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County Court Hearing
Hi all, I had my mediation call a couple of months back where I offered a fiver and was declined. I was hoping it would of been thrown out at this point as its parkingeye and dcblegal. They also emailed me offering to settle for £60 at this point(down from 270) Is there any chance they may still drop it? Otherwise I need…
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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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UKPC , DCB LEGAL court claim 2025
Hello, I have received a parking fine on private land, I had parked in a loading bay because there was absolutely no parking available whatsoever around me and all of the disabled bay’s were full with some not even displaying blue badge’s. I parked in the loading bay and displayed my blue badge but later received a fine in…
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Smart Parking hit with CCJ (over £3,300) after 5-year wrongful pursuit – my experience
When Smart Parking chased me for 5 years even after knowing I wasn’t the driver, I took them to court "won" and now they owe me over £3,300. Hi all, I wanted to share a success story which might give confidence to others being unfairly pursued by private parking firms. Back in 2020 I received a Parking Charge Notice from…
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NCP "Parking Charge to Keeper" letter
Hi folks, I've just received a Parking Charge to Keeper letter from the NCP. I parked my car in a car park in Derby and then went to pay. But there was no way to pay with cash or card - only using their app. I tried to download the app (as did my mum on her phone), but we couldn't as there was no signal at all. So we left…
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DCB Legal (UKPC) court claim for not being parked marked bay
Good evening Have found this forum incredibly helpful resource in particular the information in the NEWBIES thread. I'm hoping to obtain some guidance on wording for para 3 for the defence of my case which has reach claim stage. I have completed AOS via MCOL and have until 30/11/25 to submit my defence (bit last minute i…
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Rang DCB legal before I read the Newbies thread about £170 PCN - am I doomed?
Hoping someone can help. I have a letter from DCB Legal requesting £170 for an unpaid PCN relating to a motorway services hotel. The original PCN went to a previous address as my logbook wasn't updated so this is the first I have heard of it. If I had received it, it would have been easily rectified because I have evidence…
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CEL witness statements group thread
CEL witness statements seem to be far worse then other firms they are literally a copy and paste with no facts as to the case, i dont think ive ever seen a witness statement as bad as this its if they dont intend to use them at a hearing Ive compared several and apart from the claim number they are word for word the same…
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Rose of York/Civil Enforcement
My daughter received a parking charge at the above pub & followed the advice by requesting the pub to cancel, which they agreed to do. Unfortunately the charge wasn’t cancelled by the parking company despite further emails & she is now receiving the debt collector letters. The pub has now said, “ I'm sorry I think the old…
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Excel Parking / DCB Legal - Witness Statement advice please!
Hello Forumites! Firstly, thanks to Coupon-Mad and others for putting so much time and advice into this forum! Unfortunately I only found it after I had used Excel Parking’s ‘appeals’ process having received a PCN for inadvertently entering my old car reg instead of my wife’s, which I was driving when I paid for my…
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Discussion: Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Hot off the press, is the case of Mazur and Stewart v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341 Thought this might interest the community because I have a feeling this is going have a potentially significant impact in the way law firms do their business, not least for DCBL and similar firms operating in this sphere…
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ECP/DCB Legal case 2025 mediation call - disputed Pay by Phone Transaction
Parking event 20/06/2023 at car park managed by ECP (APNR controlled}. Breach of Terms and Conditions "Vehicle parked without a valid Pay by Phone Transition" As I had no phone with me, my daughter attempted to pay. First 2 hours free then following hour over was a £1 charge. I knew I was over their 2 hr free period (Time…
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DCB Legal G24 parking fine 5 years later
Hi there folks. A quick timeline of events for all. This is all in relation to G24 and DCB Legal. Alleged contravention on 11 Feb 2020 wherein they claim I didn't pay for my parking in a retail car park. I parked there to use the gym (of which I have proof of a free day pass obtained shortly before the alleged…
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Debt recovery plus - Euro Car Parks - Walsall
Hi everyone. I have received a letter from Debt Recovery Plus regarding a parking violation within a Euro car park. They are claiming that I parked in the Waterfront car park in Walsall back in February 2024 without paying. We were in the process of buying a new car at the time and we sold the vehicle in question shortly…
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7 consecutive parking tickets
Hi, so my dad had to park outside my brother's flat who is disabled and he was displaying the blue badge, this was due to him(brother) having a espoid of severe bad mental health. He parked there for 7 consecutive nights, around two weeks later my dad received 7 parking tickets from UKPC. photos of the car included and…
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Is there a simple set of steps?
I really appreciate what this forum does but I find it so hard to navigate I'm tempted to pay ticket I got yesterday. But I'm not going to. Is there a simple, numbered set of steps or flow chart to follow once you get a ticket?
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2 Weeks before CCJ is permanent! TPS DCB Legal.
Hi guys Apologies if this stage has already been discussed, but I looked though the discussions for a few hours last night hoping for some reassurance, but didn't get exactly what I needed to do next. So, long story short (strap yourself in!) - car battery died - AA came out and said Halfords in round the corner, charged…
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Horizon | Gladstones | Court
Hi, Couple of questions if I may. I'm preparing a defence for a claim by Horizon/Gladstones for a parking overstay. On the day in question, my wife parked in a supermarket car park, shopped at the supermarket (we have evidence) and came to visit me in a nearby hospital. I was in intensive care at the time (fully…
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POPLA rejected my appeal - what can I do?
Hi, I am hoping someone may have some useful advice for me here, please. I went to Milton Country Park and paid for a parking ticket. The machine is one where you type in your number plate, and upon doing this, after typing in the first half of my plate, the machine jumped to the next stage, and I couldn't go back, so I…
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CCJ due to 'unprocessed documents'
I emailed my defence to CNBC back in July and received an automated response. The case is a G24 PCN from October 2019. Sols are DCB Legal. Having not heard from G24/DCBL since my defence was submitted in July I was hopeful that they had discontinued. However, I've now received a CCJ because my defence was never…
