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CSPM NTK for forgetting to pay £1 parking fee
Hi, It turns out I forgot to pay the £1 parking fee via the RingGo app at a leisure I go to weekly, 😂 they want me to pay £100 or £60 if i pay within 14. Hers the only sign I know of, theres no way your reading that when you drive in: I want to appeal because what they are asking for to completely unreasonable but I'm not…
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Letter Before Claim from BWLegal for 4 PCNs
Hi all, I have read the threads and the newbies posts for over a year now and I wanted to check if there is anything I can do regarding 4 PCNs from last year (or if I should just pay the fee since I have 4 of them and no excuse!). To explain what happened: a year ago I have parked at work in the office car park, however,…
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Step Son got a letter from Napier £170
Letter from Napier demanding £170 son says he went to walk the dog and parking machine not working . His mum said to ignore the first letter so he’s just now told us about this !! Would you say ignore as past the appeal now ? Are they likely to push to court ? Thanks in advance
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Parking Charge Notice - HX Car management Child Bay
Hello all I'm new to this forum so apologies if something similar has been asked before. I recently received a parking charge notice by HX Car management. Reason for contravention is that I "was not parked wholly within the designated bay marking". I have attached images. I was parked in a child bay. One side of the child…
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No more 'solicitors agents' [aka 'rent-a-gob'] to be allowed? Massive potential win for us
Not been around for ages, so apologies if this has already been covered. CC case where the judge refused to allow a 'solicitors agent' to have a right to audience in court. Basically this ruling has the potential to stop VCS [and the others who use this strategy] dead in their tracks... Here's a link to the bailii case…
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DCB Legal Claim
HI All Hopefully I can get a little guidance on this. I have received a CNBC claim form Euro Car Parks/ DCB for a PCN back in Oct 2022, but am unsure how to respond. I have completed the MCOL but not the defence and that's were I need the help do I use the standard defence template give that not he day I was in hospital,…
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Clarification over POFA and tactics
My daughter received a notice to keeper PCN for Nene park Sixfields in Northampton. It was issued by Civil Enforcement. Firstly the ‘offence’ is spurious as it states the driver exceeded the free parking period (1hr) Which she didn’t according to the photo evidence on the ntk. (34mins) In addition to that in the box ‘Terms…
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I park services ltd
Just looking for some advice on how to deal with this company as I’m unable to find a solicitor willing to help with anything related to parking fines. So they have been chasing me since February for a parking fine which I didn’t do. I live 3 and half hours away from the parking lot in question and I was working 12 hour…
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Smart parking court summons
I have just recieved this summons. I was actually not the driver of the car at the time, I was overseas. I do know who the driver was but wont be inclined to disclose the details. The car park in question is a free car park in retail park. The free period i believe is 3 hours and I think the driver went over the free…
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Newbie CNBC judgement made on 16th December in favour of Smart Parking and DCBL - options?
It maybe too late but I had a judgement made against me on 16th
December 2025 by CNBC from Smart Parking Ltd and DCBL. Only from
yesterday did I have access to the internet to read the excellent
advice you have on here. To date, all my communication with CNBC has
been paper. I am a newbie to all this and fallen into all…
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smart parking DCB legal defence - Para 3 quick check
@Coupon-mad, @Le_Kirk I have the usual claim form from smart legal for Overstayed Free time for an alleged contravention in Jan 2022. Issue date 24th Oct AoS submitted 5th Nov, Have used the standard 11 paragraph defence (para 4 untruth statement etc) so wont post it all here and have constructed para3 from these threads.…
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One Parking Solution - £100 fine received for dropping off a resident!
Hi everyone. I have spent many hours "Googling" and here I am. I drive a taxi and had a job to help someone move to a new home. He is elderly and immobile so I had to wait for his carers (a couple of minutes) to help. A few days later, the registered keeper received a NTK stating "Vehicle not pre-authorised - no e-permit"…
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Claim Form Issued by DCB Legal for Parking at Citi Park Clements Road
I am writing on behalf of my father, who has received a claim form for parking at Citi Park, Clements Road, London. The Particulars of Claim (POC) state that there was no valid parking session. However, the car park signage clearly indicates that Blue Badge holders can park for free for up to three hours, and upon…
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LBC Gladstones Northern Ireland
Hi I’ve received a Letter before Claim from Gladstones relating to an overstay at Tescos 1 yr ago for 20mins. Horizon have been sending letters every couple of months to my daughter since then which I’ve told her to ignore. It then went to Debt recovery plus. My daughter is the registered keeper of the car and don’t want…
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DCB Legal LOC Client: Smart Parking Ltd
Another Leter of Claim received! (Previous thread was for another PCN on May 2025 with DCB which was dissolved). This is such a waste of time! This one is 90 free minutes over stay in Bridge Green, Prestbury 16th Feb 2024. I did not get any PCN or notices, until Debt collection letters cam through (ignored) then LOC 21st…
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Court Case WON!!! on 9th Jan, Gladstones and NPML grilled
Hi Guys, I used to be active on the forum then life took over. But, I started here and have been helping people ever since win cases using the forum, still have my 100% record after dozens in the bag. I am also the same AMIS95 guy, I lost access to that account as it was an old work email that was registered with. This was…
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Britannia POFA NTK after paying before end of parking
Hello! First time writer but we have spent hours on this forum looking at various responses and are very impressed at the sheer volume of help some of you have been putting out for strangers like us. Thanks in advance. TL;DR: blue text, or blue text with something added? Situation: received a POFA-compliant NTK from…
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VCS/Elms Legal and "Solicitor's Agent(s)"
An interesting county court decision from Haverfordwest in west Wales. Vehicle Control Services Ltd v Langley [2026] EWCC 1 (07 January 2025) (Thanks to FTLA for the link.)
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No appeal without saying whether the keeper drove or not - please advise
Hi all, Posting on behalf of the registered keeper. Have read the NEWBIES thread which (having contacted the landowner and been directed back to azure multiple times) suggests the keeper should appeal via the relevant website but not mention who the driver was and if they (keeper) were driving. On the website, it won't let…
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PCN Query
Hi all, I have read through the Newbies thread but wanted to check separately as when I received the PCN, I went online to dispute it (before finding this thread) so have already given them my details. I understand it's advised not to do this, but considering I have I want to understand the next steps. I was staying at my…
