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DCB Legal: no LBC and Claim Form but different address listed
Hey, I’m fighting a PCN on behalf of my father. He received multiple letters, but he did not receive a LBC. Now he has a claim form from Northampton. The letter on the claim form has a different address compared to the previous letters issued by DCB legal. I also can’t find the LBC (even at the other address) what to do…
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POPLA appeal refused on railway land - claiming keeper liability
Hello, My car was parked at a railway car park on one occasion without buying a ticket. I have appealed as I was not the driver and I don't believe that I can be held liable as keeper on railway land. It went to POPLA and they have refused my appeal. The appellant has appealed on the basis that the operator has failed to…
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Warning about a new ANPR TOLL on Warburton Bridge over Manchester Ship Canal managed by Excel
In 2024 PEEL Ports / ManchesterShip Co managed to push through an update to this small bridge’s ancient Byelaws allowing them to update the 12p a crossing fee collected manually at a booth to a new ANPR Toll system with online payments. I’m sure you know where I’m going with this. The justification for this was to cover…
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Help with PCN after reading Newbies threads
This discussion was created from comments split from: C.U.P Parking Enforcement charge. Is it worth appealing?.
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ecp + starbucks = court (help needed)
Hi all — hoping for some help with a DCB Legal claim (ECP) after a Starbucks drive-through visit I’ve read the NEWBIES thread and I’m now at the stage of preparing my Defence. I’d really appreciate some guidance on what points to include. Background (brief): * I was travelling for a medical training day and stopped at…
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Failed POPLA appeal - anything else I can do?
I won't bore everyone with the full details but I parked at an NCP car park to take my partner to a hospital appointment. I tried in various ways to pay the fee, and got as far as the machine saying my ticket was printing - but nothing ever came out. By now we were going to be late so I left a note in the car (I know…
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Biting back with a vengeance
I've won several PCN appeal lately, mostly ia POPLA and am now taking on another. I can easily appeal this one based on other things such as the issuer already has details of my blue badge, as confirmed by a previous successfully appealed case. However I'm going at this one from a novel standpoint where I am going to use…
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Overdue CCJ, £526.83 owed
Hi All, On the 24th April I received a text message from Empira, stating that they had been instructed to enforce a judgement on me by Gladstone solicitors. At first I thought “scam” but I rang them up anyway after which I stayed in a queue for 10 mins with no answer so I hang up. A month down the line I receive another…
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Parking appeal rejected by CPM
Hi All, I am newbie here. My Parking ticket appeal got rejected by CPM. They had issued a ticket for not parking in designated area. I have attached the document which was issued before the appeal. They have asked me to either pay or appeal to IAS. I understand appealing to IAS is pointless. I had purchased the parking…
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Smart Parking (via DCB Legal) - Angouleme Way, Bury - MCOL Defence Draft Check
Hi everyone, I’m the registered keeper defending a claim from Smart Parking (issued via DCB Legal). The POC is incredibly vague- just the standard "Insufficient Paid Time" line, followed by the usual boilerplate claiming keeper liability under POFA 2012. Total claimed is £189.40, which includes the fake £70 debt collector…
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Gateway House Piccadilly Manchester - No stopping penalty
Good Morning, Please can I ask for some advice regarding my case. I have been through the consolidated thread below for the charges at this location and the newbies thread, from what I can see the adive is to create a new thread when it gets to the stage of a claim form from the CNBC in Northampton. Particulars of claim:…
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ECP ignored defense, now debt letters, POPLA ?
Hi all, so there were 3 attempts to pay a parking charge in a car park by ECP, the payments did not go through so left and parked elsewhere. I have proof of the 3 attempts, and the successful payment to park elsewhere. Two letters to ECP, no response to either, both email and letter with proof of postage. Now the first…
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PCN issued from our good friends CEL
Hello All Newbie to the forum so please bear with me. I am attempting to submit an appeal to the CEL website to fight a PCN issued last month. However the site is asking for my mobile number to be provided and its marked with a red asterisk which usually denotes its a mandatory field to be populated. I am in no way willing…
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Gym Group - UK Parking Administration fine
Hello, I recently joined a Gym group gym and don't believe that during the sign-up process, I was informed about having to input my registration plate to use the gym. Unbelievably, I have been going into the gym and did not notice the car park signs when entering the car park and building. I quickly received 3 consecutive…
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Euro Car Parks - DCB Legal Claim Form
Back again with another! This time on behalf of my Dad. He's received a Claim Form, after he refused to admit being the driver. Particulars of Claim 1 The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C) for a Parking Charge (PC) issued to vehicle XXXX XXXX at YYYYYYYY. 2 The date of contravention is XX/07/2025 and the D was…
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Advice on DCB Legal Letter of Claim (Smart Parking) – Oakland Quay, London
Dear Money Saving Expert Team, This is my first post on here and hoping to get some guidance from all of you hero's! I recently received a DCB Legal Letter of Claim acting on behalf of Smart Parking Limited. The letter relates to a parking charge from July 2022. They demand I pay £170 with some urgency and their usual fear…
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Apcoa / gctt / zzps
Hi, I read through the Newbies thread but not sure that applies here. My partner is a subcontractor working for a large infrastructure contractor on safety-critical railway work. In December 2025 he received three Parking Charge Notices (PCNs) from APCOA Parking UK Ltd for parking at a station car park on three consecutive…
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Euro Car Parks - Claim Form - Scottish Resident - 2022 event - Concourse Shopping Centre
Hi I am a total newbie. I have been using AI to help me frame a defence and the AI has told me to come here and ask for your help before I send off my defence to the CCJ people... Am I in the right place and shall I go ahead and just paste my defence in here for you to look at?
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Moorside Legal - NCP - CC3
Hi All, Received another court claim from HMCTS dated 13/05 and received today 18/05. The POC has changed from previous issued POC's, should I still use the normal response?
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UK CPM Advice
Hi all I received a PCN from these jokers which was issued very late and without photos of any signage. I appealed as below: Re: Parking Charge Notice number: 703515 42 I dispute your 'parking charge' as the keeper of the vehicle. I deny any liability or contractual agreement, and there will be no admission as to who was…
