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County Court Claim Form - MET Parking via DCB Legal
Hi all, I have received a claim for three MET parking
tickets dating back to 12/2017, 01/2018 and 02/2018. To date, all
correspondence has been ignored and the only communication has been to MET for
information on the claims (This was requested via email 11/22 and 07/23 to
which they responded with images and scans of the…
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British citizen working in Antwerp?
Hi, I am a British Electronics Engineer. I have been offered by a recruitment consultant to apply for a job in Antwerp. Its contract for 2 months but may have extensions. Supposing i got the job, would i be able to rent a bedsit/flat in Antwerp? I imagine that hotel bills in Antwerp will be high. Will my Lloyds bank debit…
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UKPC charge advice - parked on bay line
Hi folks, I've been trawling the forum for advice on next steps but just wanted to clarify what the approach should be from here. Hoping one of you amazing, super informative people can help. Charge is from 26/11/2024 for parking on a bay line at a retail park. 8 month pregnant partner and toddler in car and all the P&C…
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Lump Sum Quandary
Hi, some thoughts please? I'm approaching 60 and have an old Local Government deferred pension. I'm with another LA currently and will have 21 years in that pension by the time I retire at 67. My query is, do I take a Max lump Sum now, from my deferred pension, or keep a maximum annual payout? If I take a 25% lump Sum now…
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UK CPM GLADSTONES court claim SUCCESS
Hi, hoping someone can help please. I have received a letter before claim from Gladstone in September 2024 and then another letter before claim at the start of October 2024. This is for a PCN which I received for parking 12mins in a car park without paying. I appealed and it was dismissed by IAS. The parking event occurred…
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Parking Management Solutions pre-IAS stage - Advice please
Hi all, The driver of a vehicle received a PCN at a car-park in Manchester. The sign reads: "You must pay for the entire duration of your stay upon arrival from point of entry to exit, before leaving the car park, either via Parking Attendant or via JustPark app. The driver had proceeded to pay via JustPark before leaving…
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Home Responsibilities Protection and Full state pension
Hi All, not sure if anyone can tell me. I have a full state pension as started claiming it last year at 66. I recently received a letter from HMRC to say that I did not have full years for the time I was at home, not working, when I had my 4 children. I completed the relevant information on the Government Gateway site. I…
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Deed says Jointly & Severally
Hi, My husband is in a care home and they have just been on about the fees and the house I live in. Initially it was in my sole name but when we got an Equity Release for my daughter 10 years later it appears that the new Deeds state that my husband owns it Jointly & severally. Obviously He made no contributions to the…
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EPC PLC administration charge following a toll fine in Hungary
Please help if you can. In August we went through Hungary to Romania. We purchased the vignette online but I put in the wrong number plate (one wrong digit). We were stopped and checked in one of the services and we then realised the mistake but the guy waved us through and we carried on. Once we realised the mistake I…
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General Form of Judgement or Order
Hi, I’ve received a General Form of Judgement where UK Parking Control Limited are the claimant. Please can anyone help on what I need to do? Thank you
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How much can we borrow
Hello, We have 2 properties at 225k, one resi and one BTL. 45k in the resi and 80k equity for BTL. We have 55k in debt. (35k) on refurb for BTL. Combined salary of 100k, plus 2 years of accounts for the BTL 20k an annum. If we sold our resi, how much could we borrow with the debt in mind? Also, I’ve been told that we can…
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Overstayed parking
Hello, I recently received a parking charge for overstaying at a local Hoizon run car park. Unfortunately i got the period wrong and overstayed well past the allowed grace period. Due to various reasons the 14 days period has now lapsed so i am looking at the full £70. I have previously fought these charges, however I have…
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Fuchsia dying or struggling this year
Has anyone else had problems with fuchsia plants this year? I usually grow four or five different varieties around the garden, but this year I have only one healthy plant which is a hardy one which survived the winter (the only fuchsia that did). All my other hardy fuchsias died, and I bought replacements most of which…
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Mid term increase, car insurance
I updated my daughters occupation when she finished school and started her new job with car insurance provider. I was expecting to pay something additional , however after initially being told no increase, I got an email the other day to say my monthly premiums were going up from 177 per month to 449. As you can imagine i…
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D.L.A to A.A question. with abit of a twist
A family member was on the middle rate DLA for many years before moving abroad. In moving abroad they lost the mobility rate (the higher amount of income) as it wasnt exportable and i believe were only allowed the lower rate of approx £30 a week. On returning to the UK they werent able to reclaim. So they are thinking of…
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Britannia Parking CNBC letter
Hellooo, I have received a letter today from the CNBC. I have already responded through Money Claim with an AoS. The issue date is 02/09/2024, I am struggling with the defence, as I have seen a few different versions of what I should copy and paste. Can you please help? Thanks
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Handing in notice period
Been in my current employment for a number of years,I'm considering handing in my notice in the next couple of weeks my contract states under 1 months service notice - nil Prior to the successful completion of probation one weeks notice. Thereafter one weeks written notice. is that all I have to give is one weeks written…
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Car Insurance 'Driving other Cars'
Have been trying to answer this question for a while: My daughter only has an automatic licence. Should she be able to find a policy that will allow her to drive someone else's car as long as it is also an automatic. Looking for this to use in an emergency. Thanks
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HM Courts and Tribunal Service letter - is this a letter before claim?
Morning, I have been following the newbie thread to avoid paying a fine from Euro Car Parks due to most likely a technical error. Last week I received a letter from HM Courts and Tribunal Service, Is this a letter before claim? If not, I haven't received one. How should I deal with this? Thanks in advance.
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Giving notice to BT in writing.. I do not make telephone calls!
Hi I need to give notice to cancel my contract, which ends on the 3rd of September 2025. We are moving home to a rural area and optic fibre connection is not possible as there is no fibre to the address we are moving to. I will either have to use RF or Starlink to get internet and I will have to get a landline. Mobile…
