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BaySentry parking fine threat of CCJ
Attaching screenshot of my inquiry in Reddit as it won't let me copy paste. I have until next Monday to submit my response and was hoping to submit my defence at the same time. Any advice would be gratefully received.
Parking&Property Management LTG
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Civil Enforcement, Parking paid, PCN received - DEFENCE FEEDBACK NEEDED
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…
Default judgement saying no response even though we responded
Hi all, would really appreciate some help. My fiancée got a ticket last summer and I convinced her to fight this when she just wanted to pay, but now it's just causing us serious stress and I'm really regretting it. We received a claim form from DCB legal with an issue date of 7th March. We filed an acknowledgement of…
DCBL data rectification query
Hi I received a letter from DCBL for unpaid parking fine for £170. I've read through the threads so will be ignoring it and have emailed both CP Plus LTD and DCBL asking them to erase my old address and only use my new address. I had forgotten to update my V5C when I moved but have now done that after reading through the…
Submitting defence after AoS - DCB Legal/Euro Car Parks - review of draft needed
Hi, I have spent an eternity reading the Newbie thread and I am compiling my defence now which is due by 25/04/2025 having submitted by AoS on 11/04/2025. I can't seem to find the right defence template wording to use so was hoping somebody could help me. Essentially I hired a car back in Feb 2024 for a week from…
Help with Writing a defence - Met Parking Virgin Chiswick
I've been involved with this issue for the last six months. Initially, I was issued a default judgment for these PCNs. Last week, I had a hearing to set aside the judgment due to an incomplete address on the court documents. The judge ruled that, conditioned on producing a defense, the default judgment would be wiped off…
Parking Eye, Home Bargains Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent
Hi All, I received a PCN from PE regarding a 6 minute stop on a Home Bargains Car Park While this is my hometown, I haven't lived there for 5 years. I pulled onto the store carpark thinking it was a 8pm close store, then realized it wasn't. Proceeded to google the nearest store with an 8pm close and off I went to said…
Moorside legal
After not corresponding with any typical debt collector letters I have now received a claim form attached: My wife had unknowingly parked my car in a private car park for about 10 minutes. Unclear signage. I am the registered keeper but I was not the driver. I intend to file an Acknowledge of Service and start a defence…
wrong way in a one way.... but no signs FACING me?
ok so i went the right way down a one way street. Parked my car. Several hours later I return. I see no signs around me. I do a 3 point turn and exit the street. I get fined for going the wrong way. I genuinely hadn't realised, and I think from the start of that return journey there was nothing to tell me otherwise. The…
PCN while charging ev
Hi all, we have just got back from being away for three weeks to we have a PCN from Civil Enforcement for charging our ev at CO-OP Clacton, 162-164 Old Road, Clacton-on-sea. We only used the charger then left the car park (did not use the shop). Should we pay the £100?
Parking Charge Notice - an honest mistake, appeal failed, now ignore?
I recently received a Parking Charge Notice after paying for a car parking slot, but then driving to the car park in our other car (I have to pay beforehand because there is no signal at the car park). It was a stupid mistake and of course means that I broke the rules by the letter of the law. I have screenshots of my…
I Park Services
Hi guys, My brother received a PCN for parking without a valid ticket. He genuinely bought a ticket from the pay machine but still received this PCN due to ANPR. Naturally he didn’t retain his ticket after parking. He sent off the newbies template and they responded saying his registration number was not recorded on the…
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Permit at work VCS DCB Legal court claim
Hello all, I tried for 3 days to find an answer but I have ASD and so really struggled. There are x2 incidences here. One occasion a PCN was not out on the windscreen and so the driver did not realise they had a fine. A notice to keeper was delivered to the keeper of the car on the same date as the notice to keeper of the…
McDonalds Wisemore O.P. Got Me As Well!
Hi! I have just received one of Ocean Parking's £100 Penalty Charge Notices in the post today over parking there from 9.05 to 9.40 on Saturday the 4th November 2023! As with all the other posters on the Forum regarding these parasites, the signage is impossible to read, furthermore I couldn't see any notice on McD's Door…
Parking ticket from parking eye. 2 hour stay.
I parked in a disabled spot using my blue badge. The sign said in its own box 2 hour stay. then in a separate box it says Blue Badge own t & c apply so i thought i had 3 hours. I met family in a costa coffee. Since i'm disabled my sisters told me to stay & they sent their partners to fetch the coffees. Little did i know…
Ocean Parking - McDonald’s Wisemore
Hi, My daughter received a NTK through the post for a parking charge relating to McDonald’s in Walsall. She had been there around 50 mins and hadn’t realised there was a 20 mins max stay. No staff member mentioned this to her. Having read the newbies thread and others we sent the appeal template off with evidence of…
County Court Claim - DCB Legal
Hi i received a county court claim a few days ago (issue date 5th Sep)for ‘unauthorised parking’. This was at a small restaurant parking just off the main road. I went in and out within 5-6mins and later recieved a pcn. This took place over a year ago. They started chasing me regularly only for last 3-4months. I’ve been…
Court claim from dcblegal
Hi I've received a letter of claim this morning from dcblegal and having read through all the relevant threads on here am just looking to confirm exactly what I need to do at this stage. For full disclosure I did enter the car park for approx 10 minutes and waited in the car while my passenger ran into the coffee shop. I…

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