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Moorside Legal - No Stopping 'invoice' - Letter Before Claim Recieved
Hi everyone, Thank you for all information on this topic, I've been reading over everything for a lump of hours now. And thank you in advance for any further help! I've had this 'no stopping' parking charge from the end of last year, now it's moved into the Letter Before Claim stage. Frustrating situation as I was a legit…
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Witness Statement Vs Skeleton Argument
TL;Dr: Can anyone help explain what is meant to be in the Witness Statement and whether I should or shouldn't submit a Skeleton Argument. I'm unfortunately being taken to court by VCS for failing to display a permit to park in my own residential parking space. I've been using the extremely helpful guidance on the forum and…
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Llangrannog Parking Charge
On the 9th September we drove into the Llangrannog car park only to realise that the beach was not dog friendly. As we had a dog we left the car park a few minutes later (which OPS have said was 12 minutes). We did not check or notice the parking information as we had no intention of staying at the beach. At the end of…
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UKPC DCB LEGAL court claim 2025
Hi, my car was parked at my brother's hospital accommodation for just over a week. I then received multiple PCN's and debt recovery notices for a few months as I'm the registered keeper. I have now received a claim from the court from UK parking control ltd. for a ridiculous amount £1400. My brother has provided me with…
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Claim Form Issued to me - Do I actually have a valid defence? What to do next?
Hi! Firstly some background information. I parked in a car park three times during May (all in the space of 5 days) to go fishing. I have done this for years but they had recently installed cameras and a pay and display system run by Parkmaven. I decided to take my chances the first time (as it was late in the afternoon…
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'parking fine'
I put a message on forum a while ago and got some good advice (and support) I can't find my original post - but basically, in Oct 22 I got a parking fine from Smart parking in Cornwall because although I didn't overstay the time on the parking ticket, it 'took me too long to pay'. I had to queue, download an app (with bad…
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PCN at Euro car park Crewe / DCB Legal court claim
My car was parked in Euro car parks, Pedley St, Crewe on 19/10/24 from early in the morning to late at night. The driver paid or thought they had done by card (no error message from the machine and it printed a receipt) PCN dated 25/10/24, notice to keeper arrived by post, a few days post the titled date. Driver still had…
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dcb-legal Loc received
Good morning everyone, I have just received the LoC for the overstay on McDonalds parking. Fortunately/unfortunately all previous correspondence from UKPC/ debt collectors (?)/other solicitors companies were ignored. Now i have received the LoC from dcblegals - this seems to be the standard template with keeper details and…
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Letter of claim: CE LTD response to claimant
At the point of letter of claim before CCJ request. I have writing a draft email response to send to the claimant/solicitor/in this case the operator CE LTD, please see below. The contravention of said breach of contract occurred in a GP practice parking area, while attending an appointment with the GP. GP will not engage…
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Ready to Defend! Southgate Park MET McDonalds
Hi. Our MET debacle has now gone on and on since August 2024! I emailed them (on behalf of my wife - who is the registered keeper of the vehicle) to try and get them to see sense. Obviously, over the time I've had to research the fraudulent MET activities, I'm not surprised that they didn't listen to reason. However, I…
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Private fine after parking at the gym
Whenever I drive to the gym, I park at the same car park each time. It's not directly attached to the gym and anyone can use the car park and pay for their parking online. They have a partnership with the gym I use and you put in your registration on a tablet at the gym which allows you 90 minutes free parking. I received…
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Claim Form Nov 2025_Smart Parking via DCB Legal
Hi all, I’m hoping someone can help me with preparing a defense for
a County Court Claim Form I've recently received from HMCTS regarding a parking
charge. I’ve read through the forum guidance and some of the templates, but I’m still
unsure how to tailor a proper defense to my situation, and I don’t want to get
anything…
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Civil National Business Centre Claim form help
Hi Newbie here looking for help ! My partner had received a claim form from the CNBC for an unpaid PCN Claimant is Horizon Solicitors are Gladstones The Particulars of the claim are vague, however my partner thinks its from Christmas 2023, Tesco Car Park ?? parked too early in car park ?? ( all previous notices have been…
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PCN Appeal Newham council. Please advice. should I take it to court?
Hi All, I got a PCN on my car wind screen and I appealed online. I got this response from the council by email. Please advice if its of any use to take this further or should I pay the fine. It feels a bit unfair.
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Total Parking Solutions PCN Appeal Rejected at Popla. Confused about NTK
We have just received an "unsuccessful" Popla appeal decision with the verification code 8412665011. I will also post the Popla decision in the appropriate thread. We used the Newbies thread and other posts in this forum to help draft our appeal, and had hoped that the fact that no postal NTK was ever received would help…
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First time poster: Received a DCBL Debt collection fine despite proof of parking
Hello, first time poster here in need of help. On 9/9/2025 at 10:30pm, I used London Colney Fields Shopping centre Car park to go to the PureGym in the shopping centre late at night for 1hr 15mins. The parking restrictions there is 10am-10pm and after 10pm, it's 10 mins free parking. There is a machine in the PureGym to…
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Parking Ticket - Court Letter Received
I am being pursued for parking despite having paid for parking on the day in question.On 02/08/21, I attempted to purchase a parking ticket while on holiday with my family, including young children. The car park was extremely busy, with long queues at the payment machines. I successfully purchased a ticket; however, the…
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Bank Parking, DCB LEGAL court claim
I have received the
various bits of correspondence over the last few months from, DCB and now DCB
legal regarding 2 parking fines from over 2 years ago, which I never received from
the original parking firm because they went to my old address after I had moved. I have refused to pay
the fines because I totally dispute…
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Checking if a PCN has been issued
I recently parked in a supermarket car park which provides 2 hours free parking. I know I had a brief overstay of 6 minutes which was unavoidable because of a medical problem. I wasn’t too concerned at the time because I know this company is member of BPA and under the code should provide a 10 minute exit grace period and…
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UK Parking Control Limited / DCB Legal Limited - Defended Claim
Hi, I have tried searching the forum but to no avail. Keeping it simple, I emailed a defence three days late and have just received a Judgment for Claimant (in default) letter. Annoyingly, I missed timed how long I had to send the defence. My question, is my only option now to pay the UK Parking Control Limited (via DCB…
