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Defending Claim - Smart Parking Ltd and DCB Legal Ltd
Hi All, In 2021 I used a Smart Parking car park and didn't get a ticket. My gym has an agreement with the car park and there is a free ticket machine inside the gym. On one particular day I forgot to get a ticket from inside the gym. I duly received a PCN between 2 and 3 weeks later. I (with hindsight - foolishly)…
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Notice To Keeper from ParkMaven, The Station Hotel, Aberdeen
Hello everyone. I think this should be a relatively easy case to solve, but I need someone to tell me what should I do. So I spent a night in The Station Hotel in Aberdeen. I used their private parking to park my car and I paid for it! Today I received a 'Notice to keeper' from Park Maven that I "overstayed authorised…
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DBCL - Horizon Parking - Final Reminder
Yes, I have read the FAQ’s (multiple times) but there’s an overwhelming amount of info in there and on other threads so I’m making a new one. My partner has received a ‘Final Reminder’ from DCB Ltd for the amount of £125 from 2023 - Essentially she overstayed in the car park after Tescos had introduced new parking rules…
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Newlyn Debt Company
Hi everyone, I have just recieved a text today from this company telling me I need to get intouch with the and quote the reference number given. Theres no other information on there as to what it is or anything. Is this a legit company please? Kind regards
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Excel parking Overstay
Hi Everyone, I purchased the parking ticket for 1 hour and stay 30 mins late. Received the pcn fine today. The date of incident was 30/06, letter received on 21/07. Is there anything I could do to appeal this fine? Could someome help me please! Thanks
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Misleading Parking Eye Signs leading to a PCN
On Sunday April 19th I parked at the St Anthony Gardens Car Park on Penzance Promenade opposite the swimming pool. It is operated by Parking Eye though I have subsequently ascertained via a local FB group that it is actually owned by the Jubilee Swimming Pool across the road. I went over to the ticket machine ready to pay.…
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DCB Legal/ECP claim defence
Hi all, I have until 14/06/26 to submit my defence. POPLA appeal rejected. I thought I had reasonable grounds. It seems that this is a notorious parking scam site, and there was an article about it in a local paper. I paid for an hour, and overstayed by 19 mins at Eype Beach in April 2025 when holidaying with another party…
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smart parking DCB legal defence - Para 3 quick check
@Coupon-mad, @Le_Kirk I have the usual claim form from smart legal for Overstayed Free time for an alleged contravention in Jan 2022. Issue date 24th Oct AoS submitted 5th Nov, Have used the standard 11 paragraph defence (para 4 untruth statement etc) so wont post it all here and have constructed para3 from these threads.…
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Stansted Airport Drop Off APCOA PCN
Well, I'll be dammed! Just when I thought my story with Stansted Airport was over, not having passed even 24h after winning the battle with DCBLegal, see this link: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6486328/dcblegal-claim-form-met-parking-services-ltd-stansted-help-please-transferred-so-far-away/p16 My wife…
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Claim Form Defence
Hi all, I'm currently writing out my paragraph 3 defence against Smart Parking Limited/DCB legal, and wanted some advice on whether the defence is appropriate. Claim form was issued on 7th July, AoS was filed on the 11th, and received on the 13th. I was visiting a pub which on the entrance on the car park, had a sign which…
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Transfer of liability - or does this count as non-PoFA?
Hi all, My partner received a PCN dated 17th December from an incident on 15th November (issued date 19th November) - this one however stating that the early window had already passed and we now owed £100. This was the first correspondence we'd received of any kind however, the supposed reduced amount letter was either…
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Mediation appointment today
Looking for the info on mediation can someone point me in the right direction pls?
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Civil Enforcement PCN - Claim Form
Good Afternoon, I have received a letter from CE regarding a PCN from Feb 2025. Initially I didn't get the original fine as I had moved property and not updated my log book. DCBL then contacted me a few months later at my current address. I tried to appeal to them and they outright said no to any appeal. A few months went…
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RingGo Paring Payment reminder
I have just had a text to my mobile phone from the above about an unpaid parking charge for my vehicle. I do not know this company and suspect it is a scam ( i have not opened the text or replied to it ) does anybody know if this is a scam or possible genuine but sent to the wrong vehicle. Thanks for any help/ info.
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Euro Car Parks £170 charge – first letter received was DCBL debt letter, but I paid via RingGo
Hi everyone, I would appreciate some advice from anyone who has experienced something similar. I am not looking for judgement, just guidance on what steps to take. I have received a £170 debt collection letter from DCBL regarding a Euro Car Parks charge at Crown Street, Bolton. This was the first correspondence I received…
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DCB LEGAL, ECP COURT CLAIM
Hello everyone, After many powerless debt collector letters I finally recieved a letter of claim from dcb legal ltd. I have read newbies thread and followed all directions so far. Now, I hope I understand correctly, I need to write a response. I have drafted an email and would like to ask you for your opinion on it please.…
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Defence wording for Claim form
Hi all I received a PCN from Civil enforcements LTD in 2023 which
has now resulted in a Claim forum being sent. I’ve read the threads regarding the procedure and suggested
defence wording and have visited the MCOL website and completed the acknowledgment
of claim. I just wanted some guidance as to the specifics I should…
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Civil Enforcement - Wrong Reg
Hi, we have just returned from holiday to get a PCN, we had paid for parking but used the wrong reg on the RingGo app. Is it best to just follow the process you outline or try appealing as we have actually paid
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Letter of Claim - DCBLegal - Clarification help please
Hi guys! Another one of these posts regarding these frauds. First of all - I just want to say that I HAVE read the newbies thread - multiple times. I have also searched the forums, and read a lot of other people's threads. This isn't an attempt at having the same multiple repetitive answers given to priors, but I'm…
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PCN After Breaking Down
Last year my car broke down when I was visitng my gym. My key wouldn't work and I couldn't find an emergency auto locksmith so I had to leave it overnight. I got the key fixed the following day but got a PCN from Euro Car Parks due to overstaying. I've since had DCB Legal chasing me. I told DCB Legal that I'd broken down…
