Smart Parking, DCB Legal, LoC 2025

Gr1pr

Car1980 said:

This is a side effect of the way the forum is constructed.

For a newbie it's just overwhelming. Stickied threads are full of people unintentionally butting in.

Why is the template defence 7 pages long?

I think that if enough concerned people reported post 3 onwards in the defence template thread ( which I did some time ago but nothing happened  )  asking for it to be split after post 2 into an archive thread,  same as happens to the newbies sticky thread too, then keeping them both shorter with no extras would help everyone,  especially newbies

Same applies to the tally thread by Umkomaas,  too many repeated rants that aren't needed in a tally thread, IMHO

I believe that board guides could split or merge threads, not just admins, on other forums moderators   ( board guides   ) have that option, so doesn't matter who does it, as long as its tidied up, because admins are busy running the whole website etc, not just a single forum , every forum has board guides here  , IMHO

christinajane

Hello,

Just thought I would let you know that I have submitted my defence, the 11 paragraph smart parking one, via MCOL just now, the defence fit perfectly into the 122 line space they provide. I definitely pressed the submit button and it looks like my defence has been registered.

I think I am up to step 3 of this 8 step process as outlined by @Coupon-mad. 

Fingers crossed this bloody parking ticket goes away soon! Three and a half years they've hounded me. I should have put a counterclaim in for harassment! 

Gr1pr

You wouldn't achieve anything trying for harassment,  it would have cost you £35 that you wouldn't get back 

Court claim cases typically last from 6 to 12 months,  so this wont be over until spring or summer 2026, so strap in

christinajane

Hiya,

So far I am am up to step 3 of 8 on couponmad's list - I have received the generic email telling me that they are still going to proceed with an attached Claimant's Directions Questionnaire on the 5/01/26. How long about does it take for me to receive my questionnaire - I thought I would have received it by now and I'm paranoid it will get lost in my junk and thereby mess up everything I've done so far.

Coupon-mad

But it gets posted!

christinajane

Ahh ok - I thought I read in a few posts about this part of the process that it gets emailed to you - my mistake.

christinajane

What are the chances of that - just got back from work and there it is in my mail 🙄

Coupon-mad

Nothing is emailed by the court.

The later Mediation call invite comes by email. But that's separate from the court.

Gr1pr

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81860790#Comment_81860790

Download it, fill it in and email it to the DQ email address

No pictures, no scans, no posting it

christinajane

Downloaded it, filled it in and emailed to both the court and DCB legal.