HELP Needed with Smart Parking DCB Legal Claim

ToomeyMom

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some guidance regarding a court claim I’ve received from DCB Legal acting for Smart Parking.

Background:

• On 05/07/2021, I parked in a car park while visiting a curry house.
• I asked the restaurant owner where he parks, and he told me to park at the side of the curry house, which I did.
• Fast forward to now: Smart Parking passed my details to various firms, and I’ve now received a DCB Claim for £316.92.

I’m unsure what to do next:

• Should I pay the amount to avoid further costs?
• Is it worth defending this claim, and if so, what steps should I take?
• Are there any templates or guides for responding to the claim?

Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated. I really don’t want a CCJ but also feel this is unfair given the circumstances.

Thanks in advance!

Le_Kirk

Show us the N1SDT claim form including POC and date of issue but NO personal data and we can advise.

Gr1pr

ToomeyMom said:

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some guidance regarding a court claim I’ve received from DCB Legal acting for Smart Parking.

Background:

• On 05/07/2021, I parked in a car park while visiting a curry house.
• I asked the restaurant owner where he parks, and he told me to park at the side of the curry house, which I did.
• Fast forward to now: Smart Parking passed my details to various firms, and I’ve now received a DCB Claim for £316.92.

I’m unsure what to do next:

• 1) Should I pay the amount to avoid further costs?
• 2) Is it worth defending this claim, and if so, what steps should I take?
• 3) Are there any templates or guides for responding to the claim?

Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated. I really don’t want a CCJ but also feel this is unfair given the circumstances.

Thanks in advance!

1) definitely not,  any figure would go DOWN , not up

2) definitely,  show us the properly redacted picture of the claim form,  hiding the name + address,  claim reference number,  VRM details and password,  so hide 4 items 

3) yes, study post 2 in the newbies sticky thread in announcements near the top of the forum by coupon mad and then study posts 1 + 2 in the defence template thread in announcements too