Parking tickets, fines & parking

Hi, first time poster. Feels like it could be a long one. I parked in a private car park on Lark Lane in Liverpool on 25th January 2026. I paid for 1 hour (£4.56) and stayed for 1 hour 34 minutes. Upon returning from holiday, on the 2nd July I received a debt collector charge of £170 for this breech, without being given…

Hi all, I recently received court claim forms from DCB Legal (on behalf of Parking Eye) for a parking ticket received in May 2022. I have submitted my AOS and currently in the process of drafting my defence using the template defence and other threads on here, and I will post this up when it's complete along with full…

I complained to the SRA about the practices of DCB legal and them phoning me up to 3 times a day to try to get me to pay, sometimes as early as 8:15 AM, and many of the calls being silent when answered. As expected the regulator sided with DCB legal.

Good evening everyone This forum helped me out a ton when I had a pcn dispute years ago so hoping for some advice! Stupidly, I admitted to me being the driver (stupid mistake but I genuinely thought I could get the pcn removed) now I’m going through the pleasant experience of debt collection letters, and text messages…

Hi everyone, I've read all the pinned threads so hopefully am doing this correctly. I received a PCN from PCM for the driver of the car "parking in a restricted area." Images of the PCN and earliest and latest photos they gave as evidence are below. They only showed that the driver was there for eight seconds. The photos…

This thread relates to my previous thread: I have decided to opt for "Acknowledgement of services" from the CCJ DCB legal have been contacting me/ pressuring me to make the payments and have been calling me a few times a week for this. I plan on staying true to my CCJ. How likely is it that DCB legal will stop and waiver…

Hi all, I'd really appreciate a review of my draft defence before I file it if possible Details are here… Claimant: ParkingEye Ltd Solicitor: DCB Legal Claim issued: 17 July 2026 Acknowledgment of Service has been filed. deadline: 19 August 2026. What happened I am a Primary Care Network paramedic. On 20 November 2025 I…

Dear Forum, please would you advise what is the best way to respond to this money claim from Parking Eye? Thank you.

Morning all, I would really appreciate some guidance on how to proceed with a court claim I have now received from Parallel Parking Ltd, following a short visit to a GDK (German Doner Kebab) store. Background: On Monday 23rd June 2025, I visited GDK on a friend’s recommendation. I parked behind the store for approximately…

Hi all, Hope you're well? I have had a fine today with being in a bus lane, by 1 min, I'm aware there is probably nothing that could be done. But just wanted to check if that was the case by those that may be in the know. It would appear I was already in the lane at the first part then as I have moved to the second part I…

Parked in a Multi story carpark, car park was under major refurb, attempted to pay at machine. Can't recall exact message (nor pictures of) , but my understanding of the message at the time was that m/c could not get a connection. I put this down to the current works taking place. I didn't see any other machines on my…

Hi MSE, New here... I have received a LBC from MSL dated 14 August 25, it gives me 30 days to pay meaning my time is fast running out, leaving me about a week to resolve. I have been looking into how I can avoid paying this and there appear to be several different ways/oppinions. I am self employed, in the process of…

Hi there, Hope you're all coping in this heat! I was just wondering if you could help. My Mother-In-Law has been receiving letters from a Debt Recovery Agency for a parking fine that does not relate to her - however it is for someone with the same first name and last name. She has never been to this car park or even the…

Hello all, I have found defences where a numberplate was inputted incorrectly but none where it was omitted altogether. I am unsure if forgetting to input a reg constitutes a major keying error? My other question Thank you very much for any help in defeating these parasites. Summary of events: Incident: customer of leisure…

Hi, Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere and I just haven't been able to find it - I promise I looked hard! We've received a Parking Charge Notice from Parkingeye - standard Parkingeye format that there are images of elsewhere on this forum. We paid for parking at the car park in question. The PCN states the time…

I have recently been advised that I could request to set aside this CCJ based on the fact that I reside overseas and the claim forms were not served correctly. My car is registered with DVLA at my UK holiday home address, so the claim forms were sent there while I was residing overseas. I did not discover them until last…

Hello all, here to help another colleague of mine who is a private hire driver for a PCN he received from ParkingEye. Background: He had passengers picked up from central London, who had a stop at the Holiday Inn Express T5 Heathrow hotel to drop their luggage, and then was going to continue their journey elsewhere. It…

I am due in court in the next few weeks for the case brought against me. Any advice is welcome to help me support my defence. I genuinely sold my car, cancelled the insurance, and had insured and registered myself as the owner of my new car. I have a letter from the insurance company as proof of cancellation of policy…

I wanted advice on this please. So I have received the letter below asking for a ridiculous amount of money. I did not even know about this till recently. I have not seen the previous letters as they were delivered to the incorrect address. I definitely do not want to pay the ridiculous amount they requested which has…

Hello, hoping someone can give me advice. The driver parked at a private car park to drop off a broken mobile phone for repair at a neighboring shop. The car park provided only phone- or app-based payment methods, with no physical pay stations or cash/card options on-site. Because the driver's phone was non-functional—as…