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DCB Legal - Court Letter - **December 2025 Notice of discontinuance**
Hi Team, Thanks for all the information on this forum, its been so helpful sitting down and reading through. I have received a claim form data 05/06/2025 I acknowledged the claim on the money claim gov.uk site after the 1st 5 days. I am know preparing to submit my defence (need to send in the next few days) and would like…
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Debt recovery plus
Hi . I’ve received parking charge from Apcoa Stansted express . The mail was received on 3rd of November when I traveled abroad for a month. my partner put the letter away and when I got back I couldn’t appeal. now I received letter from drp asking for £170. I read the megathread and I understand to ignore it. could I…
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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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Defence review requested following Claim Form - Was delivering meal to resident at assisted living
I would appreciate if anyone can review my Defence. I have acknowledged the Claim Form online as advised in Newbies thread. Claim is by Civil Enforcement Limited. For the life of me I cannot find the original Penalty Charge Notice.Unfortunately we ignored all previous corespondence. My wife parked her car in the car park…
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Urgent Reminder - CCJ can be issued against you
Can anyone offer advice on the attached please?
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Ticket for trolley bay not clearly marked
Hi. I received a PCN in the post from a retail shopping centre car park for parking in what I think was supposed to be a trolley bay. I saw a car pulling out of a space and reversed into the space myself. There were no markings on the ground and the barriers on either side were broken and you couldn’t really tell that the…
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PCC in leasehold space [court claim started against MC & PPC]
Apologies for the long post. I have tried to keep it strictly to necessary information, although I don't want to cut out anything that may be relevant either and so erred on the side of "keep it in". I have also tried to organise it to make it as easy to follow and find the relevant parts as possible. Background No charges…
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Horizon Parking and Epping Forest
Hi all, unfortunately I've only just discovered this forum which provides lots of useful information and tips, many of which I've broken over the last few months. I've searched for other threads which cover my case but can't find anything similar so I hope I haven't broken any rules or breached etiquette by starting a new…
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Ipark (DCBL) Moving court venue
Hi, I have gone through the newbies thread and followed the advice on there when challenging my parking invoice. I went through the mediation and they did not accept my offer, I was then told it will be referred to the courts for a hearing and i would get a date. I have not received a date but now received a letter today…
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DCB legal
Hi, I’m new here. DCB Legal are chasing me for a PCN from June 2023 In October i receivedthe letter of claim and found a thread with a response “I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle. I deny any liability or contractual agreement and I will be making a complaint about your predatory conduct to your…
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Parking Control Management (PCM) - but am I parked?
On the PCM website, the reason given is “parked within a restricted area.” However, in the photo evidence my brake lights are clearly on, which might suggest I wasn’t properly parked. The engine was running and I was stopped for around three minutes while picking someone up. Does that really count as being parked? I did…
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PCN issued by NPE Norwich
Hi All, I have read the noob threads and so I'll try and keep this quick (I made a mistake and read an old thread which said to basically appeal and then do nothing and then read another that said this is outdated!). So, I got a PCN from National Parking Enforcement at the Co-Op off Earlham Road in Norwich for being in a…
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APCOA PCN Manchester Airport Drop-off
Hi Guys, I recently received a PCN notice from APCOA about a drop-off at Manchester Airport. I know you can usually ignore APCOA, but I don't want it to escalate into a CCJ and affect my credit score. I've also been advised to appeal to APCOA, not admitting to who the driver was, and also asking them to provide the…
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EXCEL Parking PCN Disabled Bay
Hi Just looked through the newbies thread (thanks so helpful) and have drafted the template letter. When looking through the guidance I noted the points around POFA in this NTK. My wife and mum went to the supermarket, parked in a disabled bay briefly and privacy notice placed on the windscreen, no date or boxes ticked…
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DCB Legal - Post LoC
Hi, I have followed the Newbies thread to the best of my knowledge and have now got to the stage where I am somewhat bamboozled, probably because of a mixture of litigation jargon and the potential court appearance looming (albiet miniscule chance based on other comments in this forum). A response to the "Letter of Claim"…
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DCB Legal / Bank Park Claim
Hello, I've had a claim form with DCBL being the claimant for an alleged breach of terms on 2 August 2022 in Hull. Issue date is 18 November 2025 and AoS was 26 November 2025. PoC: 1. The Defendant (D) is indebted to the Claimant (C) for a Parking Charge (PC) issued to vehicle AB12CDE at Fountain Street Bank Parking Hull…
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Gladstone Claim Form Para 3
Hi there, thank you in advance for the help. I've read through all the threads and think I know what to do but want to double check. The original supposed violation was from June 2024 when I was heavily pregnant. I've been fighting this longer than my son has been alive, had all appeals etc rejected and just want to put…
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DCBL, Smart Parking, Court Claim 2025
Hi , I wonder if you can help , please. I have followed the threads on here as best as I can. Back in 2020, I used a car park I had often used. I am a Blue Badge holder and we had to pay 70p per hour. This particular day, the machine said "Cancelled. Printing Failed". I knew a lot of car parks were suspending payments…
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Smart Parking PCN from 2022 and DCB Legal threats.
Hi ladies and Gentlemen, hope we ae well? New guy, please be gentle. I had a Smart Parking PCN from a fairly known theme park in Kent back in December 2022. Ignored it obsvs. The evidence they provided was pretty terrible. pics were awful. The car was bit of pull car at the time loads of people borrowed it etc inc my dad…
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Advice - DCBL - Bailiff Ltd and now Legal keep using wrong address
Hi MSE, Firstly thanks for an awsom set of threads on how to challenge the parking companies, its very useful as I gear up to challenge DCBL and CP Plus - however could use some advice I cant find on the forums Regarding addresses. My partner got a Parking Charge for using a carpark, but as they had forgotten to update the…
