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I received a Small Claims Court claim from HM Courts via DCB Legal (Spring Parking Ltd).

I have not responded to any correspondence thus far, including the PCNs and the subsequent DCB Legal Letter Before Claim.

The circumstances surrounding the original PCN are as follows: I parked in a paid parking bay near a post office for approximately five minutes. I did not pay because I genuinely did not notice any signage indicating that payment was required and assumed the parking was free.

I understand that, having not paid for parking, my position may be weak. However, given that court fees have already been incurred, I figured I might as well see it through.

If anyone has a good argument for me to put forward in my defence to help get this claim thrown out, I would be eternally grateful.

Here is the small claims letter ->

Imgur is blocked in the UK. Many of us, myself included, don’t use a VPN to circumvent this.

I can get pictures of the signage. Not sure how it helps though..

I will get a photo of the signs. It was a 'I just didn't look,' but I will provide some more information soon. Any other potential argument I can use?