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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: Rahm04 on June 01, 2026, 10:17:58 pm
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okay.
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I am unsure if I previously submitted an appeal, although I am fairly certain that I have not :(
A SAR will reveal this info so act quickly.
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I am unsure if I previously submitted an appeal, although I am fairly certain that I have not :(
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Therefore you have until 8 June to file your defence or Acknowledgment of Service
If you file an AoS by then, you have until 22 June to file a defence
If you send a Subject Access Request to the parking company (Smart Parking, NOT DCB Legal) asking for all personal information they hold on you including anything sent from you to them, you could get a copy of your appeal, but you need to do this as a matter of urgency to meet the 22 June deadline for filing your defence.
PS 19 May makes no difference to these deadlines
PPS If you never sent an appeal to Smart Parking, then clearly you did not identify the driver.
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https://imgpile.com/p/idiRsaw#CshZNzP
It is 19th of May.
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Letter was issued on 18 May 2026.
To be honest as it has been more than a year I do not remember if I mentioned anything about the driver in appeal or not.
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https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/ requests, amongst other things, that you do not obscure dates as you have done.
You have 14+5 days from the date on the N1SDT form to file a defence or an Acknowledgement of Service; if you file AoS you have a further 14 days to file your defence.
If the PCN you posted part of is the original PCN and if you have not identified the driver then you have a defence that the PCN was sent too late to use the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 to transer liability from the unknown driver to the registered keeper.
Search the forum for similar examples and their associated defences. Do not overlook your deadlines for submission which only you know.
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Hi everyone,
I have recently received a claim form from DCB regarding a parking charge from December 2024.
I am the owner of the car and the driver parked at a gym car park and later got a parking ticket.
Drive spoke to the gym manager at that time, and he said that if a one month gym membership was taken out, he would be able to cancel the parking ticket. Based on that, driver took out the membership.
After that, I moved to another city and thought the issue had been sorted. However, I've now received the claim form date 19 May 2026, which I only found out as I was away.
I don't have the full original parking ticket, just part of the photo evidence, which I've been able to get hold of.
I have attached the claim form. Could someone please help me understand what's going on and what I should do next?
https://imgpile.com/p/czB3vSF
https://imgpile.com/p/czB3vSF#BlGs0cZ
Thanks.