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US Citizen
My mother was born and raised in the USA, but in the mid 60’s while working as a nurse overseas, she met then married my father, who worked for the Crown in the diplomatic service. In the early 90’s she started opening ISA’s and investment accounts without issue. Now this month, financial institutions (Fidelity Investments…
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Debenhams - wrong delivery address unable to cancel order
I’ve just placed an order with Debenhams and I changed the delivery address to my current address. But when I clicked to finalise the purchase the page must’ve refreshed and defaulted back to my old address. To my horror the delivery address was showing the old address. I tried to contact Debenhams immediately to cancel or…
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Harassment and forceful sales practices
Has anyone else had issues with Homebox ignoring "do not contact" requests? I told them clearly via email and phone that I wasn't interested in their products and asked them to stop contacting me - yet they keep calling and emailing, even from the same person. The unsubscribe link in their emails doesn't work either. It's…
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If only…
I didn’t have school age kids and next to no childcare I’d enter for some holidays. What’s the best holiday anyone has won?
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Help with Defence for Parking Fine - Bay Sentry Solutions / dcb legal please
Hi Last November I made an emergency stop because of a medical condition on what I thought was disused land. In my haste to park and run across the road to a cafe facilities I did not see that I had parked in a No Stopping Zone. I had literally driven into the entrance and spun round facing back out towards the main road.…
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County Court Claim letter re DCB Legal
Hi all, I hope someone can offer some advice. I parked at a theme park in October 2021 and needed to get cash out to pay for the car park. We walked in to the theme park and walked about to find a cash machine. It became obvious that the theme park was actually closed so we got back in the car and left. My Google Maps…
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VCS Vs Ibbotson transcript
Hi All Does anyone have a copy of the transcript by any chance. All of the links on here seems to be long gone and Google is not being my friend. Was discussing this with a solicitor friend of mine and telling him that it's pure comedy gold and would live to send him a copy Many thanks
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Letter from CNBC - G24 Limited.
Good Afternoon I received a letter from CNBC regarding a parking offence which they claimed G24 has taken me to court. I have since read the forum provided by @Coupon-mad on how to respond to them. I have since submitted AOS via Mcol website and also submitted my defence as well. Today, I have received an acknowledgement…
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Notice of Debt Recovery - 346 Southgate Park, Stansted
Hi There, I'm new here. I have had no correspondence previously but have recieved a Notice of Debt Recovery letter from DCBL. This is in relation to 346 Southgate Park, Stansted. Contravention happened in December 2024, for an overstay (I don't have any details). I do remember visiting the Starbucks drive through for a…
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Group thread: Heathrow Gatwick Manchester & other Airport drop-off PCNs - easy: how to appeal & win
DO NOT PAY ANY OF THE PARKING COMPANIES ISSUING DROP-OFF PCNs. Advice will change as & when the Government introduce the new statutory Code of Practice and new Appeals Service. And when the companies concerned finally learn (after statutory regulation forces them) how to treat consumers fairly and put up clear signs.…
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letter of claim BW LEGAL - parking property management
Hello, wondering if someone can help. I have been following the advice on here for a while and have ignored all letters from BW legal until this one. It’s a letter of claim with an expiry date of 23/4/25. I have not confirmed I was driving nor confirmed my address. Literally no contact or appeal directly with the parking…
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PCM UK parking ticket - how to proceed?
I received a postal notification of parking charge to keeper from PCM UK about a parking intervention. I must admit that I parked there knowing that I do not have the permit. I parked there and went to meet a friend who lives a few streets down from there and no other parking was available nearby. The area is a residential…
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UKPC and DCBL Harass Resident Leaseholder for 4.5 years *DISCONTINUED AT LAST*
After 4.5 years of tedious time-wasting by this pointless
pair, I now have an N279, 6 weeks before court. In a nutshell, this was a case where I had parked in my own parking
space as demised to me under my lease, but despite the undeniable facts, these
two pursued me from June 2021 until November 2025. With court just a…
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CST Law & UK Parking Administration Limited
Hi All. Long time lurker, and have been acting on the various advice posted here. But, now I'm in a place where I need to just make sure I'm doing the right things. I had a parking fine last year. I disputed it (and still do). The fine was made by UK Parking Administration Limited for overstay at a car charging spot. I had…
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Gatwick red route parking fine
Hello, looking for some help and advice as I received a NCP parking fine for allegedly stopping on the Red route in Gatwick. I recall being lost and unavoidably driving through the north terminal drop off zone and did pay the £7 drop off see. So really shocked to receive a letter. The photographic evidence times on the…
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Should I use disabled bays in Tesco?
My wife has difficulty in getting in and out of the car (She's 80 years old with sore hips) She is not eligible for a blue badge. This is in Scotland. Because of this I park in a disabled bay at my local Tesco because the normal bays are not wide enough for her to get out if a car is parked in an adjacent space. Also they…
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PCN from Civil Enforcement Limited PCN - Horfield Leisure Centre (Keeper, not Driver)
Hi all, I’ve received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN) from Civil Enforcement Ltd (CEL) and would like some advice. Details: * Location: Horfield Leisure Centre, Bristol * Parking company: Civil Enforcement Ltd (CEL) * Alleged contravention: "Exceeding the notified maximum free parking period of 3 hours" * I am the registered…
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Paragraph 3 Defence Help Please
Hi All, I was not the driver at the time, but am the registered keep of my wife's car. She was driving at the time and doing a dog walk for a resident on the street in question. Said resident would be a witness, if required, but is that actually needed? I am unsure how do complete my paragraph 3. Do I state I was not the…
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Giving every £ a job
I've decided to be brave and continue my journey from lurking on these boards, through posting on these boards and I now feel ready to start my own diary. I don't actually have any debt anymore but I am very bad at saving so I've decided to set myself savings goals and treat them as debts to my future self. I was…
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PARKINGEYE & DEBT COLLECTION BAILIFFS LTD
Subject: Dispute Regarding Parking Charge – First Notice Received via DCBL Dear Sir/Madam, I recently received an enforcement letter from Debt Collection Bailiffs Ltd (DCBL) demanding payment of £170.00, allegedly relating to a Parking Charge Notice issued by ParkingEye in July 2024. This DCBL letter is the very first…
