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Discussion: Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Hot off the press, is the case of Mazur and Stewart v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341 Thought this might interest the community because I have a feeling this is going have a potentially significant impact in the way law firms do their business, not least for DCBL and similar firms operating in this sphere…
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letter of claim BW LEGAL - parking property management
Hello, wondering if someone can help. I have been following the advice on here for a while and have ignored all letters from BW legal until this one. It’s a letter of claim with an expiry date of 23/4/25. I have not confirmed I was driving nor confirmed my address. Literally no contact or appeal directly with the parking…
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DCB LEGAL - Registered Keeper but not the driver
I have received a claim form in May 2025 for a parking charge dated Feb 2022, no other correspondence, I was not driving the vehicle at the time, a previous employee of mine was, who cannot be located now. Should I specify this in my defence?
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Partner of nervous disposition being chased for an overstay of 1 minute
Hi MSE, long time lurker, first time poster. Will re-read the newbies post before proceeding any further, just want to give an opportunity for input, and a thread to add to the DCBL discontinuation thread (fingers crossed). Here's a quick(ish) backstory, as I don't want to waste anyone's precious time here. All…
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CEL court claim 2025
Hello, After numerous letters that I ignored as per the newbies guide being no action till court claim - I have today, received the Letter before action from Civil Enforecement (www.ce-service.co.uk) with a PAP which "requires me to respond to this letter" - 30 days notice. I have read other posts saying I need to respond…
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POPLA Appeal - Park Avenue Southall
Hi there, I have read the newbie thread and am aware I will need to format a lengthy written appeal. Unfortunately our appeal got rejected by ParkingEye and in the online appeal we ticked that my father was the registered driver and keeper of the vehicle. The POFA 2012 was mentioned on the back of the first letter. My…
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County Court Claim Incorrect VRM DCB Legal - Eurocarparks
Long story short, received a County Court letter from DCB Legal on behalf of Eurocarparks due to having the first 2 letters of the VRM missing. Ultimately the car park operator got the money they sought for the parking but still went ahead with the claim. When filing the defence using the template , should anything be…
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ECP DCB LEGAL claim 2025
Brief Backstory: Parked in a ECP car park and paid for parking. Changed address so didn't get notice until passed to DCBL. DCBL ignored and now received Letter of Claim through from DCB Legal. Reason for 'Parking Charge' given: ‘No valid Pay And Display/permit Was Purchased’ I have all the evidence to support I paid for…
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CCJ vs CP Plus Ltd (DCBL) Applying for Set-Aside
Hi all, I'm a newbie here, I've read the newbie thread, and many others, and I'm looking for some help with a PCN for which I've recieved a LBC from DCB Legal. The claim is for a 4 hour 2 minutes stay in a multistory carpark in Liverpool. My representation is that I tried to pay using the online system, thought it had…
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Not inside the lines
I've recently received an invoice from UKPC demanding a ransom for parking over the lines in a free car park. It includes a photo showing that the driver was indeed over the line alongside their bay, which was apparently because the car in the bay alongside was similarly parked and so the driver of my car had to park…
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Britannia Parking Group - DCB Legal - post CCJ already set aside - N279 Notice of Discontinuance
Hi, first time posting here, and I am hoping you can
give me some advice. This is regarding a parking charge pursued by DCB Legal and
I've been following advice from this forum. I received a claim form dated 11 March 2025. Acknowledged
the service of a claim and submitted via MCOL on the 24
March Made a note to reply by…
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DCB acknowledgement of service
I over stayed in a pick up point by 1 minute and have now received a court letter and I am at the acknowledgment of service stage. I have no idea who was driving my car as I have two named drivers on my insurance. I am now panicking and unsure what to put on the defence form, could someone please help.
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Horizon at Tesco Hove "date of breach 15 Sept" "parking charge issue date 6 Oct"
There was no screen ticket. As I understand it, the failure by Horizon to send an ANPR notice with 14 days means as long as the keeper does not name the driver, there is no case. I'd welcome cofirmation of this. If that's correct, is the recommendation still to contact Tesco first, given that it is essential the driver not…
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CE - office car park EV bay PCN
Hi all, long time lurker, first time poster. Got myself into a series of PCNs, same context: Location: England, a business centre-adjacent car park (separate from what appears to be sign posted as the visitor and resident car parks of the same property). Date/time: summer 2025; out of business hours, late on weekdays and…
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Manchester Airport APCOA fine incoming
Hi All, I've recently started driving for Uber (3 months). Ive made dozens of trips to Manchester Airport and paid every single drop off and pick up fee. However, on Friday just gone I had two drop offs and one pick up and completely forgot to pay these ones. I realised yesterday (Sunday), logged in, but the visits had…
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Small Claims Court, G24 DCB legal. Help with Defence for PCN Parking outside marked bay
Please can someone help me respond to this: I parked at a friends place late one dark winter evening, with a permit. It was cobbled and there were no obvious lines. I received a PCN soon after in the post, but was shocked! I ignored it. The letters stopped. I moved house and then new letters from different companies…
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Dcbl asda parkingeye
Hello everyone, i received today letter from dcbl , i neen parked my car at ada parking station for 15min in the morning( before i go to the hospital) i been parking here many times, maybe fine because i parked in the morning ( around 6 -7am but problem is no barriers there and now after 1 year they send me this letter.…
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G24/DCB Legal - Claim Form Received - Meadowhall Retail
Hi All, I have a very similar case to the below thread in the sense that it is the same location, same contravention reason, same claim form date and dealing with the same companies. However, a key difference is I have not yet got the landowner to cancel the fine, but I did submit the request today.…
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Lost Horizon!
I received a parking fine as the registered keeper of a vehicle which overstayed it's welcome at a Tesco's car park at 10pm on a Saturday evening. 20 minutes over. I replied as per the newbies thread, telling them " I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle.......There will be no admissions as to who…
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CEL witness statements group thread
CEL witness statements seem to be far worse then other firms they are literally a copy and paste with no facts as to the case, i dont think ive ever seen a witness statement as bad as this its if they dont intend to use them at a hearing Ive compared several and apart from the claim number they are word for word the same…
