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  • Le_Kirk
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    With an issue date of 07/05/26 and providing you complete(d) the AoS after 12/05/26 and before or on 26/05/26 your defence deadline date is 4.00 p.m. on 09/06/26

  • Roobyrooster
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    Are DCB Legal under pressure to try raise funds. i've got another 2 court claims and 1 was for an invoice/fine that happened six months ago. They normally take years to proceed to court.

  • Gr1pr
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    edited 29 May at 9:48AM

    They have probably been given tens or hundreds of thousands of unpaid invoices to chase up, by numerous parking companies, possibly millions of outstanding invoices like yours !

    Its nothing personal, but Henderson vs Henderson may apply, estoppel, google it

    Its not DCB LEGAL chasing you, its the private parking companies, dcblegal are just a middleman

  • Had Mediation today for 2 outstanding tickets. We offered £70 per ticket which we thought was fair, They would settle for anything lower than £135. We declined the offer. Onwards to court………Maybe!

  • Gr1pr
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    Not maybe…. But definitely

    Court is the next stage in the process, the court that you chose in your N180 DQ document submission, where all go when there is no strike out or monetary settlement

    Hearing. ! Maybe, or maybe not , so highly likely to be the latter, no hearing. ? Just an N279, or a not paying the hearing fee, same as over 940 in the discontinuations thread by Umkomaas

  • Coupon-mad
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    Wait, you offered a hundred and forty quid, knowing that all Smart claims are always discontinued and no-one who defends a case ever pays a penny?

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    Stop offering money. See it out to NoD.

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