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UKPC / DCBL Letter
Hi everyone, I received two letter from the DCBL and i was hoping some of you could help me with what to make of it - thank you to anyone who helped in advance, i have read through the NEWBIES forum but i still have some questions I wanted to point out that i received two of these letters for two different occasions , both…
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Defence advice - DCB. Overstay in McDonalds
Hello all. I would really appreciate any advice on my defence point 3. Background: my partner was driving, and visited with our child to the McDonalds in Manchester Fort for a kids bday party. It’s free to park for 90 min but he overstayed 21 min. He forgot to give the car reg number to the staff (which the hosts advised…
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DCBLegal Parking from 2020
Hi, I have received a letter a few months ago from DCBLegal saying that i had to pay £1020 pound for a parking fine from 2020 for apparently using a shop car park for a couple of 9 minute stays. These were legitimate trips to the shop and they have only chosen a few trips to take issue with which is odd as i was at the…
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MCOL defence missing
My wife parked in a euro car park back in 2022 and was unable to pay due to a broken pay and display machine. They shortly afterwards sent a parking charge demand to our address and we have ignored all their letters since, including when they started coming from DCBL. We received a court claim via CNBC for the unpaid…
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Support needed – Claim Form received for PCN (already AOS’d)
Hi all, I’m new to this and really need some support after receiving a County Court Claim Form today regarding a private parking charge from Horizon Parking. I’ve been reading as much as I can on the forum, but I’ll admit it’s a lot to take in. I’m determined to fight this but could use some guidance to make sure I don’t…
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PLEASE HELP!!! I have a PCN (Private, not Council) situation
Hello everyone, hope you're having a great weekend. I’d really appreciate your advice on a PCN issue (private, not council). I only found the Newbies’ thread after I’d already reached the Letter Before Claim stage, so I’m now trying to catch up and understand my options. Summary of my situation: * I moved into a flat last…
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Small claims court date next month - DCB legal - any helpful advice please 🙏
hi there I’ve had a look through the forum to see if my question and have been answered, but not being able to find it so kindly asking for help. I have a court date of October and The court papers I need to submit any copies of documents on which I intend to rely the hearing in two weeks time 1. Do DCB legal typically…
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Asda high up contact help.
A group of volunteers who feed the less fortunate have for many years parked in a large Asda car park clos to the hall where meals are served. They gave their car details to stall at the Asda enquiries desk and so dod not get PCNs for overstaying the time limit. Recently the car park was taken over by Parking Eye and of…
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PCN at Claim stage. DCB Legal. / Smart Parking.
Hi Everybody. I'm just looking for some guidance on my saga, please! Hopefully this is all something been seen before and I'm just boring people! I have recently received a Claim Form from DCB Legal/Smart Parking regarding 3 PCNs from 2021. (£100 x 3 + £70 fee for each plus 8% interest! Total of £815) The PCNs were from a…
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Private Parking charge Notice
I have received a PCN from the dreaded Fistral beach Initial Parking firm. I am appealing the charge, obviously, but wanted to get some advise on here before I submit the appeal online. Just to give a bit of a back story to the situation. On the specific day we entered the single file drive towards the parking, where I…
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private company changed reason when I appealed
I parked in a private car park and paid by entering my number plate (ticketless machine). I returned within the grace period. I got a ticket with photos saying I had overstayed by 7 minutes. I appealed on the grounds there was a 10 minute code of practice grace period and I was disabled (though no blue badge). They then…
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DCB Legal Court Claim - Defence statement proof read please
Hi All I returned home yesterday to find a letter from HM Courts and Tribunal regarding a claim pursued by DCB Legal in relation to a parking ticket. You can only imagine my frustration given that the car park in question is free and that I had already submitted an appeal (see below for info) online for which I received…
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Witness statement question
Thank you for your help so far, I have followed all the recommendations, and what you said will happen has happened! I recently received two letters on the same day. One was for Notice of allocation to the Small claims Track (Hearing), which orders that my bundle or witness statement needs to be sent to the court by 4pm…
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Letter before claim
Hello all! I’ve just received this LBC and will use the template to reply to them but do I reply straight away via email or wait until the end of the 30 days? Since reading the thread I’ve seen about the POPLA appeal, I haven’t done this and so is it too late to appeal to POPLA now? I’m new to all this and just going off…
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Debt Recovery Plus: APCOA 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 am the registered keeper of a vehicle which allegedly did not pay for parking at one of APCOA's sites. The registered keeper of the vehicle who is being accused of this was on holiday when the NTK…
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Seeking advice on PCN issued at Norwich Riverside Carpark
Hi newbie here and wish I'd read all the information here before appealing to Nexus, as have unfortunately already disclosed I was driver. I've been sent a PCN for overstaying the 3 hour limit from Group Nexus when I was parked at Norwich Riverside Carpark on 15/6/25. Basically, I parked there in order to go on a boating…
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Support with paragraph 3 of my defence - UKPC - not parked within marked bay
I'm hoping that someone would be able to give me a steer on the wording below for paragraph 3 of the defence template that has been helpfully provided on this message board. I've searched the forum and can't find a similar scenario (I'm sure there must be one), so apologies in advance if I've overlooked something. I have…
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BW Legal / Premier Parking Solutions Ltd - Court Claim
Hi All, @Coupon-mad @Fruitcake Frustratingly, I am back here following a parking ticket recieved while on holiday over the summer. I attempted to contact the land owner, I replied to the private parking company (Premier Parking Solutions), and I have reached out to local MP. No luck. So now I am beginning to recieve…
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Advice please
So currently dealing with a parking charge which ended up with dcb legal, due to lack of time and other things going on at the time I just paid the £170 to make life simple, However I later received a claims letter from the court which had been filed 4 days AFTER I had made payment, filled out defence stating that I had…
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CCJ added to my credit report with no contact to me.
I checked my credit report Thursday as I do each month and was shocked to find a CCJ has been claimed against me. I have no idea what it is for and have had no notification or contact of any kind as to what this is about so I have contacted the issuing court about it to ask what for some details on what it is but I was…
