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Claim Form received - DCB LEGAL For Euro Car Parks
DIR By: sp21
Date: April 23, 2025, 7:04 am
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Afternoon All,
Please could I get some advice on how I could defence this legal
action.
I parked in my GP's car park on the 3rd Oct 2023 and I forgot to
register my car on their tablet when I attended the appointment
as it booked the same day following the result of a blood test I
took the day before.
I received the PCN after and wrote to my GP to confirm the
appointment which they did via text but I didnt follow this up
with Euro cars as I have been so unwell for the pass 18 months.
Euro Car passed it on the DCB and now it has gone to county
court claim. I have already submitted an Acknowledgment of
Service.
Please find attached copy of the claim form and text from GP
practice. Is there any way I can dispute the claim?[attachimg=2]
Thank you in advance.
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Re: Claim Form received - DCB LEGAL For Euro Car Parks
DIR By: b789
Date: April 23, 2025, 8:46 am
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Follow the advice and you won't be paying a penny to ECP. You
should complaint to your surgery management about their unfair
system which allows a third party, unregulated private parking
company to issue £100 invoices to their patients. I'd also get
on social media and websites such as TrustPilot and any others
and warn everyone about this unfair practice.
With an issue date of 10th April, you have until 4pm on Tuesday
29th April to submit your defence. However, having submitted an
Acknowledgement of Service (AoS) before then, you now have until
4pm on Tuesday 13th May to submit your defence.
Here is the defence and link to the draft order that goes with
it. You only need to edit your name and the claim number. You
sign the defence by typing your full name for the signature and
date it. There is nothing to edit in the draft order.
When you're ready you combine both documents as a single PDF
attachment and send as an attachment in an email to
claimresponses.cnbc@justice.gov.uk and CC in yourself. The claim
number must be in the email subject field and in the body of the
email just put: "Please find attached the defence and draft
order in the matter of Euro Car Parks Ltd v [your full name]
Claim no.: [claim number]."
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>
> [center]IN THE COUNTY COURT[/center]
> [right]Claim No: [Claim Number][/right]
>
> [center]BETWEEN:
>
> Euro Car Parks Ltd
> Claimant
>
> - and -
>
> [Defendant's Full Name]
> 
Defendant
>
>
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>
> DEFENCE[/center]
>
> 1. The Defendant denies the claim in its entirety. The
Defendant asserts that there is no liability to the Claimant and
that no debt is owed. The claim is without merit and does not
adequately disclose any comprehensible cause of action.
>
> 2. There is a lack of precise detail in the Particulars of
Claim (PoC) in respect of the factual and legal allegations made
against the Defendant such that the PoC do not comply with CPR
16.4.
>
> 3. The Defendant is unable to plead properly to the PoC
because:
>
> [indent](a) The contract referred to is not detailed or
attached to the PoC in accordance with CPR PD 16(7.5);
>
> (b) The PoC do not state the exact wording of the clause (or
clauses) of the terms and conditions of the contract (or
contracts) which is/are relied on;
>
> (c) The PoC do not adequately set out the reason (or reasons)
why the claimant asserts the defendant has breached the contract
(or contracts)
>
> (d) The PoC do not state with sufficient particularity
exactly where the breach occurred, the exact time when the
breach occurred and how long it is alleged that the vehicle was
parked before the parking charge was allegedly incurred;
>
> (e) The PoC do not state precisely how the sum claimed is
calculated, including the basis for any statutory interest,
damages, or other charges;
>
> (f) The PoC do not state what proportion of the claim is the
parking charge and what proportion is damages;
>
> (g) The PoC do not provide clarity on whether the Defendant is
sued as the driver or the keeper of the vehicle, as the claimant
cannot plead alternative causes of action without
specificity.[/indent]
>
> 4. The Defendant attaches to this defence a copy of a draft
order approved by a district judge at another court. The court
struck out the claim of its own initiative after determining
that the Particulars of Claim failed to comply with CPR 16.4.
The judge noted that the claimant had failed to:
>
> [indent](i) Set out the exact wording of the clause (or
clauses) of the terms and conditions relied upon;
>
> (ii) Adequately explain the reasons why the defendant was
allegedly in breach of contract;
>
> (iii) Provide separate, detailed Particulars of Claim as
permitted under CPR PD 7C.5.2(2).
>
> (iv) The court further observed that, given the modest sum
claimed, requiring further case management steps would be
disproportionate and contrary to the overriding objective.
Accordingly, the judge struck out the claim outright rather than
permitting an amendment.[/indent]
>
> 5. The Defendant submits that the same reasoning applies in
this case and invites the court to adopt a similar approach by
striking out the claim for the Claimant’s failure to comply with
CPR 16.4.
>
> Statement of truth
>
> I believe that the facts stated in this Defence are true. I
understand that proceedings for contempt of court may be brought
against anyone who makes, or causes to be made, a false
statement in a document verified by a statement of truth without
an honest belief in its truth.
>
> Signed:
>
>
> Date:
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Draft Order for the defence
HTML https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tcewefk7daozuje25chkl/Strikeout-order-v2.pdf?rlkey=wxnymo8mwcma2jj8xihjm7pdx&st=nbtf0cn6&dl=0
#Post#: 68368--------------------------------------------------
Re: Claim Form received - DCB LEGAL For Euro Car Parks
DIR By: sp21
Date: April 23, 2025, 5:06 pm
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Thank you so much for this.
I believe I also said I was challenging jurisdiction as the
court is in Northampton and I am in London. Do I need to add
anything else concerning this?
So do I need to attach the text message from my GP surgery to
the defence ?
Also, once I email everything over, how long on average do
people receive a response?
#Post#: 68373--------------------------------------------------
Re: Claim Form received - DCB LEGAL For Euro Car Parks
DIR By: jfollows
Date: April 23, 2025, 6:25 pm
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The court is not in Northampton, it’s just a clearing centre for
all small claims and a court local to you will be determined and
allocated later in the process.
Jurisdiction can often be about Scotland versus England. In your
case it’s not an issue.
Don’t overthink this. DCB Legal uses the threat of court to
scare people into paying. If you defend this and take advice
here they will eventually give up and discontinue. You just need
to follow the proper process until they do. They don’t care
about “mitigation” so I wouldn’t bother with the thing from your
GP.
#Post#: 70378--------------------------------------------------
Re: Claim Form received - DCB LEGAL For Euro Car Parks
DIR By: sp21
Date: May 7, 2025, 6:43 am
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Thank you for the support, Defence and draft order submitted
today... Fingers
crossed
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Re: Claim Form received - DCB LEGAL For Euro Car Parks
DIR By: sp21
Date: June 5, 2025, 11:30 am
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Just an update|:
I received this letter following sending in the defence
letter.[attachimg=2][attach=3]
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Re: Claim Form received - DCB LEGAL For Euro Car Parks
DIR By: sp21
Date: June 5, 2025, 11:31 am
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[attachimg=2][attach=2]
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#Post#: 80247--------------------------------------------------
Re: Claim Form received - DCB LEGAL For Euro Car Parks
DIR By: sp21
Date: July 9, 2025, 8:28 am
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Hi All,
I received the following today via post. Shall I just complete
it?
It states that following:
1. This is now a defended claim.
The defendant has filed a denfence.
2. It appears that this case is suitable for allocation to the
small claims track
If you believe that track is not appropriate track for teh claim
you must complete box C1 on the Small Claims Directions
Questionnaire 9Form N180) AND EPLAIN WHY.
3. You must by 15TH jULY 2025 completed the small Claims
Direction
Questionnaire.[attachimg=1][attachimg=2][attach=3][attach=3][attachurl=3]
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Re: Claim Form received - DCB LEGAL For Euro Car Parks
DIR By: b789
Date: July 9, 2025, 8:36 am
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Having received your own N180 (make sure it is not simply a copy
of the claimants N180), do not use the paper form. Ignore all
the other forms that came with it. you can discard those.
Download your own here and fill it in on your computer. You sign
it by simply typing your full name in the signature box.
HTML https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673341e779e9143625613543/N180_1124.pdf
Here are the answers to some of the less obvious questions:
[indent]• The name of the court is "Civil National Business
Centre".
• To be completed by "Your full name" and you are the
"Defendant".
• C1: "YES"
• D1: "NO". Reason: "I wish to question the Claimant about their
evidence at a hearing in person and to expose omissions and any
misleading or incorrect evidence or assertions.
Given the Claimant is a firm who complete cut & paste parking
case paperwork for a living, having this case heard solely on
papers would appear to put the Claimant at an unfair advantage,
especially as they would no doubt prefer the Defendant not to
have the opportunity to expose the issues in the Claimants
template submissions or speak as the only true witness to events
in question.."
• F1: Whichever is your nearest county court. Use this to find
it:
HTML https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/search-option
• F3: "1".
• Sign the form by simply typing your full name for the
signature.[/indent]
When you have completed the form, attach it to a single email
addressed to both dq.cnbc@justice.gov.uk and info@dcblegal.co.uk
and CC in yourself. Make sure that the claim number is in the
subject field of the email.
#Post#: 81069--------------------------------------------------
Re: Claim Form received - DCB LEGAL For Euro Car Parks
DIR By: sp21
Date: July 15, 2025, 7:00 am
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Thanks for the advice... all submitted now.
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