Defence for overstaying at McDonalds car park.

Carmel73

@Coupon-mad @KeithP

Thank you so much for your help, I got as far as completing the directions questionnaire, had the hearing arranged at a court near me for September, and I received this email today - 

We act for the Claimant in the above matter.  

Our client has instructed us to discontinue Court proceedings and close our file. Therefore, please find enclosed the Claimant’s N279 Notice of Discontinuance for your records.  

 The attached has also been filed with the Court. 

 We will now proceed to close our file accordingly. 

Can't thank you both enough for being there to advise me. You rock!  
 

Fruitcake

Just make sure you get confirmation from the court that the case has been discontinued.

Other than that, well done on your win.

Please stick around and keep checking in to the forum so you can respond to the government consultation expected to be around October of this year.

Carmel73

Fruitcake said:

Just make sure you get confirmation from the court that the case has been discontinued.

Other than that, well done on your win.

Please stick around and keep checking in to the forum so you can respond to the government consultation expected to be around October of this year.

I will and I'll keep my eye out for the consultation too. Thanks Fruitcake!

Umkomaas

Well done @Carmel73. For some context, could you please tell us the name of the parking firm and which solicitors were representing them?

Mouse007

This is a rather pleasing thread which again demonstrates how much easier the whole process is when newbies have read the newbies thread first. Short punchy clear exchanges leading to a win. And the final courtesy of coming back and letting us know.

Well done and thank you.

Carmel73

Umkomaas said:

Well done @Carmel73. For some context, could you please tell us the name of the parking firm and which solicitors were representing them?

Of course!  The parking firm was UK Parking Control and the solicitors representing were DCB Legal Ltd.

Carmel73

Just to add for anyone who might look at this thread for guidance in their own case, two weeks before the email informing me that they were discontinuing court proceedings, I received the below offer to settle the case, which I ignored.

WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAVE AS TO COSTS

 

We write to you in relation to the above matter.

 

To assist the Court in achieving its overriding objective, our Client may be prepared to settle this case. I can confirm our Client would be agreeable to £140.00 in full and final settlement of this Claim. The current outstanding balance is £282.04.

　　　

Should you be agreeable to this offer, please confirm the same within 7 days. Payment can be made via our website www.dcblegal.co.uk, by calling our office on 0203 434 0424 or via bank transfer:　

Coupon-mad

Carmel73 said:

Umkomaas said:

Well done @Carmel73. For some context, could you please tell us the name of the parking firm and which solicitors were representing them?

Of course!  The parking firm was UK Parking Control and the solicitors representing were DCB Legal Ltd.

Quelle surprise (not!).

Please can you update @Umkomaas' dedicated thread about DCBLegal discontinuances? Yours is the latest.

CONGRATULATIONS!  You won - Another one bites the dust!

Now you've won this battle and earned the 'virtual t-shirt', please don't disappear just yet. A final Public Consultation is coming.

We need you; motorists need you to help us make a difference forever.  What a waste of your time this was, and why should there be such a litigation culture in parking?   It's truly horrible being pursued for £100 for no reason, by an ex-clamper aggressive firm, isn't it? 

Join us in trying to end the conniving PPC and DRA 'added fees' fuelling the court culture. 

There will be one window of opportunity later this year.  My best guess is in October.

Together, we can stop the rotten parking industry from riding roughshod over the new statutory Code and the charge level caps, and otherwise bullying all motorists forever, using the regulation to gain kudos and status.

If you are not likely to pop back here every week to check, please set up email alerts for this forum and bookmark this thread (below) as we intend that one of us posts on it when the Government opens the Consultation:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6333989/mse-parking-ticket-appeals-guide-feedback#latest

Read the latest posts there.

The PPC money-grabbers have blocked the new Code by filing for Judicial Reviews.  Stopped the declared and much welcomed parking code from February 2022, which stated that added £70 false 'DRA fee' extortion was to be banned and that parking levels would start at £50.

It's on hold. Motorists urgently need it reinstated and the ban on false 'DRA fees' confirmed, to stop the rot.

This year will be your chance to make a difference, plus any other drivers you know (family, friends) who are also fed up to the back teeth with the greedy and unscrupulous parking industry and the stranglehold they have on people.

We need high numbers of real victims to make a point of responding to this final Consultation.

Carmel73

Coupon-mad said:

Please can you update @Umkomaas' dedicated thread about DCBLegal discontinuances? Yours is the latest.

If you are not likely to pop back here every week to check, please set up email alerts for this forum and bookmark this thread (below) as we intend that one of us posts on it when the Government opens the Consultation:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6333989/mse-parking-ticket-appeals-guide-feedback#latest

Done and done 😀

Coupon-mad

What an efficient poster and efficient victory!  You will be a great person to stick around and join us in advising people here sometimes, if you have time.

And you will be a good, well informed voice to add to the Public Consultation when it eventually happens as part of the Impact Assessment process.