Claimant fishing for evidence and sending DQ before DQ phase

antigrifter

Hi all,

The last update on the MCOL portal is "Your defence was received". However, the claimant has sent a letter rejecting the defence, but requesting to see the evidence, with wording that says that their DQ has been submitted to the court, and with their completed DQ form attached (with one of the answers being "TBC", namely E1).

What should I make of it? Glitch / delay on the MCOL portal? Fishing for evidence to make the call on whether to proceed?

Coupon-mad

They always send their DQ first and MCOL won't have updated yet. Normal. Not a glitch. This letter and stage is already covered in the first 8 steps in the Template Defence thread.

And just a reminder even though this is stressful: while your case is quiet, before the end of next week please please do the government's Public Consultation that you have surely seen posted about on every claim thread.

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

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.

antigrifter

@Coupon-mad Many thanks for the explanation and the pointer. I can also confirm that I've submitted the consultation form last week.