Found out I have a CCJ for a parking ticket late 2024

frenchieattitude

Hi @Gr1pr

Sorry, I forgot to add their lawyers which are DCB Legal Ltd. They had sent debt collectors but obviously that never arrived at my new address.

In the case that I win - would I get anything back from the £310?

Thanks

Gr1pr

Dunno where the £310 comes from,  it's £313 for a contested set aside 

You definitely ask for costs, including the £313, its up to the judge to either award them or defer them to the second hearing   ( or I suppose they could say no, but extremely unlikely   )

So the original claim was issued by DCB Legal on behalf of VCS, and the current CCJ is £290 or so

frenchieattitude

Right OK, thanks @Gr1pr - so long story short there's no doubt I should be setting this aside - thanks.

Next question (will it end?!) : Could I not be penalised for having not updated my V5 (which I absolutely now have!).

Thanks

Gr1pr

You could have been penalised by the DVLA, the fine can be up to £1000, but if you updated the details they won't issue proceedings 

The parking company or their lawyers will blame you for not updating the dvla,  but the counter is that they should check by tracing you before issuing court papers to the old address 

frenchieattitude

OK, thanks. And out of interest - how else would I have expected them to trace me? I'm unaware of what these companies have available to them!

Thanks

GrumpyDil

There are tracing services who specialise in either confirming that an address looks correct or in saying we think that individual now lives at xxxx.

Costs a couple of quid or less per trace depending upon volumes you put through.

Gr1pr

As above,  credit records, council records,  mobile phone contracts, etc.  all sorts of ways these days, very few people don't leave a digital footprint.   There is a company called Trace who specialise in tracing people,  as do numerous debt collectors like dcbl,  drpl,  zzps etc, its extremely common,  and expected before court proceedings are issued , because the old address is unverified 

frenchieattitude

OK thanks, @GrumpyDil and @Gr1pr.

I really appreciate all the help given to me here. I think it's now clear that I should indeed go ahead and set this aside, so I will get on that ASAP.

Thanks again.

Coupon-mad

frenchieattitude said:

OK thanks, @GrumpyDil and @Gr1pr.

I really appreciate all the help given to me here. I think it's now clear that I should indeed go ahead and set this aside, so I will get on that ASAP.

Thanks again.

My reply already told you that setting it aside includes striking out the claim and all your costs back, as per the BINDING AUTHORITY of VCS v Carr.

i.e. setting it aside doesn't 'give you a chance to fight it': the hearing ENDS THE WHOLE THING with your £313 awarded back,

Did you watch the official VCS v Carr CoA hearing when you googled it?

Did you read the transcript? It's freshly published. We have threads on it.

Anyhoo, see the section in the NEWBIES thread about setting aside a CCJ and search the forum for a few recent 2025 CCJ threads since the final decision in Carr.

Copy their WS wording and Draft Order.

Coupon-mad

Or let Contestor Legal do it for you. They handled VCS v Carr and can take the strain.