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Sorry for the delay.  Here is the Notice of Discontinuance.

1. I pay £60 now
2. I pay £100 after IAS rejects my appeal (they almost certainly will)
3. The matter will be escalated to court, with the possibily of paying over £300 in case I lose.

Where did you get the £300 figure from? This seems unlikely to me.

Having been in your situation a few times, in all honestly it is probably less hassle to pay the £60.  The court process is simple, but also long and drawn out.  But for me it's not just about money.  It's the principle.  I consider that if I give them £60 they will use this to fund their scam, approaching new landowners citing all their successful operations, sending more threatening letters to other marks.  Each £60 probably funds the harassment of another 10 people.  Some of these will be people who would never even think of checking a forum and discovering the truth.  Perhaps older people who would always assume that this kind of thing is legitimate.

If everyone took every "ticket" all the way to court, these bottom-feeders would very quickly go out of business.  So i see it as my duty to challenge each one, personally.

Thanks for all your responses and your patience. I had no prior idea on how these private car park work.
I'll guess I'll suck it up and pay the fine.

Dear Gent, this can all be a bit confusing at your first time, as most people who receive something like this assume that it is a genuine fine rather than an attempt to extract money from you by a band of crooks.

The folks of this forum can be a bit spiky but are superb at helping people in your situation, if provided with all the info they need.

So, please post up the original ticket, any signs at the location (you posted one but there is probably one at the entrance too) and any other correspondence you have had.  Preferably as scans of the original doc.

In my opinion it is highly unlikely that you will end up having to pay them anything, even though you have potentially identified the driver.  This type of scam is intended to cream money off those who don't know it's a scam, and if you stand your ground you will most probably be successful.

Thank you all.  Just for the avoidance of all doubt, do I need to enter anything else by the 19th, or the particulars (as provided here) I have already submitted will be enough?

Presumably they will fold regardless of any extra submissions, but just to check it's not a formality or something.

Evening folks.

The telephone hearing took place a few weeks ago, at which i of course did not offer to pay anything.

I have now received this:



Seems pretty obvious, but just for the sake of a complete thread, I believe that i should expect a call from DCB over the next few weeks, to which I refuse to pay anything.  They may try again for a smaller amount and then they will fail to pay the fee and be struck out.

Correct?  Thanks

Do you have to fill in the mediation section (E)?  I don't want to mediate with them, but perhaps I have to be seen as willing?  Your guide doesn't mention this.  Not a criticism, just an explanation as to why I am checking this.

I can log on to MCOL fine, and I can see the one I won last year.  But there is no reference to this new one.

Sorry to keep labouring the point, but surely the court will contact me to let me know more documents are required?  They can't just expect people to check MCOL?

Presumably the court will contact me to ask for this though right?

Surely the onus can't be on the claimant to tell the defendant what to do?