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DCB Legal Defence Para 3 November 2025 help
Hi all. Thank you so much for this webpage, was really stressed about the threatening CCJ letter. I have submitted the MCOL and will be uploading my defence very soon. Hoping someone is willing to have a quick look at my Para 3. I'm not the smartest guy in the world and want to get this right. I will be using your template…
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Smart Parking Ltd
This discussion was created from comments split from: PCN challenge under Equality Act 2010.
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East Midlands Airport - VCS LTD - Petrol Station
Hi there, I've read the NEWBIES guide and I'm somewhat familiar with the process after winning a process with UKCPM few years ago. Unfortunately I got a NTK PCN today, this time from VCS at EMA within the petrol station. Here's what happened: I have been informed by the driver that this was their first visit to East…
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2 x PCN received from LB Havering
Hi, I went to pick up my niece from Old Church Hospital a week after she had a spinal op, we was told to pick her up from the discharge container which is around the back, never having been to this pick up point before or even knowing it was there, we missed the turning (it was dark and when we looked down the road, we see…
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Help Needed – Letter Before Claim from Gladstones for Council-Owned Car Park PCN
Hi all,I’m looking for some advice as I’ve just received a Letter Before Claim from Gladstones Solicitors chasing me for an unpaid PCN from January 2025 (nearly 11 months ago). This has appeared completely out of nowhere.I moved house earlier this year, so I may have missed previous letters. Gladstones say they carried out…
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Horizon parking ticket help please
Hello, I received a PCN from Horizon Parking at Linenhall Car park in Chester, for what appears to be an overstay of 7 minutes. I have tried Plan A and contacted the landowner, Chester Race Course to complain, however their response was that I needed to take the appeal up with Horizon as there was nothing they could do. I…
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Court Claim from DCB Legal - just double checking I'm doing everything correct
I've received a court claim and am just filing my defence for the MCOL but wanted to check I'm doing everything correctly please. I have copied the 10 paragraph statement I found in the forum and am currently drafting paragraph 3 so some advice on my paragraph 3 would be greatly appreciated. Here are the details of my…
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County Court Claim from Smart Parking Limited help
I would really appreciate any help or guidance with this. It was from May 2022, I paid to park but took ages to find a space then download the app as no other way to pay, signal so poor in the area. So they are saying I didn’t pay enough however I paid for longer than I actually stayed. I originally appealed with them then…
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seems like a scam
Hi everyone, Been parking in a local NCP for over 2 years and lately been a lot of drug users and homeless sleeping there when people arrive early in morning A few weeks ago a NCP staff member seen the situation of people in there and told me to park in an unused EV bay , when I told him my car was not an EV he said there…
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Unfair parking charge notice issued - no payment machines working
Good afternoon, I have read through the thread for FAQs in PCNs and it contains lots of incredibly helpful information regarding disputing parking charge notices. I couldn’t find a thread that looked similar to mine. So sorry I have started a new one. My question comes in two parts: firstly, has anyone obtained land owner…
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Debt Recovery Demand from BWLegal - No PCN ever received from Newcastle Aiport, Petrol Station
This is my first post, so I hope I'm getting this right. I received a letter, out of the blue, from bwlegal, dated 5th November and received on 29th November. It is concerning 'Dropping Off / Picking Up in a Restricted Area' - namely Skyway Filling Station Newcastle Airport, on 21st August 2025. I was so shocked because I…
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Private Parking Company entering a County Court Judgement
I have received a letter stating someone has entered a judgement against myself regarding Parking at Fantasy Island , Ingoldmells Skegness. The date of the incident was over 3 years ago. On arrival at the park we were directed where to pay by a parking attendant and paid at the machine for a full day. I sent proof of…
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Smart Parking Court Letter
Hi I have done the AOS. Can someone help me draft a response letter? I paid for parking but instead of **** *** the machine printed off ** *** missing off the first two letter. I appealed with smart parking, but to no avail, also tried a POPLA appeal. Where do I send my response letter to? Any help appreciated. Thanks…
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CEL multiple court cases, hopefully the final waste of the courts time and mine..
Hi, I was just looking for a bit of advice. I successfully defended a case against CEL for 3 PCNs and have now received 3 separate LBC'S for the same PCN'S. Thankyou in advance.
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DCB legal letter of claim for
Hi, Looking for some advice regarding how to handle a letter I received recently. Got this ‘letter of intent’ from dcb legal acting on behalf of euro car park for 2 parking charges I received back in 2022. I had letters on and off around then, then they stopped for a while and recently got this letter. Thoughts on best way…
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Parking Charge from UKPC, will appeal, have two options which one to go for?
Received a Parking Charge from UK Parking Control Ltd. I will be appealing but there are two things wrong with the notice so I would like others opinions on which route to take: 1. the parking charge date is 4/11/25. Date of letter 11/11/25. Received today 20/11/25 (of course, there is no datestamp on envelope). Therefore…
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Received first letter of claim…?
Hello, This is the third letter I’ve had for this ‘offence’ which I cannot recall 3 years ago. Not sure why this has taken over a week to be delivered. This letter says it’s a letter of claim but also states that I should ‘deal with this as a matter of urgency to avoid a claim being made’…. Which one is it!?
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Smart Parking refused landowner's request - court papers received three years later
I was a regular volunteer musician at an event held in a church. This event was usually on a Sunday, but there was a Spring Fayre on a Saturday in March 2022 and I played, without receiving payment. Unbeknownst to me, and other volunteers, the church had engaged with Smart Parking to issue tickets from Monday to Saturday…
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Smart Overstay
Hi guys, my sisters had one from Smart for an overstay at a McDonalds.. She bumped into an old friend and got chatting whilst their kids played on the tablets they have in there. The ntk doesnt even specify any contravention or why the charge was issued, it just states location, arrival time, departure time, duration of…
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Not able to attend Parking Fine Trial and Hearing
Hi everyone, I have a hearing on 18th November and the trial on 19th November, and both have now been moved to a court that’s about an hour’s drive from me. Originally everything was listed at my local court, but it was later cancelled and relisted at this further location. I’m currently dealing with knee pain and…
