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Court letter
DIR By: Howto.
Date: May 12, 2026, 12:28 am
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Hi
I had a smart parking fine through the post. The fine was for
the 1/07/2024 the issue date was 22/07/2024. The letter stated
it was to my name but no mention of driver or keeper. No mention
of POPLA on the parking notice. I appealed saying that as this
is notice to keeper it does not meet POPLA’s 14 day rule of
receiving the PcN within 14 days. They sent me an email
acknowledging my appeal but didn’t ever give me an outcome. My
appeal was well within the timeframe of appeal. I have had lots
of threatening letters through the post from a debt collecting
agency and now a notice for a ccj. I have contacted the company
sending threatening letters and explained the situation. I’ve
asked for proof that there was an outcome to my appeal and the
10 digit reference code. I’ve asked for information like photos
and the pcn. I’m told that these are unreasonable requests. If I
put all this through as my defense in court will I win or do I
just pay the hugely inflated fine and forget about it.
Thank you
Hannah
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Re: Court letter
DIR By: jfollows
Date: May 12, 2026, 12:47 am
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Please slow down, read
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/<br
/>and post the things you have sent and received for us to see.
If the PCN from Smart was issued too late, then if the driver
has not been identified the liability can not be passed to the
keeper under PoFA 2012
(
HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedule/4).
But whether or not this can be a defence for you remains to be
seen.
If you have a N1SDT court claim form, you have 14+5 days from
its date to file a defence or an Acknowledgment of Service, and
if you file the AoS you get an extra 14 days to file a defence.
When you show us this form, obscure your personal details and
the password.
#Post#: 118384--------------------------------------------------
Re: Court letter
DIR By: Dave65
Date: May 12, 2026, 4:07 am
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Do not continue to contact any of these people, they may well
try to get the drivers ID which you must not divulge.
Everything in writing.
Post up what you have received, including a copy of the PPN.
Also, this is not a FINE, it is an invoice.
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Re: Court letter
DIR By: Howto.
Date: May 12, 2026, 4:40 am
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Hi
Thank you. I’ve been trying to upload a file. I must be missing
something. I can’t see where I can upload. When I click on
attachments and other options it doesn’t show me anything. Thank
you for any advice
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Re: Court letter
DIR By: jfollows
Date: May 12, 2026, 5:14 am
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Read the link I posted earlier.
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Re: Court letter
DIR By: Howto.
Date: May 12, 2026, 11:35 am
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Thank you.
There’ll be more to follow. I also had telephone conversation
with the debt collecting agency.
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Re: Court letter
DIR By: jfollows
Date: May 12, 2026, 11:42 am
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--- Quote from: Howto. link ---
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> Thank you.
>
> There’ll be more to follow. I also had telephone conversation
with the debt collecting agency.
>
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General advice: as in Reply #2 above
- Ignore debt collectors completely
- Do not have telephone conversations with anyone, including
debt collectors
You need to have everything in writing, and you run the risk of
inadvertently damaging your position during a telephone call.
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Re: Court letter
DIR By: Howto.
Date: May 12, 2026, 12:51 pm
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Re: Court letter
DIR By: jfollows
Date: May 12, 2026, 1:12 pm
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I could not find a N1SDT county court claim in the posts above.
You say you have “a notice for a CCJ”. What’s this?
Parking companies routinely deny valid appeals, so don’t take
this too personally.
If you do have a county court claim which I missed, please note
its deadlines carefully.
If not, you’re probably waiting for a Letter of Claim from DCB
Legal, to which you will need to send a response. There is then
a court claim, and DCB Legal usually discontinues these claims
eventually if they are defended.
Your defence looks like non-compliance with PoFA 2012 and the
driver has not been identified. Will you please post a clearer
copy of the original PCN, with all dates showing as well?
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Re: Court letter
DIR By: Howto.
Date: May 12, 2026, 1:33 pm
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The phone conversation was me trying to say I should have a 10
digit ref to appeal to POPLA if my appeal was unsuccessful. This
was in Feb this year. I then stated that the parking notice was
outside poplas 14 days and that there was more than 1 person
that could drive my car so the 14 day rule should apply. It
would be hard to remember who was driving if the time frame was
longer than that 😬. The person on the other end kept
repeating I was in breach of contact and needed to pay. I said
the amount remains the same until the outcome of my appeal. They
didn’t send me an outcome and nor have I had any information
I’ve asked for from them.
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