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No need to prepare any WS yet, or at all as this is still going according to plan. That order tells you that you will receive another notice with a hearing date and deadlines for submitting documents such as WS and any evidence.

These are the two important bits to note:





When you have been notified of the hearing date, DCB Legal will be required to pay the hearing fee no later than about a month before that date. You still would have until 14 days before the hearing if were to ever progress that far.

They will not pay the hearing fee and will discontinue just before then. You should receive a copy of an N279 Notice of Discontinuation from them. Once we know the deadline for their payment of the hearing fee, if you have not received the N279 by that date, you can call the court the next day to verify whether they have paid or discontinued. If they don't py, the claim is automatically struck out.

In the extremely unlikely event that they do pay, then you would still have approx 2 weeks to submit a WS and you certainly don't want to submit yours before they submit theirs.

Patience!

Hi

Hi @b789, @DWMB2, @H C Andersen et all ...

Hope all's good.

I received a letter last week confirming that my case had been transferred to Croydon Court and that a hearing date had been scheduled. To the best of my recollection, I believe it was set for 14 November 2025.

Apologies for seeming uncertain—I had kept the document aside, ready to scan and upload, but my little niece visited and enthusiastically did a Sunday spring clean. Unfortunately, I can’t find the letter now and suspect she may have thrown it away. However, I did read it, and I recall it mentioning a hearing date in November, probably 14 November or something.

Is there anyway to get another copy of that letter from the court? Or better still, is it documented somewhere?

My MCOL recent transactions look like this:


•   A claim was issued against you on 26/09/2024
•   Your acknowledgment of service was submitted on 13/10/2024 at 21:34:16
•   Your acknowledgment of service was received on 14/10/2024 at 08:05:12
•   Your defence was submitted on 20/10/2024 at 17:51:34
•   Your defence was received on 21/10/2024 at 08:05:35
•   DQ sent to you on 21/11/2024
•   DQ filed by claimant on 21/11/2024
•   You filed a DQ on 30/11/2024
•   Your claim was transferred to CROYDON on 22/01/2025

Also, I recall here you wrote:

“When you have been notified of the hearing date, DCB Legal will be required to pay the hearing fee no later than about a month before that date. They will not pay the hearing fee and will discontinue just before then. You should receive a copy of an N279 Notice of Discontinuation from them. "

Is this indeed the case?

I ask, because I have been getting some odd random phone calls from DCB Legal, which I have been refusing to engage with.

What is this about? And will they likely not pay the fee and discontinue the case?

Any thoughts or insights would be grateful.

Yours

LemonTootski

Thanks for your advice. I will chase up with the court...

Hi @b789, @DWMB2, @H C Andersen et all....

So i received the N172, and it's a bit confusing. Although the claim was transferred to CROYDON on 22/01/2025, the N127 Notice of Trial date says it would be heard at RCJ in Strand ?

Is it normal for a mere parking case to be heard on THE central administrative location for justice in these higher courts. What happened to Croydon County Court? Is this normal?



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Secondly, I received this email from the claimant:

Dear LemonTootski (name changed tto protect the innocent, ,


Re: Our Client: Cp Plus Ltd T/a Groupnexus

8 April 2025
WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAVE AS TO COSTS

We write to you in relation to the above matter.

To assist the Court in achieving its overriding objective, our Client may be prepared to settle this case. I can confirm our Client would be agreeable to £60.00 in full and final settlement of this Claim. The current outstanding balance is £286.08.
　　
Should you be agreeable to this offer, please confirm the same within 7 days. Payment can be made via our website www.dcblegal.co.uk, by calling our office on 0203 838 7038 or via bank transfer:　

DCB Legal Ltd Client Account　　

Sort Code: 20-24-09　　
Account no: 60964441　

　


Of course, I just ignored this claimant. Is this them just bugging out?

haha b789, you are just evil !

I'll try that and have some fun with it.

keep you posted

It’s DCB Legal’s modus operandi, don’t feel singled out.

DCB Legal runs a sausage machine in which they initiate court proceedings on behalf of a parking company. This frightens many people into paying up. The alternative is that people ignore court papers, in which case DCB Legal secures a judgment in default. Anyone who actually defends and properly secures a hearing in court local to them ends up with a discontinuation. DCB Legal (or the parking company whom they will bill) won’t pay for the time and effort to attend your court.

As I say, business as usual.

Oh, and with in excess of 40,000 of these notices being issued daily, it’s a huge money making business, and a large percentage of recipients pay up, even when they don’t think they should. The cost of threatening but not taking someone to court is minor in comparison.

NOD.