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Hi everyone,

I have recently received a claim form from DCB regarding a parking charge from December 2024.

I am the owner of the car and the driver parked at a gym car park and later got a parking ticket.

Drive spoke to the gym manager at that time, and he said that if a one month gym membership was taken out, he would be able to cancel the parking ticket. Based on that, driver took out the membership.

After that, I moved to another city and thought the issue had been sorted. However, I've now received the claim form date 19 May 2026, which I only found out as I was away.

I don't have the full original parking ticket, just part of the photo evidence, which I've been able to get hold of.

I have attached the claim form. Could someone please help me understand what's going on and what I should do next?


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Thanks.

Letter was issued on 18 May 2026.

To be honest as it has been more than a year I do not remember if I mentioned anything about the driver in appeal or not.

Therefore you have until 8 June to file your defence or Acknowledgment of Service
If you file an AoS by then, you have until 22 June to file a defence
If you send a Subject Access Request to the parking company (Smart Parking, NOT DCB Legal) asking for all personal information they hold on you including anything sent from you to them, you could get a copy of your appeal, but you need to do this as a matter of urgency to meet the 22 June deadline for filing your defence.

PS 19 May makes no difference to these deadlines

PPS If you never sent an appeal to Smart Parking, then clearly you did not identify the driver.

I am unsure if I previously submitted an appeal, although I am fairly certain that I have not 

A SAR will reveal this info so act quickly.