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Ccj forms received but dated 4 weeks ago
Hi, Please can anybody help me? I have a claim form for a ccj against me from parking eye. The fines are from 3 years ago when I was an out patient at my local hospital. It's dated 8th April. I've googled about getting extra time but I think I need to do it via letter rather than online. But will this take too long? I need…
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Unhappy with Popla decision
Assessor summary of operator case The operator has issued the Parking Charge Notice (PCN) as used drop off zone without making a payment within the allowed timeframe. Assessor summary of your case The appellant has provided their grounds of appeal, which I’ve summarised below: • They feel there was an autopay system…
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DCB Legal, Smart Parking.. court Claim defended
Hi Could anyone help please i Have received a letter from cst law who are apparently instructed by smart parking to commence legal action for an unpaid fine 8 months ago I received a fine for whilst parking in a leisure centre car park from smart parking for £100 i read on previous forums to ignore which I did It then got…
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C1 Scotland Inventory
I have done a Scottish C1 Confirmation submission but I'm encountering hurdles getting the format of the C1's inventory accurate and theres nothing online with which to compare. The Sheriff is knocking it back due to 'formatting' issues and HRMC, when questioned (given it's their form), tell me they can't help and I need…
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Smart parking
2 years ago on 31 march 2024. I went to paratha stop in bolton where you validate yoir parking and can stay more than hour as it is a restaurant. On this very day unfortunately for me the tablet for validating your parking kept freezing and not registering my car reg. I was advised and thankfully i did take a picture of…
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Road markings or signs?
Hello everyone. I'd like to ask a quick question regarding a PCN I just received: Details: PCN issued by UKPC. Gallions Reach shopping park, London Borough of Newham. I was parked in a pick-up point for longer than the allowed 15 minutes, guilty. (I completely missed the sign) However, painted on the floor in big yellow…
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Smart Parking claim via DCB Legal
So today I have had the claim form from HM Courts and Tribunal Services come through of a parking ticket I received 3 Years ago I tried to appeal it with smart parking as soon as they sent the ticket (08/05/23)but they threw it out. I parked in a disabled bay with my aunt and we displayed her blue badge we were in the shop…
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2 Days in Oslo suggestions & recommendations?
Hi. I have two days in Oslo booked for a party of 5 (2 adults, 3 kids (8-13)) during the first weekend of November. Does anyone have any great suggestions / recommendations of where to go, what to do, where to eat, etc? Apparently the timing of this trip is out of the main tourist season, so I there'll be less queues and I…
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TFL Red route PCN
hi everyone, I was hoping you could help me understand this kind of PCN, I have received this PCN and I could not find a link to view the evidence of the contravention online, it says I have to write to them in order to view the video and photos of the evidence, based on the photos there is no way to tell if I had really…
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Fixed Term Annuity Tax Question
I am planning to purchase a fixed term annuity and want to understand if there is any difference in tax treatment between, for example, an annual income of £30,000 for 10 years followed by a maturity value of £30,000 OR an annual income of £30,0000 over 11 years? I am not quite sure of the correct terminology for that…
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UC:Mix age couple Migration Notice
Hello👍 Just wanted to share our experience/process to help people in the same/similar position to ourselves; Have been doing some reading/research & will post back soon👍
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Hoorah! Councils improve their online live-in Carer Council Tax discount information
Unpaid carers finally have clearer information on their eligibility for the live-in Carer Council Tax discount, as 69 councils have improved their websites following a MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE) campaign. Yet it's crucial for carers who thought they weren't eligible due to councils' misinformation to check again, to make…
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ISA partial transfer?
I have an ISA with trading 212, opened in Feb 2026 into which I transferred all my savings from Moneybox, which included the 20000 paid in from 25/26 allowance. Stupidly I didn’t realise that only the 20000 would get the promo rate of 4.4% and the rest is only getting 3.6%. Is it possible to only transfer the balance on…
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Best Solar System for me
We're thinking of installing solar panels. I've been doing a lot of reading around including looking at threads here. Still quite confused about how to work out the best system for our situation. We have a detached house with an unshaded pitched roof facing SSE, and another roof facing NNW. Each roof could easily fit 12…
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Council PCN dispute
Hi, I need some advice/help and knew this would be the place to come. I received a parking fine from the council in December as my permit had expired and I didn’t realise. Now I know that the council doesn’t have to send out reminders and I have been through their t and c’s but this is something they usually do but didn’t…
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Yet another DCB Legal Smart Parking claim
Hi, I would appreciate some advice please. In 2022 I received charges from Smart Parking for parking in a pub car park that I drank in. I kept asking the pub to intervene and eventually they emailed me to say they ‘had confirmation this morning that this ticket has been cancelled’ I heard no more from Smart Parking so…
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Tv sound disappears
I have a Samsung series 6 smart tv. I think it must be about 11 years old. Every now and then when streaming the sound just goes off. I can fix it by turning the tv off and disconnecting it at the mains, then when it is switched back on it all works fine for a little while. The problem doesn’t seem to affect terrestrial…
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Battery Electric Vehicle News / Enjoying the Transportation Revolution
I thought a more specific thread/title might be useful for posting news on BEV's (and EV's in general), given that we have threads to discuss the minutia about EV ownership, but perhaps a thread just for the news might be useful. Disclaimer from the start, BEV news can easily become Tesla heavy, so posts, especially mine,…
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B&M Retail
Does anyone here work for B&M Retail? My daughter has been a supervisor now for approximately 3 months. She found out today that her rate of pay has been revised and is now £12.89 per hour which is only 18 pence higher than the minimum wage of £12.71 The supervisor rate used to be 30 pence above the minimum wage but now it…
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DCBL / Claim Form guidance
Hi all, I have a received a Claim Form - Claimant: Observices Parking and all other letters are from DCBL. I have tried my best to navigate through all of the threads - sorry for asking the same thing - and have come up with the defense below. Can somebody check this for me - any advice would be appreciated! I can't upload…
