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Claim form receieved from UK Parking control LTD, parked in a
disabled space in private retail park
DIR By: settop23
Date: May 19, 2026, 5:23 am
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Hello
I have receieved a claim form for a parking charge. I am the RK
of the vehicle, and I believe the vehicle was only parked in the
space for a few minutes.
I have attached the claim form to this email, I have submitted
an AoS and need to submit a defence in the next 7 days. Please
could somebody advise the best defence to put forward at this
stage as I intend to fight this in court
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Re: Claim form receieved from UK Parking control LTD, parked in
a disabled space in private retail park
DIR By: jfollows
Date: May 19, 2026, 5:34 am
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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.
#Post#: 119165--------------------------------------------------
Re: Claim form receieved from UK Parking control LTD, parked in
a disabled space in private retail park
DIR By: TheDisapprovingBrit
Date: May 19, 2026, 5:44 am
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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. Even if you had raised that point
during appeal, if the disabled bays have prominent signs in
front of them saying that they are for blue badge holders only,
the operator would have a good argument that you should at least
have read that term and parked somewhere else to read the rest
of the conditions.
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Re: Claim form receieved from UK Parking control LTD, parked in
a disabled space in private retail park
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: May 19, 2026, 6:05 am
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--- Quote from: TheDisapprovingBrit link ---
>
> 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.
>
--- End Quote ---
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.
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Re: Claim form receieved from UK Parking control LTD, parked in
a disabled space in private retail park
DIR By: settop23
Date: May 19, 2026, 4:23 pm
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Please find below the notices sent (01-06), images of vehicle
(1-4) and signage from the location.
The vehicle had a person inside who had a blue badge, but for
whatever reason it was not on display
I am certain that the vehicle will have been there for no longer
than 10 minutes. Furthermore, im fairly sure the driver of the
vehicle was not me but I am the RK of the vehicle.
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Re: Claim form receieved from UK Parking control LTD, parked in
a disabled space in private retail park
DIR By: settop23
Date: May 28, 2026, 5:10 am
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Can anybody help with this as time is running out to submit a
defence [member=103]DWMB2[/member]
[member=6750]InterCity125[/member] you have been very useful in
a previous case I took to court and won
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Re: Claim form receieved from UK Parking control LTD, parked in
a disabled space in private retail park
DIR By: jfollows
Date: May 28, 2026, 5:17 am
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Per
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/>the consideration period for deciding not to park or pay is 5
minutes unless it’s free for an hour or more with >500 spaces.
So saying the car wasn’t there for more than 10 minutes won’t
fly.
The “consideration period” argument also doesn’t apply anyway if
the car was parked, as seems to be the case.
But the notice has no period of parking. So you could defend on
the basis of non-compliance with PoFA 2012 because of this.
There are sample appeals/defences on the forum on this basis.
Otherwise, what is your specific defence as registered keeper?
If the signs are clear and the driver didn’t comply with their
terms, then only non-compliance with PoFA 2012 will get you off
the hook.
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