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DCB legal response to 1st email template
Hi all, So I responded to a letter of claim for a parking charge while I pulled into a euro car park without paying for a ticket and waited in my car whilst my girlfriend went to get food from somewhere. I’ve read the newbie section and responded with the first email temp, They have responded with the following We now…
Claim form
Hello recieved this letter in the post after a few postal letters and im worried i have to go to court and pay, through looking at other cases on here like mine im hoping you can help with filling out of the acknowledgment of service and ongoing process. Thank you
BW legal - letter of claim
Hi - i got a parking charge in the post jun last year, id bought a valid ticket and displayed it but the machine only recorded the first 4 digits of my car reg. i appealed via IAS, admitting i was the driver, which was dismissed. Received various demands for payment from the company (UK car park manangement ltd) and then…
Parking Fine Euro car parks
Date of event: 20-3-25 Method of fine: ANPR system PCN issued: 25-03-25 PCN received: 27-03-25 Total time in car park 1H 2 Min Appealed online: 19-4-25 Appeal reply: 24-04-25 Appeal decision: refused Appeal wording: The driver of the vehicle is a regular users of the Leisure center where the car park is. There is a tablet…
Ongoing Issue with Excel Parking / DCBL Ltd – Vehicle Sold October 2024
I am writing to provide context and seek guidance regarding an ongoing issue involving Excel Parking Services and debt collection agency DCBL Ltd. I sold my vehicle in October 2024 to a motor trader, and, naively, I handed over the full V5C document as I have done over the past 15 years of buying and selling vehicles…
PCN due to paybyphone app outage - Britannia parking now DBCL- Directions questionnaire
Summary so far - PCN issued July 24 for parking and waiting in car park (21 mins between entry / exit) trying to pay using paybyphone app which had a full platform outage at the time, the only other type of way to pay was a coin operated machine and I didn't have any cash. Left the car park to seek other parking as was now…
New PCN received today
I received a PCN today from a private parking firm called G24 LTD. They had photos of my car leaving and exiting the car park. I was staying at a Costa Coffee and the reason they fined me was "Unauthorised parking at Reading Gateway Retail Park, Imperial Way Reading RG2 0TA" I have contacted Costa Coffee via twitter who…
DCB Legal Money claim form.
Hi all, hoping to get some help, i've been away for a good few weeks and I've come back to a letter before claim and a money claim letter (from hm courts and tribunals). It wasn't me driving, but whoever was forgot to pay for parking beforehand, and paid just after they had come back, parking is £1 between 6pm and…
PCN - SMART PARKING - new enforcement on car park I use regularly
Hi all, I hope that you're all well. If anyone can assist or offer any advice I’d be extremely grateful. I have been using a car park for work on and off for 4 years, but they must have just recently started charging to park there. Well, today I received a “Parking Charge” letter in the post from smart parking for parking…
PCM - Appeal Rejected
Hi all, Hope you're well. Was looking for some advice. I received a parking ticket at Embassy Gardens which is notoriously poorly sign posted. The car was parked in a space with absolutely no signage. There was nothing to suggest that parking there was not allowed as there were no signs, no painted lines. Parking was paid…
Euro Car Parks - No Charge Letter only Bailiffs Collection
Hi there In October last year I parked at my work and forgot to put a ticket on my car. This happened on 3 occasions in the month (other days I had paid). I have a permanent parking pass for my other car so when I park a different reg car it’s easy to forget. I’d have realised at some point through the day and thought…
Help with Popla appeal - Ringgo website not recognising car park
Can anyone tell me whether it's worth appealing to popla and if so help with a template please? I parked in a local car park for 1.5 hours and have received a ticket. I didn't have any cash so tried to use the Ringgo app which I use all the time. The app and website did not recognise the car park number and when I looked…
Paid the money now pursuing me again through old address
Paid parking eye through dcbl over a month ago I have a receipt and now find theat they are continuing to pursue same parking fine with dcbl through old address.
£170 debt recovery letter - not paying it
Hi...I am so sorry if I should have understood what I am supposed to do with all the other threads...I did read them. But I think I should just pay now as I did not have a valid ticket when I should have. I thought I had paid for parking on the day in question. But I was actually unwell and when I checked on receipt of the…
PCM / Moorside Legal are taking me to Small Claims Court
Hi Everyone. I have been dealing with this issue for almost two years and I really wish I saw this forum ages ago, it would have helped. You've helped a lot of people and I am hoping I can be one of them too. * Parking Charge Notice received early 2023. * Issue date on the claim form is 21st October 2024, * I did an AOS on…
How are RingGo still charging a credit card convenience fee?
How can RingGo still charge a credit card surcharge now 20p per transaction calling it a Convenice fee? Surely this is illegal after the The Consumer Rights (Payment Surcharges) Regulations 2012? They even confirm on their website it is "covers the convenience of cashless parking"...
Defence against PCN Money Claim from DCB Legal
Hi everyone, im new to the forum but have read most of the Newbie page looking for help with my defence against a pcn from Bank Park that’s now with DCB Legal. They have sent me the money claim form which I have acknowledged receiving and saying I shall defend against the claim. I can now enter my defence. History of my…
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…
POPLA operator evidence
I am just looking to reply to evidence submitted by PPS (London) Ltd. FI: The first part of my POPLA appeal is 'No Contract has been breached - PPS (London) Ltd's appeal response letter claims to quote signage on site of PRIVATE LAND, PERMIT HOLDERS ONLY. There is no offer to park, so as it cannot therefore be a parking…
Euro Car Parks / DCB Legal – 2025 Defence to Old Debt Claim
Good evening, I have received a letter from DCBL ltd for the well know sum of £170 regarding a PCN issued by Eurocarparks back in 2020, September. Reason for it was overstaying by 10 minute, or so, in a petrol station. I believe I eventually paid it, but cannot say for sure. I have no trace pf payment and threw away a…

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