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Parking Charge vs UK Bank Park Ltd and DCBLegal
Hi all, Apologies if something similar to this has been asked before. I am new to all of this! The 'Newbies' thread appears very helpful and has inspired me to consider giving fighting this a go! I have received county court papers for a parking charge while parked in Fountain Street Car Park in Hull around 4 years ago.I…
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Gatwick - Times Parking
Hi all, apologies if this is not in the right place. The internet/forums etc are not my forte! I’ve received the attached letter from Times Parking trading as Times24 UK Limited regarding a missed drop off charge at Gatwick Airport. I forgot to pay but the ‘parking charge to keeper’ has been addressed to my partner and not…
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Gladstones / PREMIER PARKING ENFORCEMENT LTD
Thought I would share my journey but also, what do you think defence wise? Parking ticket issued for approximately 5 minutes 58 seconds, driver does not leave the car, passenger does, and then returns. I was not the driver, he (passenger) was reading the sign and then left, writing was very small and he is elderly. In…
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Civil enforcement ltd County Court Claim Form
I received a PCN in April 26 for £170 claiming I hadnt registered my car for free parking whilst playing pickleball at Everyone Active in Hemel Hempstead on Dec 21st 2025. I emailed and asked for evidence as it was the first correspondence I had received about it. I didnt get any response until a county court claim form…
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Late return of Directions Questionnaire - N180
Stupidly I completed the N180 and then left it in a folder to email but forgot. It has now been emailed to DQ.CNBC@justice.gov.uk and copied to DCB Legal but is 3 days late. What is the likely next step - have I lost by default? If anyone has experienced the same mistake I would be grateful for your experience
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New - Notice to Keeper - BaySentry Solutions
Hi All I have used this forum before and actually won a case against Excel in court so i'm not necessarily a newbie and here I am again. Before I provide any details in to this latest challenge I am looking for some informatio regarding the provision of a notice to keeper. Under Schedule 4, paragraph 9 of the Protection of…
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Letter of claim
Hi all, i need some advice. I received a penalty charge notice from Smart parking almost 3 years ago in June 23. I moved house in Dec 2023. This week, in April 2026 i received a letter of claim from Dcb Legal demanding i pay £170. This was for parking for 19 mins, at the Cat & Fiddle pub in Macclesfield, while i checked if…
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Letter of Claim from Moorside/UKCPS
Hi all, I've looked at the newbie's thread but it doesn't mention this situation. I recently separated from my wife and moved to a new county. I parked in one of these places and did not receive the initial letters bacause in all the mess I forgot to change the adress on my V5. I have been suffering from mental health…
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Daymer Bay Car Park, PL27 6SA
The Registered Keeper has received a Parking Charge from Alliance Parking for an overstay at Daymer Bay Car Park, PL27 6SA. The Registered Keeper paid for 3 hours of parking, but overstayed by 50 minutes. The Registered Keeper wasn't the Driver. The Registered Keeper appealed to Alliance Parking, without identifying the…
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Case Report: Smart Parking wrongly pursued a former Keeper - Claim discontinued.
Invocation of Keeper liability under POFA impossible , Driver unknown, the existence of a Bill of Sale ignored This case concerned a former keeper who had already sold the vehicle to a car dealer. He held a bill of sale, and the dealer confirmed they would handle the DVLA logbook transfer. He reasonably assumed everything…
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Court Claim Form for parking in GP car park! Civil Enforcement Limited
I visited my GP with a young family member for an emergency appointment (which led to an immediate visit to A&E) in May 2025 Since my last GP a year prior, in early 2024, the GP practice had engaged a private parking company to manage their car park (car park owned by the GP practice) There is an iPad to enter your car…
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Private ticket (Group Nexus) at a retail car park in Croydon
Hi everyone, Seeking an advice on a particular situation (have trawled through the newbies section but could not find an exactly the same one). So, my mother in law who is a citizen and a resident of a non-EU country, was visiting us in recently at the end of April and I let her use our car (for which I am a registered…
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Claim form horizon/Gladstones
Hello, and thank you in advance for the support. I’ve received a County Court Claim dated 17/12/25. I’ve submitted the Acknowledgment of Service within the required timeframe, which gives me 33 days from the issue date—meaning my defence is due by 19 January (I believe). I’ve dealt with a similar claim in the past and…
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DCB Legal Letter of Claim - Smart Parking (April 2024) - V5C Update Trigger?
Hi everyone, I am looking for advice on a Letter of Claim I received in the post today from DCB Legal, acting on behalf of Smart Parking Limited.The Details: Date of Letter: 29 July 2026 Amount Demanded: £170.00 Date of Alleged Event: April 2024 The Situation: This Letter of Claim is the very first piece of mail I have…
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St. Anthony's Car Park, Penzance, Jubilee Pool, Pay on Exit, Parking Eye PCN, POPLA
If it hadn't been for another poster posting about this very same car park back in April: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6665675/misleading-parking-eye-signs-leading-to-a-pcn I wouldn't have come across this brilliant resource. So here I am wanting to 'pay it forward'. There have been literally dozens…
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Successful complaints about private parking tickets - how to get them cancelled!
:D A happy thread of successes against private parking tickets by complaining! This is an ongoing record of cases where a motorist has succeeded in getting a private parking charge cancelled, simply by making an assertive complaint to the retailer/landowner/cinema/hotel/services (or other misinformed idiot) who naively…
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General form of judgment or order
Hi all, I've received a copy of the attached letter to the claimant (DCB Legal), stating their claim against me will be struck out if they dont serve a new POC by 20th July. If they do, I have until 17th August to submit a new defence. Now their deadline has passed, does anyone know how I can find out whether this was done…
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PPC Unsuccessful POPLA Appeal - what to do next?
Hello all, I received a PCN from a PPC (Car Parkers Anglia) for the Clink Road car park (Sea Palling, Norfolk) earlier in the year. The reason was overstaying a stipulated limit as marked by the CCTV / ANPR cameras - paid for 1 hour, total time between photographs was 1 hour 21 minutes (although my Google Timeline states…
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Creative Car Parking - not parked but got ticket
Hi Lovely Forumites Advice needed for a local community car scheme. Volunteer Driver drives in and collects person for an appointment & delivers them back a couple of hours later, at no point were they parked. A week or so later they receive a parking fee by post. They write and explain they just collected and then dropped…
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Request to submit defence after set aside - smartparking
Hi quick question and a situation I haven't come across yet. I recently succesfully went to court for a set-aside of a CJJ on the grounds it was improperly served. There is a story to this I'll post another day and @Coupon-mad thank you for everything you do. Judge agreed to award set-aside and all costs. However he also…
