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Private parking tickets / Re: ECP / DCB Court Claim - Advice Appreciated
« on: December 01, 2025, 02:05:55 pm »
b789 - wow! - thank you for your reply to my questions - that is very helpful.
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Private parking tickets / Re: ECP / DCB Court Claim - Advice Appreciated
« on: December 01, 2025, 10:05:02 am »
Hello
Hello helpful people - an observation, and a couple of questions, about the timeline to the trial date for this case.
OBSERVATION
The trial date is 25 February 2026.
The trial fee payment deadline is 28 January 2026.
The deadline for the Witness Statements is given as 4pm on 19 December 2025.
QUESTION
Is it normal to have the WS date so early? - six weeks before the trial fee deadline.
Do you think the claimant will file their WS that early? - or will they deliberately miss the date so they have the defendant's WS first.
I would appreciate your view on those questions - thanks.
Hello helpful people - an observation, and a couple of questions, about the timeline to the trial date for this case.
OBSERVATION
The trial date is 25 February 2026.
The trial fee payment deadline is 28 January 2026.
The deadline for the Witness Statements is given as 4pm on 19 December 2025.
QUESTION
Is it normal to have the WS date so early? - six weeks before the trial fee deadline.
Do you think the claimant will file their WS that early? - or will they deliberately miss the date so they have the defendant's WS first.
I would appreciate your view on those questions - thanks.
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Private parking tickets / Re: Euro Car Parks (DCB Legal) Court Claim for unpaid PCN
« on: June 02, 2025, 03:37:39 pm »
Thank you 'just love cars' for your reply.
To answer your question - NO: no appeals were made because the PCN went to a previous address. I moved address literally 2 days after the date that the parking took place. Only got the PCN several months later when I visited the previous address and the new tenant handed over some old mail.
To answer your question - NO: no appeals were made because the PCN went to a previous address. I moved address literally 2 days after the date that the parking took place. Only got the PCN several months later when I visited the previous address and the new tenant handed over some old mail.
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Private parking tickets / Euro Car Parks (DCB Legal) Court Claim for unpaid PCN
« on: June 02, 2025, 01:58:14 pm »
Hello – hoping you can provide advice on what a suitable defence might be for this particular parking case.
1. The driver parked a vehicle in a car park operated by Euro Car Parks.
2. The car park signage advertised 2 hours free parking.
3. The driver exited the car park 2 hours and 10 minutes later.
4. ECP issued a PCN for £100 in October 2023 which remains unpaid.
5. The reason given for the PCN was ‘The vehicle was parked without a valid Pay by
Phone transaction’.
6. ECP have now made a Court Claim for £277 (DCB Legal appear to be handling the `claim for ECP).
7. The defendant named in the Claim is the Registered Keeper of the vehicle.
8. The defendant has submitted the ‘acknowledgment of service’ for the Claim and will provide a defence. It is the content of that defence I am hoping you can help with?
Attachments
a) ECP Notice to Keeper (& PCN)
b) ECP Court Claim
c) Car park signage – 2 hours free parking
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1. The driver parked a vehicle in a car park operated by Euro Car Parks.
2. The car park signage advertised 2 hours free parking.
3. The driver exited the car park 2 hours and 10 minutes later.
4. ECP issued a PCN for £100 in October 2023 which remains unpaid.
5. The reason given for the PCN was ‘The vehicle was parked without a valid Pay by
Phone transaction’.
6. ECP have now made a Court Claim for £277 (DCB Legal appear to be handling the `claim for ECP).
7. The defendant named in the Claim is the Registered Keeper of the vehicle.
8. The defendant has submitted the ‘acknowledgment of service’ for the Claim and will provide a defence. It is the content of that defence I am hoping you can help with?
Attachments
a) ECP Notice to Keeper (& PCN)
b) ECP Court Claim
c) Car park signage – 2 hours free parking
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