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Re: Letter of Claim - DCB Legal
DIR By: helenwhite00
Date: May 14, 2026, 7:18 am
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Thanks for getting back to me and hence I have updated witness
statement as below, the first few points seem to be needed to
give the background but have then moved up the point that I have
paid the £100.
If I don’t get any more feedback I will send tomorrow morning.
Note: I still have not received the witness statement from DCB
Legal so seems like they are leaving it to last minute, don’t
know if they want to get my witness statement first…
Thanks,
Helen
WITNESS STATEMENT
IN THE CREWE COUNTY COURT
Claim No.: XXXXX
BETWEEN:
EURO CAR PARKS LTD
Claimant
and
XXXXXX XXXXXX
Defendant
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WITNESS STATEMENT OF XXXXX XXXXX
I, {Name and address}, will state as follows:
1. I am the Defendant in this claim. This witness statement is
made in support on my defence.
2. I travelled to Birmingham on 19th October 2023 to attend a
show and parked in Hill Street Birmingham, owned by Euro Car
Parks.
3. The claimant is alleging the parking payment did not cover
the date and time of parking.
4. Initially I received letter from Euro Car Parks stating I
owed £100 for the overstay.
5. I received letters from Debt Recovery Plus on behalf of Euro
Car Parks related to this, stating I owe £170, of which I
assume, per previous point, £100 is for the overstay.
6. Hence on 2nd April 2024 I paid the £100 for the overstay to
Debt Recovery Plus so this money and any interest is not owed as
it has already been paid.
7. I did not pay the additional £70 as this appears to be an
attempt at double recovery, representing neither costs incurred
by contract, or a genuine reflection of the costs incurred in
the debt collection process
8. Further to previous point it is now publicly acknowledged by
the DLUHC’s July 2023 impact assessment that so-called ‘debt
recovery’ costs are routinely inflated and rarely reflect actual
costs. The Government has stated that the average cost to
operators is around £8.42, however claims such as this seek £70
or more under that heading.
9. Also I believe I paid for my car parking but do not recall
the details of this nor how long I stayed, nearly 3 years later.
10. However the claimant has provided insufficient information
to date in relation to this claim as they have not clarified in
any correspondence or court documents how much I did pay and
what period this covered.
11. Therefore I do not believe, even if I did overstay, I owe
any money for this claim.
12. Attached to this statement are the following documents:
· Exhibit A: Initial letter received from Euro Car Parks
asking for the amount of £100 for parking overstay at Hill
Street Birmingham by Euro Car Park for 19th October 2023.
· Exhibit B: Last Letter received from Debt Recovery Plus
asking for the amount of £170 for parking overstay at Hill
Street Birmingham by Euro Car Park for 19th October 2023.
· Exhibit C: Bank statement showing £100 paid to Debt
Recovery Plus on 2nd April 2024.
I believe that the facts stated in this witness statement are
true.
Signed: _________________________
Dated: _________________________
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Re: Letter of Claim - DCB Legal
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: May 14, 2026, 8:05 am
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> Note: I still have not received the witness statement from DCB
Legal so seems like they are leaving it to last minute, don’t
know if they want to get my witness statement first…
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They might yet still discontinue - the date for submission of
Witness Statement is the same as the deadline for paying the
hearing fee, if I'm remembering rightly?
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Re: Letter of Claim - DCB Legal
DIR By: helenwhite00
Date: May 14, 2026, 6:50 pm
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--- Quote from: DWMB2 link ---
>
> [quote]Note: I still have not received the witness statement
from DCB Legal so seems like they are leaving it to last minute,
don’t know if they want to get my witness statement first…
--- End Quote ---
They might yet still discontinue - the date for submission of
Witness Statement is the same as the deadline for paying the
hearing fee, if I'm remembering rightly?
[/quote]
Yes deadline is today for payment and witness statements so I am
hoping DCB legal will not pay and that is maybe why they haven’t
provided a witness statement and so it will be discontinued
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