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We will need to see what exactly has been received (Guide: Posting Images)

As a starting point:

• The original PCN (if still held)
• Any correspondence sent by your partner to Smart, or their legal firm, prior to the court claim being issued
• The Claim Form from the court
• A copy of exactly what she has submitted as her defence

When you say she still has the ticket - do you mean the Pay & Display ticket from the time of the parking incident?

Hi sorry i will get it all together yes she still has the parking ticket from the day 5 yeara ago lol

!st never telephone any of these people, everything in writing.

Can you post up a copy of the back of the PPN?

With it been 5 years ago Smart`s PPN`s never could hold the keeper liable.
They did not conform to the PoFA.

Hopefully, in any appeal the driver was not ID.

Just part of number no idea why just part

Obviously, only part of the VRM was entered or registered. As they could not match that up with the ANPR image, then they simply default to "not paid". However, if you can say that the receipt is what ws portioned, then it would be up to (not so) Smart to prove their equipment was functioning properly.

As their Notice to Keeper (NtK) is not PoFA compliant, they cannot pursue the registered keeper unless the Keeper blabbed that they were also the driver.

Has the driver been identified in any correspondence such as an appeal? Typically, simply admitting "I was the driver" rather than referring to the driver in the third person is how you shoot yourself in the foot and ruin a perfectly good "Golden Ticket".

I am going to assume that the claim has been issued by DCB Legal. What exactly did you put in as the defence? You have not shown us the Particulars of Claim (PoC).

This is never going to get in front of a judge at a hearing. What will happen, is that if a judge does not strike the claim out when this is allocated to your local county court, DCB Legal will discontinue just before they have to pay the £27 trial fee.

What they are hoping is that the defendant is low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree who can be intimidated into paying up out of ignorance and fear. You will eventually start receiving phone calls or letters from DCB Legal offering to settle the claim. If you ignore them, they will discontinue.