Help with ignored PCNs and 2x DCB Legal court letters;(

Mut12345

Dear MSE I'm hoping you can help instill me with some confidence,

Ive had 2 PCNs harass me with letters for a few months now which I've ignored. 

1) EuroCarParks for Aldi in Nov '23

2) Total Carparks for a Camponile Hotel in Feb '25

Unfortunately I've been hit with two Court Claim letters from DCB Legal last week on 22/07/25,  following the advice on here I've done the Acknowledgement of service on MCOL, 

Now I'm wondering is it too late to try appeal/complain to the retailers? I've requested a call back from Aldi customer service who I was genuinely shopping at on that day and they are saying I need to submit an appeal to EuroCarParks before they can take action but this doesn't seem possible at this stage, or is there some way of doing this as they sound like they might be able to cancel that one?

Camponile have been less helpful and just gave me the email of Totalcarparks 

I'm just wondering is there any use in pursuing the retailers at this point or have I missed the boat and I should start drafting the defence?

Appreciate any advice, this forum is amazing and at least lifted my spirits after getting these disgraceful court letters.

Gr1pr

Its never too late to complain about it to the landowner or business etc, but at the moment you still Carry on defending the 2 separate MCOL N1SDT court claims, regardless 

Its too late for any appeals to anyone 

I suggest that you open a new thread for the claim 2 TCP claim,  leaving this one open for the ECP claim 

Start drafting each defence using the template defence by coupon mad in announcements at the top of the forum 

Post a redacted picture of the POC from the lower left of the claim form below for the ECP case, after hiding your VRM details first 

Do the same for the new TCP thread too

Mut12345

Gr1pr said:

Its never too late to complain about it to the landowner or business etc, but at the moment you still Carry on defending the 2 separate MCOL N1SDT court claims, regardless 

Its too late for any appeals to anyone 

I suggest that you open a new thread for the claim 2 TCP claim,  leaving this one open for the ECP claim 

Start drafting each defence using the template defence by coupon mad in announcements at the top of the forum 

Post a redacted picture of the POC from the lower left of the claim form below for the ECP case, after hiding your VRM details first 

Do the same for the new TCP thread too

Appreciate the response,

I've spoken to Aldi customer services and they are saying if I can get any kind of response from EuroCarPark that they've rejected any appeal that they can then try get it cancelled,

The problem is they don't seem to have any way to contact them to speak to someone by phone and there's no email address other than a form to fill on their website, should I still bother trying to persue this route?

Gr1pr

I wouldn't,  not when a live court claim has been issued against you,  tempus fugitive  ?  Clock is ticking 

I would concentrate my efforts on defending the claim against you,  same as all the hundreds of others on here 

Ps, start a new thread about the TCP DCB LEGAL  case

Coupon-mad

Mut12345 said:

Gr1pr said:

Its never too late to complain about it to the landowner or business etc, but at the moment you still Carry on defending the 2 separate MCOL N1SDT court claims, regardless 

Its too late for any appeals to anyone 

I suggest that you open a new thread for the claim 2 TCP claim,  leaving this one open for the ECP claim 

Start drafting each defence using the template defence by coupon mad in announcements at the top of the forum 

Post a redacted picture of the POC from the lower left of the claim form below for the ECP case, after hiding your VRM details first 

Do the same for the new TCP thread too

Appreciate the response,

I've spoken to Aldi customer services and they are saying if I can get any kind of response from EuroCarPark that they've rejected any appeal that they can then try get it cancelled,

The problem is they don't seem to have any way to contact them to speak to someone by phone and there's no email address other than a form to fill on their website, should I still bother trying to pursue this route?

You can't appeal. It's far too late. Forget it and defend. You need two threads as the claims are unrelated.

THEN STICK AROUND IN AUGUST:

If you want to be part of the push to change things in future, it's very important that people like you join us to reply to the new Public Consultation, to tell the Government that:

a) you have no faith in POPLA or the IAS and that there must be the SINGLE APPEALS SERVICE that the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 *almost* promised. As long as it is independent (and only ONE appeals service, not two involved in a race to the bottom) that will give a real option to resolve disputed cases out of court. This is why your cases both went to court, because there was no fair or impartial ADR dispute resolution available that any person has any faith in.

b).  THAT THE ENRICHMENT OF 'DEBT RECOVERY FEES' MUST BE COMPLETELY BANNED. DISPUTED CASES ARE NOT SOLVED BY A THUG THIRD PARTY DEMANDING MORE MONEY AND ENGINEERING A POINTLESS 'PAYMENT PLAN'.

c). Tell them about your experiences.

Responses are invited to the Consultation now but do your defence first then read our thread updates and pointers re what to say:

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

Do it in August pleeease! We will discuss it on that thread.