paid ticket but still got a letter >(

yapping

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82078302#Comment_82078302

I'm going to say in house as I do not see the words DCB legal in the letter.

yapping

Update they did not proceed any further after we submitted the defence. The letter from the court confirming said they had a deadline to file for something and they never did. We rang the courts to confirm as well

Coupon-mad

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82156714#Comment_82156714

That doesn't mean it is over. It's just stayed for now (in limbo, which isn't good).

Stayed cases can be dangerous, if you move and don't inform the PPC every time (and why would you)?

They could pay to have it unstayed and you might not know they had if it's in a few months/years, and then you would fail to/be unable to defend.

The following advice is often posted by me in similar threads:

I would send an email now to the CNBC and cc in enforcement@parkingeye.co.uk (if you are sure DCB Legal doesn't appear on the left of the Claim Form).

State that because a stayed case is 'indefinite' this causes immense potential harm to a Defendant who one day moves house and could miss directions if ever it is resurrected.

Therefore, you wish for this email to be placed on file and the following statement must be read by the judge who is considering a future application to lift the stay:

The Defendant's address for service cannot reasonably be assumed to be valid forever. Thus, should the Claimants apply for the stay to be lifted they and the CNBC must cc in this email to fairly alert the Defendant, in accordance with the Overriding Objective.

Additionally, if this happens after 2026 then - in accordance with the Code of Practice and pursuant to the authority in VCS v Carr [2025] EWCA Civ 713 (which criticised VCS for failing to trace the Defendant and their claim was struck out as well as the CCJ set aside) the Claimants must carry out a soft trace to check the Defendant's address and must also email the Defendant to alert them, before applying to lift the stay.


In other words, the Defendant's current postal address is not current indefinitely but they reasonably consider the matter over.