ECP claim via DCB Legal, 2025

curveball123

Thanks Issue date is 16th September (only received today). See attached

curveball123

Coupon-mad said:

curveball123 said:

Hi I've just received the claim form and and at a loss now as it's talking about CCJs and I'm panicking - help!

This us all covered in the Template Defence thread and is easier than appealing!

As above, tell us the Issue date from the top right of the claim form and post a redacted picture of the POC.

Thank you. I have posted the picture - could you advise what I do next ?

Gr1pr

Follow the 8 steps in the defence template thread,  completing the AOS online on MCOL ASAP,  by logging in to your government gateway account and navigate through to MCOL,  follow the completion advice in the second post in the newbies sticky thread and once it's done study a few recent cases to draft your own defence,  based on what others wrote for the template 

Also,  please edit your thread title to something more suitable like 

ECP claim via DCB Legal, 2025

curveball123

Thank you. I'm just nervous now that I don't have a strong defence to pursue this. I made every effort to pay in  Euro Car Parks but never received payment confirmation. When I contacted PaybyPhone the same day (Euro Car Parks payment supplier) they acknowledged I had logged into the system but that payment hadn't gone through for some reason. The advised they couldn't take retrospective payment but that I should appeal if I receive a PCN which I did. It was declined. I attempted to pay and had followed all instructions and the srror was due to a system failure beyond my control. My appeal was rejected without any acknowledgment of the efforts I made to comply with the payment process. I had entered the correct vehicle registration and card details, and the failure was entirely due to Paybyphone’s operational fault. PaybyPhone, when suggesting I appeal any PCN, was that Euro Car Parlks could contact them directly to verify the incident but the appeal rejection made no reference to this.

Gr1pr

All irrelevant at the moment,  your defence is already in,  just follow the process and steps in the defence template thread,  do what needs doing,  because after the n180 DQ document is submitted,  plus the mandatory 5 minutes no offer mediation call,  it will be several months before any backstory might matter,  so deal with the present and leave the rest until around springtime 

Coupon-mad

curveball123 said:

Thank you. I'm just nervous now that I don't have a strong defence to pursue this. I made every effort to pay...

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But none of it matters!

These DCB Legal / ECP claims are ALWAYS DROPPED WHEN DEFENDED. Takes a few months but it will be discontinued in 2026.

As already requested, please edit your thread title which is now incorrect for your stage, and remove the phrase 'next steps' which is a personal bugbear along with people saying their 'anxiety is through the roof' & 'do I have a leg to stand on'. Is it just me because I've been posting here so long?!

curveball123

Coupon-mad said:

curveball123 said:

Thank you. I'm just nervous now that I don't have a strong defence to pursue this. I made every effort to pay...

<irrelevant detail snipped>

But none of it matters!

These DCB Legal / ECP claims are ALWAYS DROPPED WHEN DEFENDED. Takes a few months but it will be discontinued in 2026.

As already requested, please edit your thread title which is now incorrect for your stage, and remove the phrase 'next steps' which is a personal bugbear along with people saying their 'anxiety is through the roof' & 'do I have a leg to stand on'. Is it just me because I've been posting here so long?!

Understood thanks!
I think to some people this is really stressful - nothing more than that and they come here for advice because they need help/are anxious/don't understand what will happen next.

Coupon-mad

Oh no ... believe me, I get that!

It's the overused phrases they got from Tiktok... (the latter two phrases, not yours)! Not 'next steps' which is OK I suppose but I just don't like it, as - to me - it sounds like we are teaching a toddler to walk.