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Late Payment Parking Ticket
I've recently parked at a local airport which has recently installed a barrier-less payment system. The £5 needed to be paid by 23.59 the following day, but it slipped my mind on the drive home and waking up in a cold sweat I paid the £5 at 01:20, an hour and twenty minutes late... The thought being that if I paid before…
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UKPC Brick wall! Help needed please!
Hi all I really hope someone can help me as I seem to have hit a brick wall with UKPC. A few months ago I took my son to his regular hospital appointment at Oxford Nuffield - he attends numerous appointments a year since he was born nearly 7 years ago. We used his blue badge as usual. A while after his appointment I…
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ECP, DCB LEGAL COURT CLAIM 2025
Hi Can I please get some advice on something that’s causing much anxiety and stress re: car parking fines. I got a car parking ticket at a gym car park - it was actually free parking but you had to put your registration in and the machine was broken. I’ve been getting letters about this fine for a couple of years and all…
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Horizon parking (TESCO) court documents arrived.
Hi all I've been through this before however a good few years ago and need a few pointers to get me on track to defend this one please. Tesco car park 55 pound invoice issued via post. I overstayed by a few hours and then got bombarded with letters. Car is on camera leaving at the times specified. Started off at 55 pound…
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IAS appeal dismissed
I had 2 PCN’s issued by Parkwatch for a parking contravention on the same day, location and circumstances. One of these appeals was upheld and the other dismissed, same story but discriminatory outcome for 1, just so they can rake in some money from me. I had parked where I did due to groundwork’s being conducted on the…
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PCN Britannia Parking, Station Car Park, Ashton Way (CP11) SS16 5XY
Any idea how I discover whether this area is subject to Train Byelaws? Relevant land ? The PCN shows two photos at 11.49 seconds apart. They do have another photo on line at 1204. No windscreen ticket issued by observing attendant who just took Photos. Received the NT K today 20/02/25 from Royal Mail it was damaged in the…
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ECP MCOL Defence - AI Generated
Long time listener, first time caller here. After receiving a court claim I got chat-gpt to write the following defence. I plan to incorporate the defence template from the other thread into this but would be interested to know peoples thoughts on the AI generated version (there are some similarities between this and the…
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Advice on debt collectors for 6 PCN's - England
Advice on next steps following debt collectors for 6 PCNs - England Afternoon everyone, I was hoping for some advice on an issue that I’m facing. Essentially I forgot to update my V5C for the past few years despite moving. I realise now this was a big mistake and that there is a different system for driving licences and…
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Notice from UKPC, unable to appeal because I received no response
Hi, I hope someone can give me a bit of advice here as I have read some of the other posts but am stuck trying to get to POPLA. I was sent a penalty notice from UKPC for an overstay in their car park where my car had broken down so obviously, had no way of actually moving my car for a long time. I send them a screenshot of…
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Parking fine when visiting parcel locker
I received a parking fine from ParkingEye in a retail car park when visiting the bank of lockers to collect a parcel It was 7pm on a Sunday and the whole area was deserted. To my mind the whole point of the lockers is so that people can collect during unsocial hours and you would not expect to have to pay £100 for the…
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CCJ Claim form for 1 minute stay in car park
Hello, I have just received a CCJ claim form for staying just over a minute in a private car park- I parked, got out the car, realised it was a pay and display and left. I realise I should have disputed this earlier but thought that it was so ridiculous I wouldn't waste my time on it. I would like to think that a court…
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ECP POPLA Appeal
Hello Back once again with another parking fine help request! Recently the Mrs got one cancelled after Metro link refused to help, by going to the papers with it. It was subsequently cancelled, so we'll chalk that up as a win. Anyway, the latest case. The driver parked in a car park, paid for an hour and left after an…
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Pay or not to pay
Hi guys, I have received a letter from the solicitors after ignoring the threatening letters from UKCPM. To cut the long story short, I have revcieved the fine while I was unloading the car in a clients place. This is the 3rd time I have received the fine and as posted somewhere on other posts I was a east prey (I didn't…
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Help - Letter of Claim, reply and retort from DCB Legal
Hi friends, seeking advice on this situation. Original PCN is from Oct 2021. Here it is: I batted this away at the time with a request for a VAT invoice letter - whether or not that would have flown in court, they never went further than debt collector letters with me, which eventually stopped. It woke up again a few…
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Notice to keeper arrived after date for early payment discount - what are my rights?
Hi Yesterday I received a Parking Charge Notice for having over stayed the maximum time period at a local car park which is free for up to 2 hours (used to be 3 hours but it changed back in February apparently). I don't dispute that I was in the car park for more than the allowed time my issue is that the parking was on…
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GroupNexus/CP Plus Ltd - Already Paid PCN
Hi I received a PCN from GroupNexus/CP PlusLtd for over staying at a retail park. I’ve paid the parking charge of £60 on 6 March 2025 but are still getting demands from GNexus for payment and then quite a few threatening letters , phone calls, texts from DCBL! I’ve written to GNexus disputing this further demand of £170…
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Legal limit for PCN in London?
Hi, Can anyone help please? I was issued a ticket for Contravention Code 99 (stopping on zigzag lines near a zebra crossing), with a fine of £160 payable within 28 days, issued by Barnet Council. I just stopped outside a shop for literally 2 minutes at about 11pm by a corner shop where the road was very quiet but this…
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Smart Parking, DCB Legal court claim 2025 (2 PCNs)
Hi all, I got one though for two separate PCNs at the same location, both on one court claim for £544.24 Is this paragraph 3 ok please for my defence? On both dates the PCN was received within 5 minutes of parking. By the time the defendant paid (approx 8 to 10 minutes after parking) the PCN had already been issued. The…
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DCBLegal LoC from an age ago
Hi All, Hoping you can help me please. I have received a LoC from DCB legal for being parked in breach of terms of service, I have read the newbies thread but still have some questions regarding what should really be in my response to them. The supposed breach of contract happened in 2021. I sometimes struggle to remember…
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Enterprise
A copy of weeks ago webHired a Ivec van in Paris France unfortunately we were involved in an accident where roof was very badly damaged . We took it to the nearest Enterprise and after a lot of decisions with Enterprise and the Local branch manager they said that it we paid the 3,500 maximum waifer then the matter would be…
