DCBLegal (Parkmaven) Court Claim form

ncuni

1. I hope I have done the right thing by starting a new thread
2. I need to submit my defence - I am not clear when my defence deadline is nor whether I do it via MCOL or some other way
3. I paid £8 for parking on the day in question (21/06/25) but it transpires my partner returned to the car exactly 15 mins late (he ran and left me and our over-heating 5 year old on the side of the road while he legged it back).
4. We had moved house and while I changed my address with DVLA (a long with multiple other address chnages across multiple services) I genuinely forgot about V5C. Turns out I possibly missed a letter from YourParking wanting to charge me for an overstay.
5. I received a letter from DCBL (October 2025) saying they had tried to reach me on the RK address and had to right to DVLA to get my current address (at which point I realise my RK address issue). Issue fine of £170 - only option to pay, no appeal possible. Honestly I thought it was a scam because the address they listed me parking at was not (in my opinion) the same address I actually parked at (going by the receipt I received for the parking).
6. 2 letters from DCB Legal in November and then December. Ignored both since no option to appeal and still believing someone was trying to scam me - knowing they had clocked my Reg in the vicinity but claiming I owed parking for a close but not exact address.
7. Claim Form from court (dated 9th Jan) received on the evening of 21st Jan - so majorly eating into the time I have to respond.
8. Logged into MCOL to acknowledge and requested 28days. I do not know if I have 28 days from 22nd Jan…or if I have missed opportunity to defend (although I have logged in and appears I can defend.
9. I have spoken to DCB Legal and emailed them the receipt of my parking but they havent added it to the system as of last week.

I need to submit a defence, I am trying to use the template I found BUT seeing conflicting info saying "submit denefce in MCOL" but one poster telling another "Why did you submit in MCOL? That is not how we defend". Not sure what I need to do or what my wording for para 3 should be. Any help please?

ncuni

Also, parag 4 mentions a Cotnract - I am assuming that beacuse I DID purchase a ticket, that a contract was entered into, so I am not sure if I would keep, amend or not use paragraph 4 in my defence.

Gr1pr

You adapt the 10 paragraph template defence in announcements near the top of the forum, adapting paragraphs 2 & 3

Then copy and paste it into MCOL, save & submit

Your deadline is 33 days after 9th January, so by 4pm on 11th February, next week

Le_Kirk

With an issue date of 09/01/26 and providing you complete(d) the AoS after 14/01/26 and before or on 28/01/26 your defence deadline date is 4.00 p.m. on 11/02/26.

Check your MCOL status page, you could be in receipt of a default judgment already unless you submitted AoS.

ncuni

@Le_Kirk I submitted the AoS on 22/01/26.

ncuni

I have made no change to para 2 - although I have full recollection of events of the day - I paid for parking, for all our efforts we were late returning to the vehicle (15 mins exactly according to them although I have seen no evidence as I did not receive the original letter). You would think they could email me or even text me the same day or that month letting me know I had exceeded the time. I had no communications at all from YourParking.

For Para 3, do I need to say anything other than this:

3. On the date in question, the Defendant paid for parking using their mobile phone, to cover the period for which the Defendant intended to park their car.

Gr1pr

For paragraph 3, also refute the POC, as seen in numerous threads on here recently

ncuni

I added at the end of para 2 that I was not the driver (CCTV will prove that I neither drove into nor out of the car park).

Para 3 below. I add that the claim is for "No-valid-Parking-Reservation".

3. The Defendant denies all claims made by the Claimant. The Defendant is not indebted to the Claimant. The Defendant did not receive a PC for the alleged contravention. The Defendant while being the RK, was not the driver, and is not liable, and has seen no evidence of a breach of prominent terms. The sum sought by C is hugely exaggerated and there were no damages incurred. On the date in question, the Defendant paid for parking using their mobile phone, to cover the period for which the Defendant intended to park their vehicle.

ncuni

I think I need to amend 4 because by paying, I entered into a contract, I think it makes sense to remove as per strikethrough but let me know if wrong.:

4. It is neither admitted nor denied that a term was breached but to form a contract, there must be an offer, acceptance, and valuable consideration (absent in this case). The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (s71) mandates a 'test of fairness' duty on Courts and sets a high bar for prominence of terms and 'consumer notices'. Paying regard to Sch2 (examples 6, 10, 14 & 18), also s62 and the duties of fair, open dealing/good faith, the Defendant notes that this Claimant reportedly uses unclear (unfair) terms/notices. On the limited information given, this case looks no different. The Claimant is put to strict proof with contemporaneous photographs.

Car1980

You entered into a contract to park. If you admit to forming a contract to pay a "penalty" you're doing their work for them.

Don't overthink this. Pretty definite that this will be discontinued.

Just use the template and your paragraph 3, but take out the word intended. Filing online through their form is the latest advice.

1505grandad

"I added at the end of para 2 that I was not the driver….."

However you then state in para 3 the contradictory:-

"…..to cover the period for which the Defendant intended to park their vehicle."