received a Letter of claim from Moorside (on behalf of NCP) on 30 April 2025 - followed the forum advice and responded with suggested template via e-mail on 25 May 2025. They finally responded on 22 September 2025 noting that I was 'seeking debt advice' and putting the matter on hold for 30 days.…
