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PCN on Residential Parking and now LOC
Greetings to the esteemed warriors against the scum of the earth PPCs, I've gone through the Newbie thread followed some of the steps and I'm now at the Letter of Claim stage. I've drafted a response to the LOC but wanted to get a second eye to take a look at it. First to provide details: - I stay in a residential building…
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Go Assist are they legitimate?
Good Morning, In March this year I paid Go Assist to fix a tumble dryer. They took a payment of £200 and also encouraged me to become a member with a monthly cost of £12. They have sent out engineers to fix the tumble dryer but the works are not finished. Their automated service says that the dryer has been fixed. I have…
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CEL Claim Form
Hello, I have received the attached claim form from CIL and I am now preparing my defence statement. I have made no changes to paragraphs 1-10 and for paragraph 3 I have taken this suggested language also making no changes to the wording: The Defendant, has little recollection of events considering this was more than a…
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Bailiff visit for PCN I didn't even know about!
Posting my experience in case it helps anyone else dealing with a moving traffic PCN (Code 53J – pedestrian zone restriction) that has escalated without receiving any of the original paperwork. 📅 Timeline Unknown date (PCN issued) PCN issued for entering a pedestrian zone (Code 53J). I did not receive the PCN or any…
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Parking challenge - court
Hi, i received a parking fine from Civil enforcement Ltd. I think I have made a fairly substantial error in my correspondence with them by admitting my mistake. I did not appeal within the time frame within 28 days but sent this shortly after the 28 days: Good morning, I am writing to explain the circumstances surrounding…
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Civil Enforcement Limited
Hi all. Has anyone else dealt with these crooks? Helped my mum appeal on their website as her car broke down in a KFC car park and they gave her a PCN for staying too long. Appealed on their website and even then the appeals procedure had no text box to write anything and was purely images/documents that you could upload.…
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G24 parking charge notice incorrect
Hi There, I have recieved a parking charge notice for parking in a Wickes car park at 4am on a Saturday morning, for 2 hours and 24 minutes. It has photos of my car entering and leaving the car park with a time and date stamp. Trouble I have is that I wasn't there at the time stated. I was at home in bed. I have visited…
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Claim Defended - DCBL Parking
Should I agree to the claim being suitable for determination without a hearing? is it better to go to try and explain/ defend myself?
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ECP , DCB LEGAL - Notice of Trial
Hi all, I have read through the newbies thread but still slight confused and after some reassurance. Parked in an Euro Car park, Ticket machines were not working due to there being an issue with phone networks in the area that day. Managed to get the machine to work after trying for around 12mins (Also tried on the app but…
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APCOA railway NTK doesn’t have timestamp on exit ANPR photo
Hello, I’ve just received a notice to keeper parking notice from APCOA relating to a railway carpark. The exit ANPR photograph doesn’t have a time or date stamp (the entry one does). The body of the NTK does specify the exit time. Is this enough for it not to be POFA 2012 compliant or to win on appeal at POPLA? Thanks in…
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Multiple G24 penalties
My son recently started a new job for which car parking was provided by his employer in a local car park. Unfortunately, my son misunderstood the location of the car park that he was given by his manager and parked in an adjacent car park which is operated by G24. 7 days later he received, by post, a penalty notice for…
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PCN - Parking Ticket
Hey all! I am hoping for some advice, so any would be appreciated! On Friday, 24/04/2026 I received a letter from a balliff company telling me it’s a final notice for a penalty charge that occurred on the 14/12/2026. This is the first time I had heard or seen of this, I had no idea it was even happening. It is a car…
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CCJ Claim from a private car park
First time going through this and I would really appreciate some help with my County Court defence. Is this defence ready to file, or are there any suggestions or improvements you would recommend? The claim issue date is 27 November 2025. I have filed an Acknowledgment of Service, which gives me 28 days to submit my…
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DCB Legal Court Claim 3 Parking Charges
Situation: I responded to an LoC and now I have received a claim form. The issue date on the claim form is 30/03/2026. So I believe 5 days (or is it 7 days?) from this date I will do an AoS via MCOL. Claimant: Secure Parking Solutions LTD PoC: Defendant Particulars of Claim The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C)…
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Smart Parking turned into Debt Recovery Plus - Looking for advice
Morning, So I received a Smart Parking Notice on the 12th August 2024, for a contravention dated 26th July 2024. For note, parking was paid for 4 hours on the app between the times of 1.04pm - 4.04pm at Tower Road, Newquay (when the vehicle was actually parked) The car park was left at 4:03:37pm - although the vehicle was…
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Stansted PCN from NSL
Hi all, I have received PCN from NSL at Stansted airport which I have appealed (see photo below). The response letter from NSL (photos below) leads me to believe that I may have a strong case to win an appeal with POPLA. If it helps, this is approximately where I was parked (red circle): According to Street View, there are…
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Letter of claim
Hi all, i need some advice. I received a penalty charge notice from Smart parking almost 3 years ago in June 23. I moved house in Dec 2023. This week, in April 2026 i received a letter of claim from Dcb Legal demanding i pay £170. This was for parking for 19 mins, at the Cat & Fiddle pub in Macclesfield, while i checked if…
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BW Legal Letter of Claim - UK Car Park Management - £170
Hi, First time poster here and I'm doing my best to get it right. I know there are other threads on here in regards to BW Legal sending Letter of Claim and according to the Newbies thread, I should just send them a template email to get lost, however, I just wanted to make sure that that template still applies. Here's what…
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IAS appeal - Smart parking - disabled driver
hello Last month I visited a car park in Wilmslow (Spring St Multi Story) and parked in a marked disabled bay with my blue badge clearly showing. I checked the parking signs which was a council run sign saying blue badge holders park for free. I displayed my badge and went into town A week later I received this parking…
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Gladstones taking me to court for UK CPM
Hello guys, Thank you for all the wonderful job you guys are doing, I must say I am well impressed by the amount of cases you guys have dealt with so far. I received a county court claim form last week from Gladstone solicitors in regards to a parking ticket from from PCM last year June . I was ordered to pay £270 or…
