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DCB Legal £9,000 Smart Parking Claim – Need Help Fighting Back
[Image removed by Forum Team} [Image removed by Forum Team] Hello, I’m looking for some guidance on behalf of my partner, Andrew. He has recently received a Letter of Claim from DCB Legal acting for Smart Parking Ltd. The total is an eye-watering £9,010, which they say relates to multiple PCNs at a private car park…
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ELMS Legal AOS stage - 8 of 10 signs in car park missing
Hello Have kept on putting this off, but also seems like some of the advice is that
it is only when I receive the letter from the Courts and Tribunal Service,
requiring Acknowledgement of Service that action is actually required. When the car was parked I submitted an appeal that was rejected by email
(rather than the…
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Is an appeal likely to succeed?
I've received a PCN from Premier Park and am looking for anyone with experience of a successful appeal based on a time technicality. The PCN has photos of my vehicle parked at an angle with one front wheel outside the marked bay and the rear wheel on the line of the marked bay. The photos have date and time stamps which…
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DCB Legal Letters of Claim - NEED HELP - Much Appreciated
My brother works at a hospital and lives in hospital accommodation. Long story short - with permission, he's borrowed my car for around 10 days and it's been parked at this accommodation during the time. Soon after, I received a crazy amount of notices in the post from 'UK Parking Control Ltd.', all totalling to ridiculous…
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DCBL Letter of Claim
Hi,I would appreciate if anyone could advise me please. I have received a letter of claim from dcbl for 2xPCNs from 2019 which I have ignored(one for overstaying and one for parking on double yellow lines-different days,different locations). I have requested SAR from the parking company MET Parking ,please find their…
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Euro Car parks machine produced a ticket and conned me into thinking I have paid!
Hi I need some advice regarding a fine from Euro car parks (ECP). The letter to the CEO Below explains the full details. I appealed to POPLA and they took the Parking company's side in a reply riddled with errors! I have informed them (EPC & DRP) that I will not be paying the exorbitant costs which they are seeking (Debt…
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Any Bank Park Parking Management experience? IAS Appeal?
Hi! Any experience with Bank Park? Is it worth contest/appeal? I think they use Independent Appeals Service (IAS) for the appeal. The driver trusted parkopedia about parking was free from 18hs, when it was changed to 20hs at the begining of 2025. Cost parking is £1 for 1h, £60/£100 is a bit abussive and punitive. But this…
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Civil National Business Centre Claim Form
Hi. I have been playing "ping pong" with euro car parks and dcb legal for just over 1 year now. I have just returned to the UK after a few months in Europe and received a couple of threatening letters from DCB Legal and finally a claim form from the CNBC. I am wanting to know the best way to fill in the Acknowledgement of…
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Gladstones claim form
Hello just got a random letter from bw legal claiming I was parked somewhere a while ago on their clients land (parking and property management Ltd) they want me to pay £160. £100 for the parking company and £60 for bw. what to do there is no option to ask for the original documentation?
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EV parking bay not clearly marked
Unsurprisingly, my appeal to UKPC was rejected and I'm in the process of doing the POPLA appeal. Do you think it worth appealing to POPLA or just ignore the appeal and wait for the possible court action? My main argument is that the driver parked in a bay (in a shopping complex) that was not marked as an EV charging bay.…
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Draft Defence DCBL & Dates
Hi, Could anyone verify I have understood correctly below and advise if anything should be added / changed to my defence? Ive given a brief background with attachments. I visited a car park on 13/10/2024 in Manchester, payment was to be made by app, text message or phone only. I attempted a text and have a screenshot reply…
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Defending Parking Debt Claim and recovering costs after successful set-aside
Hi All, Looking for some advice on my situation. I received a default CCJ in Oct 24 for an unpaid debt to UK Parking Control related to a Sept 23 PCN which I did not receive correspondence for due to the use of the v5 address of vehicle which was not up-to-date at time I was alledgedgly breaking the parking rules - so…
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Shell garage Gatwick north ECP PCN
I’ve read the newbie sticky and appealed to eurocarparks with the one size fits all template however could not copy and paste all of it in. I have tried to email and call store manager who was not a very helpful guy nor was the webchat service wouldn’t even give their name and insisted their name was in the chat. They gave…
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Euro Parking COURT DATE despite following advice. HELP!!
Hi I want to make this brief initially not to waste time or identify myself but basically I have followed all of the advice (including Newbie stuff) on the thread but I now have a court date with Euro Parking, I parked on a petrol station forecourt and Euro Parking claim I went off the premises, thus breaking the contract…
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PCN County Court Claim Defence Advice
Dear Sir/Madam I have tried to keep this post as
short as possible although I’m afraid it actually isn’t, I apologise but
thought everything I have included was relevant for you to be aware of. Please let
me know what additional information you may require. I have spent many hours reading
through the advice on the newbie…
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PCN County Court Claim - HELP!!
Hello, I received a private PCN from UKCPS LTD on the 14th of May 2024 at Northern Lights car park in Liverpool. This car park is part of a music rehearsal space (as well as other local businesses), which I was using on the day for a 2-hour booking, which I'd be able to prove if necessary. The rehearsal room states that…
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Euro Car Parks, DCB Legal LTD, Court CLaim 2025
Hi everyone,I'm hoping someone can help or offer advice because I'm feeling quite overwhelmed right now. I've just received a court claim from Euro Car Parks regarding a private parking ticket that dates back over two years ago. I really need guidance on how to prepare a defence for this. Here are the key details: * The…
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Unqualified staff at a law firm are not allowed to conduct litigation
Hot off the press, is the case of Mazur and Stewart v Charles Russell Speechly. 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 (possibly parking co.'s…
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Debt recovery plus - Euro Car Parks - Walsall
Hi everyone. I have received a letter from Debt Recovery Plus regarding a parking violation within a Euro car park. They are claiming that I parked in the Waterfront car park in Walsall back in February 2024 without paying. We were in the process of buying a new car at the time and we sold the vehicle in question shortly…
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Debt collectors letter received after parking charge notice I didn’t receive
I did start a thread here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6622706/solicitors-letter-received-for-a-parking-fine-i-don-t-know-anything-about unfortunately I can no longer reply to it, apologies received this letter today, any help much appreciated Thank you
