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Excel Parking/DCBlegal Defence advice - Paying outside of the 10 minute time upon entry.
Hello everyone. Firstly thank you all to all the regulars for the comprehensive guidance you have provided on these forums and newbie threads, it is really invaluable and has been a great motivation and source of help to fighting these private parking thieves. I will try to be as concise as possible presenting you my case.…
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CNBC Claim defence advice needed
Hi I have just completed AOS on a claim made by UK car park management LTD. One of my defences was that there was no signage where I was photographed so there can't be a "contract". I did have a photo of the area in question around the time I was photographed and there was no sign. I have mislaid this image. They have now…
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ECP via DCB Legal, issue date 10th April 2025
So POPLA rejected my fine appeal. Sadly i admitted driving my car. They had photos of me anyway. So this is perhaps a newish scam where you pay for your ticket but the payment to their payment site does not go to them. You are redirected from their payment site and purchase something totally unrelated. In my case a scam…
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Smart Parking - Parking Charge
To cut a long story short, family recently went to a local park in Milton Keynes on a very busy day. There was overflow parking on some grassy banks rather than the usual car park and due to there being no parking machines or signs on this temporary overflow parking we forgot to pay for parking. captured on ANPR coming in…
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ECP/DCB Legal court claim
Hi all, Had a Letter Before Claim letter arrive today (pic attached with details obscured) with reply form and financial statement form. Having read all the Newbie thread I'm slightly confused to be honest. The Letter Before Claim is from CST Law but states they are instructed by Euro Car Parks. Is this a real LBC or am I…
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APCOA Stansted drop off parking charge
I have read all of the newbies thread, tens of other threads, and all related information to my case that I could find here. I have recieved a parking charge from APCOA, due to an alleged offense occuring at the drop off zone at stansted airport. They recently changed the payment time from 14 days to midnight the same day…
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Best way to object to ParkingEye planning application??
Hi all. As part of my research to fight an unfair fine from ParkingEye I've discovered the car park in question has an open planning application for the ANPR cameras, poles and signs which are already constructed in the car park. I have complained to the hotel next door, and brought their attention to the planning…
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Missed appeal window due to wrong address - questions
Hi everyone - grateful for hep with the below situation. I've read the newbie thread in reasonable detail and still have a few outstanding questions, but apologies if these have already been answered elsewhere. My situation * I regularly go climbing at a climbing centre with private car park. The car park is administered…
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Clean Air Zone fine - I was not the driver but logbook was still in my name.
I sold my car at 10 am to a dealer. They drove my vehicle into the Birmingham Clean Air Zone at 11 am, and therefore, I got a fine. I have appealed this to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal, and they’ve said, “Because I did not provide a timestamp of the bank transfer, I am liable.” The issue is I didn’t transfer ownership.…
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Civil Enforcement, Parking paid, PCN received - HEARING SCHEDULED
Hi Everyone, I hope you're well and able to enjoy some time off. I'm here to write as I'm desperate and don't know exactly what to do with my specific situation. I have been searching similar threads but couldn't find anything that is exactly like mine. my case it's this at the moment: * I paid and displayed the receipt…
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Fine for waiting at a car park
Hi all, Just been informed by my dad that he's gotten a claim letter for waiting in a car park at Tenpin Bowling. I've filed the AoS already, but now to deal with a defence. To no one's enjoyment, my dad has none of the letters he was originally sent and I only know he had pulled up in a safe place to check his phone and…
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Chances of winning at court
Hi all. In April 2021 I entered a Smart Parking car park, did not park, but proceeded to give my daughter some basic driving instruction. It was a completely empty car park. I wasn't aware of any parking restrictions, I had never been there before, and just didn't see the signs. I recd a PCN, foolishly told them I was the…
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DCB Legal - Claim for parking without paying (TOTAL CAR PARKS + DCB LEGAL COURT CLAIM SUCCESS!!)
Hey there everyone, I've landed myself a ticket for staying in a car park where the first two hours are free, and any time spent over you have to pay. What ended up happening was I stayed longer than I anticipated, three hours and when I returned to my car to pay, the instructions were to pay via some app. I call the…
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UKPA - Moorside legal - Money claim online
Hi everyone. Worked on a building site in metoer retail park, derby, last year. single road going through with an entrance/exit each end and main car park to the left, building site fenced off to the public and no parking signage put up within the confines of the building site. ANPR on entry and exit of the road, not the…
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Civil Enforcement - Letter Before Action
Hi I am sorry if this has been covered elsewhere but I am very new to forums. My husband has been issued with a letter before action from Civil Enforcement Ltd due to parking in an unlit car park, in the evening, in winter, raining so signs were not immedicately noticeable, had buidling work going on in the car park and…
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Fake PCN? Help!
Hi, my husband received this PCN in the post from what they say is LPM. But also names parking collection services. The logo doesn’t seem very clear either but they have the BPA logo on the PCN. It has the option to appeal which I will do but just wondering if anyone has had experience with them?
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Need Advice – Fighting UKCPM PCN at Rathbone Market (110 Barking Road)
Hi all, I’ve just received a County Court Claim Form from UKCPM, issued via the County Court Business Centre, after months of letters from BW Legal. I’ve now acknowledged the claim on MCOL and want to fight this properly — but would really appreciate some outside perspective. Background: * Alleged incident took place at…
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Draft Defence DCBL & Dates
Hi, Could anyone verify I have understood correctly below and advise if anything should be added / changed to my defence? Ive given a brief background with attachments. I visited a car park on 13/10/2024 in Manchester, payment was to be made by app, text message or phone only. I attempted a text and have a screenshot reply…
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CEL Court Defence - Restaurant Related
Me and the driver went to have a curry back in Feb this year and ended up with a parking fine. So we were in a restaurant/pub we'd been to before on 25th Feb in the evening. We spent about an hour in the restaurant, just the 2 of us. In April we received a PCN dated 15/04/24. Saying we'd failed to obtain a permit in…
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Claim Form - Assistance on Particulars of Claim
Hi all - I have been sent the following CF, issued 14 Feb 2025. Having read a lot of the useful posts and links, I am in the process of writing my defence. I submitted my AOS 24 Feb 2025. I wanted to clarify and get some assistance on answering the finer points of the particulars: (1) On "3. The vehicle was parked in…
