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HM COURT claim form. DCB Legal on behalf of Spring Parking LTD.
DIR By: Lighto15
Date: July 2, 2026, 5:58 am
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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 ->
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I've applied for an AoS.
I have not notified/mentioned the driver
I have also attached images of the site -->
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I have tried to get the original PCN but Spring Parking claims
they do not have it and say it is with the debt collectors.
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Re: HM COURT claim form. DCB Legal on behalf of Spring Parking
LTD.
DIR By: jfollows
Date: July 2, 2026, 6:09 am
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Court fees have likely not been paid yet, and DCB Legal usually
discontinues before having to pay them.
A Subject Access Request can be used to obtain personal
information from Spring Parking, including the PCN.
You needed to file a defence by 22 June, or an Acknowlegement of
Service by 22 June followed by a defence by 6 July. Have you
done either? If not, you are in danger of having a default
judgement made against you. I see you have filed AoS, sorry, so
defence by 6 July.
The SAR is unlikely to give you a copy of the original PCN by
then.
There are boilerplate/template defences on this site which
essentially moan about the inadequate Particulars of Claim,
which increasingly tend to be struck out, but could be used here
in the absence of anything else. If struck out, the original PCN
should be available if the SAR process is followed.
#Post#: 123572--------------------------------------------------
Re: HM COURT claim form. DCB Legal on behalf of Spring Parking
LTD.
DIR By: Lighto15
Date: July 2, 2026, 6:24 am
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I'm quite new to the site? Could you point me in the direction
of one you recommend?
#Post#: 123575--------------------------------------------------
Re: HM COURT claim form. DCB Legal on behalf of Spring Parking
LTD.
DIR By: Lighto15
Date: July 2, 2026, 6:31 am
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Also, what are your thoughts about using this unidentified
driver defence?
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Re: HM COURT claim form. DCB Legal on behalf of Spring Parking
LTD.
DIR By: jfollows
Date: July 2, 2026, 6:36 am
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--- Quote from: Lighto15 link ---
>
> I'm quite new to the site? Could you point me in the direction
of one you recommend?
>
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HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/civil-enforcement-ltd-pcn-payment-not-made-permit-not-obtained-1-devon-street-l3/msg123139/#msg123139,<br
/>for example.
I don’t recommend it! But it may be better than nothing.
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Re: HM COURT claim form. DCB Legal on behalf of Spring Parking
LTD.
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: July 2, 2026, 7:43 am
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Did you receive a Notice to Driver at the time you parked (ie a
notice stuck to the windscreen)?
Spring Parking are not your normal ANPR merchants but tend to
use their own officers to dish out NtDs - they may of course
have cameras if it's an entrapment site.
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Re: HM COURT claim form. DCB Legal on behalf of Spring Parking
LTD.
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: July 2, 2026, 7:49 am
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Additionally, I've just eyeballed the site on GSV - there's no
way that you'd know that this was private parking as you
approach using the one way system along Ashbourne Parade.
There's no entrance signage and no clear boundary which would
draw the drivers attention to the fact that they were leaving
public highway and entering private land.
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