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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: f111 on July 16, 2026, 09:10:19 pm
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The next step will be a Letter of Claim from a Solicitor, probably DCB Legal, and everything from debt collectors such as ZZPS, GCTT or even DCBL (not the same company) should be ignored. The Letter of Claim should be replied to in brief, denying the claim. A county court claim will follow which includes Particulars of Claim and a defence will need to be submitted; I suggest again keeping it simple and if the claim is for "parking" for 61 seconds then the defence can be along the lines of "the car was not parked". There will be a further process which the defendant will need to keep on top of, but ultimately it's very likely that DCB Legal will discontinue the claim before having to pay the court fee. We can't make any promises but you should search the forum for cases documenting UKPC and DCB Legal.
This is really helpful, thank you for taking the time with it. Will tell him to follow this advice and share back on here with an update in case it benefits anyone else too.
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You might be interested to know that UKPC is under investigation for its appeals process, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/parking-charges-cma-takes-action-to-drive-improvements-for-motorists
Is it? That link says that Euro Car Parks are the ones under investigation.
Oh yes, thank you!
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You might be interested to know that UKPC is under investigation for its appeals process, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/parking-charges-cma-takes-action-to-drive-improvements-for-motorists
Is it? That link says that Euro Car Parks are the ones under investigation.
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The next step will be a Letter of Claim from a Solicitor, probably DCB Legal, and everything from debt collectors such as ZZPS, GCTT or even DCBL (not the same company) should be ignored. The Letter of Claim should be replied to in brief, denying the claim. A county court claim will follow which includes Particulars of Claim and a defence will need to be submitted; I suggest again keeping it simple and if the claim is for "parking" for 61 seconds then the defence can be along the lines of "the car was not parked". There will be a further process which the defendant will need to keep on top of, but ultimately it's very likely that DCB Legal will discontinue the claim before having to pay the court fee. We can't make any promises but you should search the forum for cases documenting UKPC and DCB Legal.
I agree that in the unlikely event that this actually got to a court hearing it would be laughed out, but DCB Legal's modus operandi is to frighten people into paying or into ignoring court claims so that they can obtain a default judgement in their favour. As long as your friend is able to stay on top of the process then this should end up coming to nothing.
This is a money-extracting sausage machine because significant numbers of their victims either just pay up or ignore the court papers that follow.
If you or your friend can post the Letter of Claim when it arrives, you will get further advice, but the key document will be the N1SDT county court claim form with deadlines and the Particulars of Claim.
You might be interested to know that UKPC is under investigation for its appeals process, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/parking-charges-cma-takes-action-to-drive-improvements-for-motorists
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Hi all,
I'm hoping for some advice regarding a UKPC parking charge.
This is actually for a relative who has only recently asked me for help, so I'm unfortunately coming into the case fairly late. I've tried to include as much information as possible, but if I've missed anything, please let me know and I'll happily answer any questions.
The driver is an Uber driver. On 19/04/2026 he attended Sterling Industrial Estate, Dagenham to collect a pre-booked passenger. The passenger had an item to load into the vehicle, so the driver stopped only just long enough for the passenger to get in and load the item.
The engine remained running throughout, the driver never left the vehicle, and then drove away immediately.
The Notice to Keeper states the alleged contravention was:
"Vehicle parked on yellow lines/hatched area."
Notice to Keeper records the duration of stay as 0 hours, 1 minute and 1 second.
The driver also has the Uber trip record from that morning, which I've attached.
Timeline
19/04/2026 – Alleged parking event.
23/04/2026 – UKPC Notice to Keeper received (attached).
The driver's son submitted an appeal via the UKPC portal.
06/05/2026 – UKPC rejected the appeal (attached). No POPLA appeal was submitted.
11/06/2026 – ZZPS debt recovery letter received (attached).
10/07/2026 – "Warning Notice of Transfer to Solicitors" received from GCTT (trading name of ZZPS), stating that UKPC intends to pursue the matter through the courts if the balance remains unpaid.
I'm attaching:
Original Notice to Keeper.
UKPC appeal rejection.
ZZPS letter.
GCTT "Transfer to Solicitors" letter.
Uber trip details.
One thing that also stood out to me is that the appeal rejection states the vehicle:
"was not parked correctly in the bay markings"
whereas the original Notice to Keeper alleges:
"Vehicle parked on yellow lines/hatched area."
That seems to be a different allegation.
I'd really appreciate any advice on:
Is there still a realistic prospect of defending this? He's sufficiently aggreived at the ticket for 1 minute collection that he says he will go to court to fight it if necessary even if fine is the same.
Is the recorded stay of 1 minute 1 second likely to be significant?
Does the fact this was simply an Uber passenger pick-up, with the engine running and the driver remaining in the vehicle, make any difference?
What would be the recommended next step from here?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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