Received a claim form from the county court (DCB Legal ltd) can anyone help with my defence form

Pinnie_pan

Hiya 
Would anyone be able to help me out with a claim form that i have received 07/02/25 the claim form is due back to the courts before the 26/02/25. 

This is the first time ever getting one of these and i am unsure of what to put. 

CLAIMANT
UK PARKING CONTROL LIMITED
( DCB LEGAL LTD also named on the

Any help would be much appreciated as I would need to send a form of no later than Saturday morning viral recorded delivery unless there is another way to fill out this application ie online 

thanks 

KeithP

You have left your MCOL password clearly visible on that image you have shown us.

With a Claim Issue Date of 7th February, you have until Wednesday 26th February 2025 to file an Acknowledgment of Service('AOS'), but there is nothing to be gained by delaying it. 

To file an AOS, follow the guidance in the Dropbox file linked from the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Having filed an AOS in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Wednesday 12th March 2025 to file a Defence.

That's almost three weeks away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence, but please don't leave it to the last minute.

To create a Defence, and then file a Defence by email, look again at the second post on the NEWBIES thread - immediately following where you found the AOS guidance.

Don't miss the deadline for filing an AOS, nor that for filing a Defence.

Do not try and file a Defence via the MoneyClaimOnline website. Once an AOS has been filed, the MCOL website should be treated as 'read only'.

Gr1pr

UKPC via DCB Legal,  issue date 7th February 2025

The POC are incorrect,  so you will be using the defence template by coupon mad,  with the recent numbered rebuttal for paragraph 3 and adding an ending to paragraph 2

Login to the government gateway and navigate to MCOL,  Login and complete the AOS online,  no paperwork 

Eventually you will be emailing your defence,  not posting it 

No such postal service called recorded delivery,  not been offered for many years 

Email will be your saviour here 

Pinnie_pan

Gr1pr said:

UKPC via DCB Legal,  issue date 7th February 2025

The POC are incorrect,  so you will be using the defence template by coupon mad,  with the recent numbered rebuttal for paragraph 3 and adding an ending to paragraph 2

Login to the government gateway and navigate to MCOL,  Login and complete the AOS online,  no paperwork 

Eventually you will be emailing your defence,  not posting it 

No such postal service called recorded delivery,  not been offered for many years 

Email will be your saviour here 

It will not let me log in for some reason!! Saying Eva the password or the claim number is incorrect

Gr1pr

You have to login to the government gateway first,  so create an account if you dont have one already 

Then login to MCOL with the claim reference and the password,  noting the upper case and lower case,  the characters have to be exact,  no spaces or full stops

Pinnie_pan

Gr1pr said:

You have to login to the government gateway first,  so create an account if you dont have one already 

Then login to MCOL with the claim reference and the password,  noting the upper case and lower case,  the characters have to be exact,  no spaces or full stops

Ok i have done the 1st part. What do you mean by the POC is incorrect? 

Gr1pr

Unless there was a windscreen pcn issued to the vehicle on 6/9/2024, the details are incorrect,  because I don't believe that any pcn was issued on that date,  I believe that they posted a pcn several days later,  so the issue date would be later 

In a nutshell,  I dont believe that the incident date and the issue date were on the same date,  but usually the issue date is later 

Therefore there are recent cases where paragraph 3 is a numbered rebuttal that states the above,  so you use that paragraph and change the date in it to yours,  one simple change 

Add an ending to paragraph 2 and your 2 and 3 are completed 

Le_Kirk

As well as the guidance given above by @Gr1pr, read this thread: -
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6576011/cel-dcb-legal-pcn-cnbc-claim-defence-assistance-required-please/p1

Pinnie_pan

Gr1pr said:

Unless there was a windscreen pcn issued to the vehicle on 6/9/2024, the details are incorrect,  because I don't believe that any pcn was issued on that date,  I believe that they posted a pcn several days later,  so the issue date would be later 

In a nutshell,  I dont believe that the incident date and the issue date were on the same date,  but usually the issue date is later 

Therefore there are recent cases where paragraph 3 is a numbered rebuttal that states the above,  so you use that paragraph and change the date in it to yours,  one simple change 

Add an ending to paragraph 2 and your 2 and 3 are completed 

I didn’t receive a PCN on the windscreen. It was a letter sent through the post stating that I parked there incorrectly in the bay. The PCN is for parking with one of my front wheels slightly out of the bay in a parent Bay due to the opposite car next to me was too close to my vehicle and I couldn’t get my Child out of Child seat. I didn’t realise my wheel was over I was more worried about being too close to the other vehicle parked next to me

Pinnie_pan

Thank you all for your help. I’ve done what was advised sent off the first form to give me more time. I will then write out the defence and pop it by email this week. I will copy and paste and add additional notes to defence

KeithP

Pinnie_pan said:

Thank you all for your help. I’ve done what was advised sent off the first form to give me more time. I will then write out the defence and pop it by email this week. I will copy and paste and add additional notes to defence

Who said anything about "sending off a form to give you more time"?

What I did say was...

...you have until Wednesday 26th February 2025 to file an Acknowledgment of Service('AOS'), but there is nothing to be gained by delaying it. 
To file an AOS, follow the guidance in the Dropbox file linked from the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Did you file an AOS within that timeframe? Check you MCOL Claim History for the current status.