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DCBL court notice/ N180
DIR By: AN79
Date: June 11, 2025, 5:42 am
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I received a parking charge notice few months ago which is over
5 years old from DCB for £170. The notice is related to car
which I sold 5 years ago ( couple of months after alleged
contravention) hence never received any any notice before. It
was for a home base store which is now closed and no way I can
contact them to sort this out privately. I ignored that letter
and then I later received a HM court Claim form of £333 which I
filed a defence on moneyclaim.gov.uk website. DBL now sent me an
email that they want to proceed with the claim and sent a copy
of N180 direction questionnaire. Now I am panicking as this is
something which I am not familiar of . I need help and advice
please. they sent an email that if I still wish to settle it, I
can call them in 7 days? does anyone has any experience like
this. Also claimant court is not local court and I can not
travel that far. what are my options .I really appreciate your
advice.
Regards
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Re: DCBL court notice/ N180
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: June 11, 2025, 5:59 am
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We need information in order to be able to help you.
Please show us:
- The Claim form (name, address, claim # and password redacted)
- An exact copy of your defence
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Re: DCBL court notice/ N180
DIR By: jfollows
Date: June 11, 2025, 6:26 am
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There are lots of cases resulting from DCB Legal here on this
forum, it would do no harm to go and look at some of them also.
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Re: DCBL court notice/ N180
DIR By: AN79
Date: June 11, 2025, 8:37 am
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attached are relevant docs.
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Re: DCBL court notice/ N180
DIR By: jfollows
Date: June 11, 2025, 9:43 am
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If you don’t obscure the claim number and password, anyone could
use them to cause you harm.
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Re: DCBL court notice/ N180
DIR By: andy_foster
Date: June 11, 2025, 1:43 pm
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The court will send you a letter when it wants a DQ (N180)
sending in.
Do DCBL still request that the case be heard at the Claimant's
unstated home court, with no reason (or name of court given), or
have they employed someone who can read? N.B. The case is always
heard at the Defendant's home court unless he chooses a
different court.
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Re: DCBL court notice/ N180
DIR By: AN79
Date: June 11, 2025, 3:18 pm
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I received Following email today from DCB with a copy of their
N180 ( attached)
Good afternoon
Having reviewed the content of your defence, we write to inform
you that our client intends to proceed with the claim.
In due course, the Court will direct both parties to each file a
directions questionnaire. In preparation for that, please find
attached a copy of the Claimant's, which we confirm has been
filed with the Court.
Without Prejudice to the above, in order to assist the Court in
achieving its overriding objective, our client may be prepared
to settle this case - in the event you wish to discuss
settlement, please call us on 0203 434 0433 within 7 days and
make immediate reference to this correspondence.
If you have provided an email address within your Defence, we
intend to use it for service of documents (usually in PDF
format) hereon in pursuant to PD 6A (4.1)(2)(c). Please advise
whether there are any limitations to this (for example, the
format in which documents are to be sent and the maximum size of
attachments that may be received). Unless you advise otherwise,
we will assume not.
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Re: DCBL court notice/ N180
DIR By: b789
Date: June 11, 2025, 3:48 pm
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I will take bets now that as long as the N180 DQ is completed
and the mediation call is "attended" with a £0 offer that this
claim will be discontinued before the trial fee has to be paid.
Any takers on £100?
You can defend any claim issued by DCB Legal with any old
rubbish or waffle. DCB Legal will always discontinue any
defended claim. They rely on the ignorance and fear of the
low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree to pay up out of
ignorance and fear before the trial fee has to be paid.
If you take this advice and stand your ground, you won't be
paying a penny to DCB Legal or their client.
Here's the advice on how to complete your own N180 DQ:
--- Quote ---
> 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.
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Re: DCBL court notice/ N180
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: June 11, 2025, 4:27 pm
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--- Quote from: andy_foster link ---
>
> Do DCBL still request that the case be heard at the Claimant's
unstated home court, with no reason (or name of court given), or
have they employed someone who can read?
>
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Maybe one day they'll employ someone literate, but it's not
today:
HTML https://i.imgur.com/6zejRWS.png
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Re: DCBL court notice/ N180
DIR By: b789
Date: June 12, 2025, 3:27 am
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All claimants request their own home court in their DQs. It's in
the forlorn hope that one day someone will assign it that way.
CPR 26.3 applies:
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> Transfer of money claims within the County Court
>
> 26.3.—(1) This rule applies where the claim is for an amount
of money in the County Court, specified or unspecified.
>
> (2) If at any time a court officer considers that the claim
should be referred to a judge for directions, the court officer
may send the proceedings to the defendant’s home court or the
preferred hearing centre or other County Court hearing centre as
may be appropriate.
>
> (3) Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), if the defendant is an
individual and the claim is for a specified sum of money, at the
relevant time the claim must be sent to the defendant’s home
court (save that where there are two or more defendants, one or
more of whom are individuals, the claim must be sent to the home
court of the defendant who first files their defence).
>
> (4) Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), in any other claim to
which this rule applies, the court must, at the relevant time,
send the claim to the preferred hearing centre.
>
> (5) Subject to paragraph (6), if, on their directions
questionnaire—
>
> [indent](a) a defendant under paragraph (3) has specified a
hearing centre other than the defendant’s home court; or
> (b) a claimant under paragraph (4) has specified a hearing
centre other than the preferred hearing centre,
> the claim must be sent to that other hearing centre.[/indent]
>
> (6) At the relevant time, the claim must be sent to the County
Court at Central London if—
>
> [indent](a) the claim is started at the Civil National
Business Centre;
> (b) a court officer provisionally decides, pursuant to rule
26.4, that the track which appears to be most suitable for the
claim is the multi-track; and
> (c) either—
>
> [indent](i) in respect of a defendant under paragraphs (3) and
(5)(a), the home court (or the home court of the defendant who
first files their defence) or the hearing centre specified on
the directions questionnaire; or
> (ii) in respect of a claimant under paragraphs (4) and (5)(b),
the preferred hearing centre or the hearing centre specified on
the directions questionnaire,[/indent]
>
> is one of the hearing centres listed in Practice Direction 26
at paragraph 19.[/indent]
>
> (7) The relevant time for the purposes of this rule is when—
>
> [indent](a) all parties have filed their directions
questionnaires;
> (b) any stay ordered by the court or period to attempt
settlement through mediation has expired; or
> (c) if the claim falls within Practice Direction 49D—
>
> [indent](i) the defence is filed; or
> (ii) enforcement of a default judgment other than by a warrant
of control is requested,
> whichever occurs first.[/indent][/indent]
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