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Defended claim - UKPC & DCB Legal - POPLA code allegedly sent but never received

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  • 1505grandad
    1505grandad Posts: 4,552 Forumite
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  • brightgrey90
    brightgrey90 Posts: 10 Forumite
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    Redacted Particulars of Claim attached. Issue date is 30/12/2025. Thanks all.
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 164,501 Forumite
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    edited 2 January at 9:08PM
    Gr1pr said:
    So UKPC via DCB Legal 

    You will be using the template defence in announcements near the top of the forum 
    As above.

    Please don't show us the template defence here though. We don't need to check it and you can copy & adapt anyone else's generic paragraph 3.

    Doesn't matter. It will still be discontinued!
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
     Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,799 Forumite
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    Keep to the forum plan and a little later in the year you will have your name in lights on the following thread.

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6377263/dcb-legal-record-of-private-parking-court-claim-discontinuations/p1
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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  • Le_Kirk
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    With an issue date of 30/12/25 and providing you complete(d) the AoS after 04/01/26 and before or on 18/01/26 your defence deadline date is 4.00 p.m. on 02/02/26

  • brightgrey90
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    edited 6 January at 9:31PM
    Defence sent today using the excellent template that's uploaded. Thanks all.
  • Coupon-mad
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    brightgrey90 said:
    Defence sent today using the excellent template that's uploaded. Thanks all.
    Great. No worries.

    Please can you edit your thread title to say instead something like:

    Defended claim - UKPC & DCB Legal
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
     Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • brightgrey90
    brightgrey90 Posts: 10 Forumite
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    All done!  
  • brightgrey90
    brightgrey90 Posts: 10 Forumite
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    Good morning,

    I’m looking for advice on next steps regarding a private parking court claim.

    I’ve submitted my Defence to the court. I’ve now received an email from DCB Legal stating that their client intends to proceed with the claim and that both parties will be directed to file Directions Questionnaires in due course. They’ve also attached a copy of the Claimant’s completed Directions Questionnaire and invited me to call them within 7 days to discuss settlement.

    I haven’t contacted them and I’m unsure whether I should:

    • Ignore the settlement invitation,
    • Respond regarding email service only,
    • Or take any specific action now before the court issues directions.

    I’d be grateful for guidance on:

    1. What to do at this stage of the process,
    2. How to handle the Directions Questionnaire when it arrives,
    3. Whether there is any benefit or risk in engaging with DCB Legal about settlement.

    Many thanks for your help.

  • Jame4ters
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    it’s all in the “Newbies” thread.

    They have no intention of settling. They just want you to pay

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