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HELP! Money claim from UK Parking Control LTD
DIR By: dfwtolhr
Date: July 23, 2026, 5:32 pm
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I have received a money claim from DCB Legal on behalf of UK
Parking Control Ltd. My wife parked the car at Brent Cross
shopping centre without realising it was a disabled parking bay.
I received the notice to owner and letters from DCB but
continued to ignore and throw away as this has worked with
previous ones.
I have a digital copy of the NtO that was initially sent to the
leasing company which I have attached along with the money
claim.
HTML https://ibb.co/DPWwj9zp
Any help truly appreciated!
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Re: HELP! Money claim from UK Parking Control LTD
DIR By: jfollows
Date: July 23, 2026, 5:43 pm
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Please check your terminology.
You show us the original Notice to Keeper which was sent to the
registered keeper, the lease company.
There are instructions “if the vehicle has been hired…” which
should have been followed by the lease company.
Did you, in due course, receive a Notice to Hirer in your own
name from UKPC?
Given that you threw them away, you should send a Subject Access
Request to UKPC for all the personal data it holds on you to get
them back again. Do not identify the driver in any
correspondence, this may be very important. The claim says that
“the defendant is being pursued as the driver” but they will not
know who the driver was unless you tell them.
If you file an Acknowledgment of Service by 5 August, you have
until 19 August to file a defence.
You are also advised to obscure the password on the N1SDT form
you have posted.
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Re: HELP! Money claim from UK Parking Control LTD
DIR By: dfwtolhr
Date: July 23, 2026, 6:28 pm
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yes I did receive a Notice to Hirer in my own name from UKPC.
I have removed the picture of the claim form for now.
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Re: HELP! Money claim from UK Parking Control LTD
DIR By: dfwtolhr
Date: July 23, 2026, 7:01 pm
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I will submit a SAR to UKPC, however they're allowed to take up
to a month to reply - by which time the deadline for my defence
will have passed?
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Re: HELP! Money claim from UK Parking Control LTD
DIR By: jfollows
Date: July 24, 2026, 12:18 am
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If you received a NtH, did it also come with the required
documents?
See paragraph 13 of
HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedule/4
--- Quote ---
> (a)a statement signed by or on behalf of the vehicle-hire firm
to the effect that at the material time the vehicle was hired to
a named person under a hire agreement;
>
> (b)a copy of the hire agreement; and
>
> (c)a copy of a statement of liability signed by the hirer
under that hire agreement.
>
>
--- End Quote ---
They won’t have done this, so you will have a defence based on
no liability because of their failure to comply with the
requirements of PoFA 2012 to transfer liability to the hirer.
The forum contains a number of similar cases in which UKPC has
not complied with PoFA to transfer liability, and indeed many
parking companies do not, just sending something called a
"Notice to Hirer" without the supporting documentation is
usually enough to persuade the majority of recipients to pay but
there is no legal reason without complying with PoFA 2012. Now
that you've passed the appeal stage, you will have to file a
defence and will have to stay on top of the paperwork, but it's
normal for DCB Legal to discontinue cases before having to pay
the court fee. You will get advice from here on the process but
you will have to stay on top of your deadlines. Even if you
don't get your SAR response in time, you're on pretty firm
ground with the PoFA 2012 argument anyway.
When you come to write a defence, I would advise starting by
disputing the Particulars of Claim on the N1SDT form, stating
that the driver of the car has never been identified and that
you are being pursued as the hirer of the car. Then go on to say
that, as hirer, you can not be liable for the actions of the
unknown driver because UKPC has not complied with the
requirements of PoFA 2012 Schedule 4 Paragraph 13 with its
Notice to Hirer sent to you to transfer the liability to you,
because .....
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Re: HELP! Money claim from UK Parking Control LTD
DIR By: dfwtolhr
Date: July 24, 2026, 12:20 pm
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Sorry not sure if you meant to finish with 'because.....' ?!
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Re: HELP! Money claim from UK Parking Control LTD
DIR By: jfollows
Date: July 24, 2026, 12:36 pm
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Yes.
You should work it out and post here for comment.
I think I’ve given you enough clues! I’m not going to write it
for you.
The “F” in the name of the forum should be a hint. If you want
to find and pay or a competent solicitor who will do your work
for you, that’s fine.
You have to write and understand your own defence. We’ll help
you write it, but we won’t write it for you.
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Re: HELP! Money claim from UK Parking Control LTD
DIR By: jfollows
Date: July 25, 2026, 2:06 am
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I’m sorry if that sounded a bit too negative, but essentially
please come up with something and post it here for comment, I
think I’ve given you the information you need to be able to
construct something.
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Re: HELP! Money claim from UK Parking Control LTD
DIR By: dfwtolhr
Date: July 26, 2026, 5:12 pm
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Haha thats quite ok.
I'm sorry if I sounded like I was asking you to do all the work
for me because I definitely wasn't expecting it and I'm very
grateful for the help that you and others on here provide in
your own free time. It was just the ... at the end that threw
me!
I will draft a response - is it ok to respond on the moneyclaim
website or is by post/email best?
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Re: HELP! Money claim from UK Parking Control LTD
DIR By: jfollows
Date: July 27, 2026, 1:46 am
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MCOL is fine
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