Car Parking Fine - N180 DQ return email address details

Ribbonsinthesky

Hello 

I've been following all your directions and have completed my DQ which now needs to be emailed to the court as well as DCB Legal and UK Parking Control Limited, sorry if I've missed the thread but wondering if you have email address for DCB Legal and UKPC I can't seem to find them on a google search or in the threads anywhere?

Thank you 

Susannah Stevenson

ChirpyChicken

Dont bother just send it to the court
It serves no purpose on this track sending it to the other party.

Coupon-mad

You don't send anything to UKPC direct.

Ribbonsinthesky

OK thank you 

Ribbonsinthesky

Hello, so I have a mediation appointment sent to me via email for August 28th I’m a bit confused what I need to do now my fine was parking in a disabled space.

 How do I defend this as I did park there for a short amount of time with my elderly mum before she got her disabled badge I don’t really dispute that but I cannot afford to pay their extortionate fine it’s so much more than a council parking ticket otherwise I would have paid? 

With this in mind do I negotiate a settlement amount to get this settled? 

Thank you for assistance
 

Gr1pr

Study the mediation stage advice in the second post in the newbies sticky thread in announcements 

That stage is about reaching a settlement,  or not, nothing to do with your case itself 

So if you want to negotiate a settlement figure,  start at say £10, if necessary rising to say £20, £30 etc, trying to stay in low double figures 

Don't call it a fine or make your feelings known,  it's a business transaction,  you want the lowest possible figure they will accept,  so you start low, they start high, you try to get a figure that you are willing to pay in full to make this go away 

If you cannot agree a settlement figure,  the case will continue regardless of your feelings on the subject.

Bear in mind that most cases are discontinued before dcb legal have to pay the £27 trial fee 

Either way, put your personal feelings in a box, you need a cool head when haggling,  just like in Egypt or Turkey etc

But

We would suggest that you either make a token offer of £10 , then fight the case in the usual manner hoping for a discontinuation later on 

Coupon-mad

Ribbonsinthesky said:

Hello, so I have a mediation appointment sent to me via email for August 28th I’m a bit confused what I need to do now my fine was parking in a disabled space.

 How do I defend this as I did park there for a short amount of time with my elderly mum before she got her disabled badge I don’t really dispute that but I cannot afford to pay their extortionate fine it’s so much more than a council parking ticket otherwise I would have paid? 

With this in mind do I negotiate a settlement amount to get this settled? 

 

No.

And certainly do NOT say the above to the Mediator. If I were you I'd just say 'no offer' and that you'll see them in court. If the Mediator presses you about your defence or to make an offer, put the phone down.

Ribbonsinthesky

Update on my mediation case, which was a negotiation of game my lower offers and their higher offers struck a deal at £60 I feel I wouldn't have got this any lower from looking at the situation with previous case law. However, I am very grateful to have at least followed all your advice on here to even get to this point.

Coupon-mad

Ribbonsinthesky said:

Update on my mediation case, which was a negotiation of game my lower offers and their higher offers struck a deal at £60 I feel I wouldn't have got this any lower from looking at the situation with previous case law. However, I am very grateful to have at least followed all your advice on here to even get to this point.

Hey: not bad at all to kill it off. £60 isn't a profit given the claim cost their client £35 (well it seems DCB Legal may - like others in this game - 'front' that fee but recharge it and their DRA fee back against the client, who is probably none the wiser because overall they make stacks of cash every month).

This industry is are rinsing the public for a fortune.

But in your case this left just £25 to share between UKPC and DCB Legal. You'd have paid nothing had you carried on but your time, peace of mind and family life is more important.

Glad the forum guided you well.

Now all we ask is please please do the government's Public Consultation.

We need every poster to come back & complete this vital Consultation before the deadline next week.

See this thread: -

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6617396/parking-code-of-practice-consultation-8-weeks-from-11th-july-2025/p1

We understand that you may need some pointers. It looks laborious, we get that. It doesn't matter; no knowledge is needed except re your own experiences so you can call out a scam industry and you'll protect millions of motorists and help change the law.

I've written some guidance on that thread. I have covered almost every question, providing ideas if you agree with our stance on things like DRFs, which we say must be banned.

Ordinary people like you are falling victim to this scam 15 million times per annum. Motorists need your voice added please.

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