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Are we not doing SAR for parking firms anymore?

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  • Le_Kirk
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    With an issue date of 27/03/26 and providing you complete(d) the AoS after 01/04/26 and before or on 15/04/26 your defence deadline date is 4.00 p.m. on 29/04/26

  • Car1980
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    Who is the parking company?

  • Coupon-mad
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    edited 13 April at 8:28PM

    Yes, you haven't yet told us which Claimant. It's not DCB Legal. Is it Smart Parking, G24, UKPC or who?

    And re the below, you should do one defence first (for one of the claims) then do the other a week later, adding the Henderson v Henderson wording about duplicate litigation and cause of action estoppel (search the forum).

    Issue date: 27 MAR 2026 

    I actually have 2 claims for the same site same offence different days with the same issue date.

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  • Rafiki1313
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    Hello

    Unfortunately I forgot about this.

    Yesterday at night I scribbled a defence on the MCOL website just to try my luck.

    thanks guys.

  • Coupon-mad
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    Did you defend both claims? Good!

    I think you haven't yet told us which Claimant (it's not DCB Legal).

    Is it Smart Parking, G24, UKPC or who?

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  • Rafiki1313
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    Hello

    The company is Smart parking limited.

    I did defend both claims.

    I was waiting to see if a message appeared saying the deadline to write a defence had passed but it dd not.

    THANKS

  • Coupon-mad
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    edited 2 May at 11:00PM

    Great! You were in time then.

    It (both claims) will be discontinued before Xmas, so go through the motions as per the simple first 8 steps in the Template Defence thread. Pick up where you left off, regardless of what you put in defence.

    See you in 6 months as no help is needed until you get a hearing date x 2, then they'll discontinue, which is their MO. They don't like defended claims.

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  • Rafiki1313
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    edited 2 May at 11:47PM

    That's great news.

    Thank you very much indeed.

  • Coupon-mad
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    edited 3 May at 12:26AM

    Could you change your thread title now to:

    DCB Legal Smart Parking x2 defended claims

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