SMALL CLAIM RECEIVED FOR PARKING - BUT THE CLAIM COULD NOT BE FOUND ON MCOL

Ashhar

Hi everyone ! I received a CCJ claim form for parking of a vehicle I do not own and have not driven. Infact I do not even know which vehicle it was. Since it was a legal notice, I submitted the AOS. I took a lot of time to prepare a defence but when I tried to submit it online via MCOL, I could not log in using the Claim number and password provided in the pack. Furthermore, on checking the claims history, I could not find that claim at all on MCOL website.
Does that mean, claimant has removed the claim from the court ?
If yes, can I press charges against them for stress and wasting my time ?
The claimant were UK Parking Control via DCB Legal.

Many thanks 

Mark_d

It sounds likely that the claim has been withdrawn but I would check with the court clerk.

You can't have taken much time to prepare the defence.  The defence is simply that you have no knowledge of the vehicle and certainly haven't driven.

It sounds like the robotic parking companies have just blindly followed processes and now that they're on the verge of a court appearance...they are realising that they have no case against you.

If you can prove the amount/value of time that has been wasted and can prove that you've spent £x on counselling due to the stress/anxiety then you could try to make a counterclaim.  However I think this would double your stress so it's not something I'd suggest.

Gr1pr

Definitely not a CCJ,  Just a Money Claim from the CNBC in Northampton using MCOL,  no court was involved at that time, just the claimants lawyers,  you and the CNBC  ( court was or is months away   )

You could phone the CNBC helpline,  preferably early morning when it's not as busy, give the claim reference number and ask for a verbal update as to what stage it's at, if any,  or if its been discontinued or withdrawn etc

You could try a claim,  paying the initial fee, but probably doomed to failure based on the details so far 

Any counter claim is submitted with the defence and payment of the fee at the same time, the minimum is £35

Coupon-mad

Ashhar said:

Hi everyone ! I received a CCJ claim form for parking of a vehicle I do not own and have not driven. Infact I do not even know which vehicle it was. Since it was a legal notice, I submitted the AOS.

I took a lot of time to prepare a defence but when I tried to submit it online via MCOL, I could not log in using the Claim number and password provided in the pack.

Furthermore, on checking the claims history, I could not find that claim at all on MCOL website.

Does that mean, claimant has removed the claim from the court ?
If yes, can I press charges against them for stress and wasting my time ?
The claimant were UK Parking Control via DCB Legal.

Many thanks 

This is a glitch reported several times in other threads.

The first answer you received was from a poster who posts unhelpful replies on this board, criticising the consumer. Don't be put off by that reply (which has an element of that, by saying you can't have spent ages on your defence. These things DO take ages for frightened people to research what to do). Your defence should be the Template Defence.

Show us the POC.

What was the Issue Date?

When did you do the AOS?

Which solicitor and which parking firm claimant?

Could it have been a car you leased or hired?

Or do you have a common name and the debt crawlers have mistraced the right person as you in error?

Coupon-mad

Ashhar said:

Hi everyone ! I received a CCJ claim form for parking of a vehicle I do not own and have not driven. Infact I do not even know which vehicle it was. Since it was a legal notice, I submitted the AOS. I took a lot of time to prepare a defence but when I tried to submit it online via MCOL, I could not log in using the Claim number and password provided in the pack. Furthermore, on checking the claims history, I could not find that claim at all on MCOL website.
Does that mean, claimant has removed the claim from the court ?
If yes, can I press charges against them for stress and wasting my time ?
The claimant were UK Parking Control via DCB Legal.

Many thanks 

Please come back. The claim hasn't gone away and you must defend it.

Ashhar

Thankyou so much for your helpful replies. The claim was made by UKPCL and theri solicitors were DCB legal.

It was issued on 07 Aug 2025 and I sent the AOS on 24th Aug. 

i did not hire or lease the car. I think it must be a common name and they sent the notice to the wrong address.

Now, when I log into MCOL website onto my account, I can't find the claim and in claim histories, it says 'no recent claims'.

And @Coupon-mad you are right. I was actually very anxious and frightened to prepare the defence even though I had no connection with the vehicle. I did consult a solicitor and searched a lot before compiling the defence. But anyways, I think it would not be worth making a counterclaim as it would give me more stress. I just want to be sure that there is no existing claim against me. I will call CNBC to confirm this. 

Many thanks

Coupon-mad

It was issued on 07 Aug 2025

Oh dear. You are now several days late putting the defence in.

You are chancing a CCJ even over the weekend because all it takes is the push of a 'request default judgment' button by DCB.

Right you are going to have to email to the CNBC, a defence signed under a statement of truth, and saved as a PDF.

See the Template Defence thread RIGHT NOW, which gives you the defence (except para 3 but you add something concise there about it not being a vehicle you recognise or have ever owned or driven so you believe DCB group has mis-traced the real defendant, plus YOU MUST ADD THE STATEMENT OF TRUTH AND SIGN & DATE IT AT THE BOTTOM) and it gives you the claim responses email address

Get.it.done.