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Okay thank you jfollows. I was confused because the General From of Judgement or Order states that we must 'deliver to the Claimant and the Court an Amended Defence' but then the link you sent states that my local court is no longer able to accept claim forms. So just to clarify, we need to send a new defence to the Claimant (DCB Legal?) and to Nottingham County Court, by post? Is it common for the defence that we submitted, which was copied from this thread last year, to be struck out as ours has?

Hello,I also meant to check, should the new defence be submitted via MCOL?Thank you.

Okay, thank you DWMB2.Should the driver still be referred to as 'The Driver' in this instance, or would it be pertinent at this stage to confirm who was driving?

Hi all,A 'little' update. On the plus side, the change of address info seems to have been received. On the more ominous side, we've had this in the post today:https://ibb.co/6JJGKpftOur defence was submitted as instructed earlier in this thread. What would you recommend we do now please?To emphasise a point made in my original post; we never received any evidence of the alleged contravention and the first contact we received was the Final Notice of Debt Recovery from DCBL and a Letter of Claim from DCB Legal, both stating we owed £170 and alleging a charge but providing no evidence of said charge. I asked for this from DCB Legal on two occasions and again (as mentioned in a reply from myself a few above this one) during mediation. As yet, we've not seen anything and, in one of my more recent replies, they tried to claim that we were outside of the timeframe to get said info...Thank you.

Thank you DWMB2. I phoned 0300 123 5577 and got through to someone after 1 hour 15 mins of waiting.. only to be told that I couldn't discuss much with them because my wife wasn't there to confirm security! However, I was given enquiries.nottingham.countycourt@justice.gov.uk and told to email them claim number and provide the new address, which I've done. If I'd have known that Royal Mail re-direct would be so shoddy, I would have emailed all parties much sooner :| I shall update this thread as and when.Thanks again.

Hi guys,Some more advice please.. After the mediation call, I got an email to say we'd be informed of the next steps in writing. The MCOL system says that the case was transferred to Nottingham (presumably County Court) on 25/03. At the beginning of March, we moved house. I set up Royal Mail Redirects for myself and my wife, but we have received nothing to date (complaints with RM placed, but that's another story). I am currently on hold with the number that Google brings up for Nottingham CC but it's more of generic helpline it seems. My question is, what's the best way (if anyone knows) to make sure the documents are sent to the correct address please? Is it something that can be done online etc? Or, is this next stage a formality and we wouldn't have to complete any form etc. anyway?Hope that makes sense.Thank you.

Morning all,I promised to keep this thread updated to the end of its course, so that any newbies can see the journey in a full thread (and hopefully enough detail to help).Mediation call has taken place (although the number wasn't withheld as I'd read it would be, it was a London, 020, number) this morning and a settlement was not reached. I offered £0 or for the claimant to discontinue with no order as to costs. We've received an email to confirm it wasn't settled and to encourage a settlement down the line etc. to stop it going to court. The email states that this will now be transferred to a court (if not already so).A question for the professionals please - I'm afraid I did, as I can over-talk, mention during the call that I'd seen no evidence of any kind and had asked DCB Legal for copies of evidence etc. last year, to which they never came back to me. The mediator fed that info to the other party who came back to say that our first email (sent in July 2025) did not pass DCB Legal's GDPR requirements, which they then asked for in September. We sent the reply in October but apparently that was outside of the timeframe. Will my over-talking here cause us any issues?Thank you all.

Hello B789 (and all),A quick update:I filled in and submitted the DQ / N180 on 4th Jan (before 5th Jan deadline, didn't get a chance during Christmas break!). Since then my wife, who is the registered keeper, has received a number of calls from DCB Legal asking her to call them - I'm guessing this is them trying to reach a settlement? I filled in the N180 with my details for the mediation call - do I just 'sit back' and wait for that call now? Would you mind reminding me of the best way to deal with said call please? I did read it on another thread but that was over a month ago and I want to make sure I'm in the best position.Thank you again for your time, support and guidance.

Hello all,I promised I would update:This morning I received an email from Bulklitigation@dcblegal.co.uk stating they'd received and reviewed the defence and their Client was proceeding with the claim, along with the Claimant's DQ/N180.I have checked MCOL and I have not yet been issued with(if that's a thing?) a DQ to fill in (my case says that Defence was the latest stage/update). Is it important that I wait until the MCOL shows/requests a DQ or shall I fill in the N180 I've already downloaded whilst reading up on here tonight?Also, when sending my DQ, does it matter whether I send it to info@dcblegal.co.uk or bulklitigation@dcblegal.co.uk? Or is it best to send it to both? I'll send it to dq.cnbc@justice.gov.uk too.Thank you in advance.*Edit* Out of interest (I've just seen this mentioned in another topic), the DQ is only signed by DCB Legal Ltd, 'Legal Representative for the Claimant'. No name, position or signature of an authorised or exempt litigator. Is it worth me sending your templated email about the signatory's full name, role etc. and refiling a compliant N180?

Thank you all for your advice and help. I have submitted the defence today. I shall update you accordingly.

Thanks DWMB2. I am away with work at the moment but have asked my wife to take photos. I've added the IMGBB links to my question from earlier today.

Good Morning all,I sent the template as advised. My wife has had a letter from HM Courts and Tribunals service today to say we have a claim against us. We have a claim form and a response pack.Images here:[REMOVED BY MODERATOR]I have found a response from September to my initial email from DCB Legal in my spam folder, requesting I confirm name, first of address and postcode so I have now replied to that.Do I need to do anything in the meantime (such as respond to the CCJ letter)? I have a busy week so will try and read the forum later on but any immediate advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Thank you. Sorry, one last question that I should have asked - my wife is the one named in the correspondence - is the email best coming from her email or am I okay sending it from mine?

Thank you both for your responses and thank you, B789, for the detail and template. I shall send the email, however do I need to reference any thing in the email (such as their reference)?The V5C has always been up to date and correct and we have been at the same address since Feb 2021. I'll keep you posted.

Hi all,I hope this finds everyone well. My wife and I have received two letters in quick succession, (dated 11th July and 16th July but both arrived this week) one from Direct Collection Bailiffs Ltd and one from DCB Legal. Scans with sensitive info omitted attached. These are the first/only correspondence we have ever had (we, as a village, have had some trouble with Royal Mail deliveries arriving late or not at all) and they date back to an alleged contravention in Dec 2021. The site in question has a car park shared by Harwood House and a charitable business called Melton and District Furniture Project (MDFP). The driver parked next to the latter business in order to offload some donations and load some purchases. The driver asked about parking at the time, and Melton & District Furniture Project (MDFP) took the registration of the vehicle and said they would sort it with the car park owners. Fast forward to now. The driver phoned MDFP this week who have said it's nothing to do with them and they can't authorise people to park there. I shall encourage the driver to reach out to Smart Parking UK (or perhaps Harwood House?) if consensus agrees, but as every case is different I would love to hear the community's and experts' here thoughts on this please?Link to Google Maps location below. From here one can see a large sign saying that the parking isn't for MDFP customers but there are two points for consideration here:1 - The Google maps image is from July 2023. In December 2021, the driver is certain that the sign was not there, indeed the MDFP website image shows the building with no sign (attachment MDFP1).2 - As the driver was offloading and then loading heavy items, it was severely impractical (and impossible on their own) for them to move said items along from a parking zone off site. Couple this with the advice they were given at the time and the PCN etc. is unexpected.https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fall-Line+Solutions+Limited/@52.7665269,-0.8886355,3a,90y,217.93h,95.93t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scYVqCuzin12mO6Z4u7KWuA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-5.93247259200713%26panoid%3DcYVqCuzin12mO6Z4u7KWuA%26yaw%3D217.93291770787758!7i16384!8i8192!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x4879d41e46280563:0x20d3124cfe476cb0!2sMelton+%26+District+Furniture+Project!8m2!3d52.7661716!4d-0.8888096!16s%2Fg%2F1tdk030n!3m5!1s0x4879d41e52857e81:0x69feb87f511a4b84!8m2!3d52.7664913!4d-0.8889211!16s%2Fg%2F11kn39np93?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3DThank you. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]