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hopeless_case_2

DCB have sent me several letters re parking fine issued by Smart Parking Limited  25/04/2025 
It was lockdown and I can't remember whether the machine wasn't working or I had no change or I paid ? .. it was outside a b and m shop and I do know if you paid the carpark fee you were re-embursed by b and m 
Anyways I've paid no fine and now have a Claim form from Civil National Business centre 
Claim is for £236.84 plus costs 
Any help would be much appreciated 

Coupon-mad

You mean 25/04/2020, surely?

Same as these easy to defend cases:

All Smart Parking claims this year include this misleading action in the claim particulars e.g.

carcarcarcar
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6627228/letter-from-hm-courts-with-n1sdt-form

dunkedonuts
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81628318/#Comment_81628318

TimBisley 
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81594423/#Comment_81594423

basilpeach
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6625981/defence-against-dcb-legal-for-smart-parking/p1

helpiamuseless66
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6625722/smart-parking-dcbl/p1

kevmac25
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81622149/#Comment_81622149

xmountaindog
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81612620/#Comment_81612620

qwertyoffice
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81619736/#Comment_81619736

Coupon-mad

Show us the Claim form with the same 4 things redacted that you see on those threads.

hopeless_case_2

this is what i recieved

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Gr1pr

Remove that picture,  redact the claim reference number, the password and the VRM details,  and then repost it

Only ONE of the 4 things is redacted 

Smart Parking,  DCB LEGAL,   issue date 27th August  , Reason ,  insufficient paid time 

I hope that you have completed the AOS online on MCOL,  if not,  get it done ASAP 

Then you follow the advice I gave in the following thread 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6628796/smart-parking-dcb-legal-county-court-claim#latest

Plenty of examples in the threads coupon mad linked above too

Le_Kirk

With an issue date of 27/08/25 and providing you complete the AoS after 01/09/25 and before 15/09/25

your defence deadline date is 4.00 p.m. on 29/09/25

hopeless_case_2

it wouldn't let me log in on mcol . posted first class today the acknowledgement of claim

Gr1pr

hopeless_case_2 said:

it wouldn't let me log in on mcol . posted first class today the acknowledgement of claim

We would have advised you to email it to the AOS email address in the first post in the defence template thread,  look at the picture 

You are probably doing something wrong, or not using a correct character,  a common error 

You login to your government gateway account,  navigate to MCOL and input the claim reference number and password from the claim form 

Coupon-mad

hopeless_case_2 said:

it wouldn't let me log in on mcol . posted first class today the acknowledgement of claim

That was a mistake. Slow down. You will have to do it again.

Why did you that without checking with us first? Email it otherwise it will be lost.

You don't post things snail mail to a massive Admin Centre shared with the Traffic Enforcement Centre. Papers get lost there.

And try again: please show us the Claim form with the same 4 things redacted that you see on all the other threads. 

hopeless_case_2

Here is the form again and I'm about to try and email the acknowledgement again 

Coupon-mad

You mean 25/04/2020 don't you?

And why can't you use MCOL? Is it the usual mistake of reading a digit in the password wrong? Lower case 'l' (ell) read as capital I (eye) or O as 0?