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The “boilerplate” defence to these claims is increasingly being struck out by the courts, and so any defence you use needs to be more specific. You need to give us more background in order to help you here, including posting the original notice and giving us your story.

Of course, the Particulars of Claim from DCB Legal are woeful, and this can be pointed out in your defence, but I suggest this is no longer sufficient as it might once have been.

There is usually a requirement for a 10 minute grace period to allow a driver to find and read the signs, but that's based in the code of practice, not law, so that won't help you having ignored the appeal process.

None of that is quite true. You're referring to a consideration period rather than a grace period, they are different things. A consideration period is a period of time allowed for a driver to find and read any such signage, and decide whether to remain parked or leave. This is usually a minimum of 5 minutes per the code of practice. You are correct that the code of practice is not law, but it is a common legal principle that someone cannot be bound by a contract if he has not been afforded the opportunity to consider the terms.

There are potential defences to explore but as per jfollows, we could do with some further information.