Parking ticket progressed to CCJ (no questionnaire received)

Alienbeams

UK Parking Control & DCB Legal

I have read many times and followed the newbies thread up to the point I am now at and I’m unsure how to proceed so any advice would be much appreciated.

Supposed offence: parking in a loading bay. I used the loading bay for the purpose of loading/unloading for a short period of time. During this time, a parking attendant wrote up the fine.

I sent the letter of claim email, then I acknowledged service and submitted my defence (i.e. I was genuinely loading/unloading - I haven’t been able to find a definition of what allowed/permitted when loading) through the MCOL website.

Ignoring the numerous phone calls from DCB asking to settle, I heard nothing until I received the CCJ. I called up the court and they gave me the two dates on which the directions questionnaire was supposedly sent to me (the address is correct), neither of which I received. I enquired about applying for a set aside but was told I can’t do this because I didn’t complete the questionnaire but I can pay £300 for something else (I can’t recall exactly what it was).

The 30 day period from issue of the CCJ will end on the 24th.

What’s the best play here? Many thanks.

Alienbeams

The '£300' is in relation to applying to file the directions questionnaire through an N244 and N180 which would cost £313, I was told by the person who answered the phone at the court.

Gr1pr

You have a default CCJ against you due to not completing the missing paperwork

You will probably need to try to settle the case privately via DCB Legal

But

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