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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.

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 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?

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.

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?

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%3D

Thank you.

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