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HM Courts & Tribunals Service Letter threatening CCJ for
non-payment of private parking fine on 10/10/24 in B'ham B153AU
DIR By: seedoil16
Date: July 6, 2025, 12:15 pm
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I received a parking fine back in October last year when I was
parked in a car park that a pub / restaurant shares with a
couple of office buildings in Birmingham. I was at the venue
(The Highfield, Edgbaston) all day for a work event, and I paid
for parking using RingGo. Because I made payment, I couldn't
understand why I had received the fine, but it appears that I
parked in a spot that belonged to one of the offices rather than
the venue I was in, completely unintentionally. The venue's
section of the car park was not full, as were the office spaces,
this was just a genuine mistake where I parked in the wrong
spot. The photos from the claimant (DCB Legal) show signage that
I was in the wrong space.
I have moved house since the fine was issued and haven't
informed the DVLA or the parking company / debt collection
company, so the letters are going to my old address. Luckily I
am in touch with the person living in the address and they have
passed the letters on to me.
Today I have received a letter from the HM Courts & Tribunals
Service saying a claim has been made against me, and if I don't
respond to the claim, the claimant could request a CCJ. I'm
looking for advice on this, and what is my best course of action
here. The debt has now also increased to £264.16, which I simply
cannot afford to pay, and as this was down to a genuine mistake
and I did pay for the parking, I don't feel like I should pay it
out of principal either. But at the same time I definitely do
not want a CCJ to be issued against me. I have attached pictures
of the letter received, but haven't included the response pack
as I believe this to be standardised.
Any advice you can give me on how to handle this is much
appreciated.
#Post#: 79815--------------------------------------------------
Re: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Letter threatening CCJ for
non-payment of private parking fine on 10/10/24 in B'ham B1
DIR By: Enceladus
Date: July 6, 2025, 1:52 pm
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This seems to concern a Private Parking Charge Notice and not a
Local Authority notice. So it's in the wrong Forum. I'll ask the
moderator to move it to the the Private parking tickets forum.
#Post#: 79818--------------------------------------------------
Re: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Letter threatening CCJ for
non-payment of private parking fine on 10/10/24 in B'ham B1
DIR By: b789
Date: July 6, 2025, 2:16 pm
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If you follow the advice, you will not be paying a penny to
UKPC. You may want to redact the claim number and the MCOL
password.
With an issue date of 25th June, you have until 4pm on Monday
14th July to submit your defence. If you submit an
Acknowledgement of Service (AoS) before then, you would then
have until 4pm on Monday 28th July to submit your defence.
If you want to submit an AoS then follow the instructions in
this linked PDF:
HTML https://www.dropbox.com/s/xvqu3bask5m0zir/money-claim-online-How-to-Acknowledge.pdf?dl=0
Otherwise, 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 UK Parking Control Ltd v [your full name]
Claim no.: [claim number]."
--- Quote ---
>
> [center]IN THE COUNTY COURT[/center]
> [right]Claim No: [Claim Number][/right]
>
> [center]BETWEEN:
>
> UK Parking Control 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 16.7.3(1);
>
> (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:
--- End Quote ---
Draft Order for the defence
HTML https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/tcewefk7daozuje25chkl/Strikeout-order-v2.pdf?rlkey=wxnymo8mwcma2jj8xihjm7pdx&st=nbtf0cn6&dl=0
#Post#: 79824--------------------------------------------------
Re: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Letter threatening CCJ for
non-payment of private parking fine on 10/10/24 in B'ham B1
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: July 6, 2025, 2:59 pm
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Today I have received a letter from the HM Courts & Tribunals
Service saying a claim has been made against me,
We should see this 'letter' please.
#Post#: 79835--------------------------------------------------
Re: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Letter threatening CCJ for
non-payment of private parking fine on 10/10/24 in B'ham B1
DIR By: seedoil16
Date: July 6, 2025, 4:12 pm
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Thank you so much for your help b789 - I've done as you have
said and will await a response - fingers crossed that is the end
of it!
Rather than redact more information from the letter and reupload
the images, I've removed them completely for now.
#Post#: 79878--------------------------------------------------
Re: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Letter threatening CCJ for
non-payment of private parking fine on 10/10/24 in B'ham B1
DIR By: b789
Date: July 7, 2025, 6:17 am
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That won't be the "end of it" just yet! You will receive notice
that they intend to proceed, you'll swap N180 DQ's, have a
useless telephone mediation call, the claim will be sent to your
local court where it will be allocated and you'll receive
directions from a judge with deadlines for the claimant to pay
the £27 trial fee an for you both to submit your statements.
Just before the trial fee payment is due is when they will
discontinue if it is not struck out first.
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Re: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Letter threatening CCJ for
non-payment of private parking fine on 10/10/24 in B'ham B1
DIR By: seedoil16
Date: September 17, 2025, 1:21 pm
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Hi [member=26]b789[/member]
I've received notice of Proposed Allocation to the Small Claims
Track, saying that the defendant has filed a defence, but a copy
of which is not enclosed.
I have a couple of questions if you don't mind:
- Please can you advise how I should fill out the attached N180
document?
- The initial letter says I must file my response with the court
office 'and serve copies on all other parties' - please can you
advise how I do this?
Please also let me know if there's anything else I should be
aware of that I may not have considered.
Appreciate your help with this as ever.
Thanks,
Connor
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Re: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Letter threatening CCJ for
non-payment of private parking fine on 10/10/24 in B'ham B1
DIR By: b789
Date: September 17, 2025, 1:32 pm
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The Notice of Proposed Allocation is sent to both parties.
Obviously, the version sent to you does not need to include your
defence.
Read the following regarding the N180DQ...
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[member=6517]justice[/member].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#: 106483--------------------------------------------------
Re: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Letter threatening CCJ for
non-payment of private parking fine on 10/10/24 in B'ham B1
DIR By: seedoil16
Date: January 19, 2026, 5:00 am
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Hi [member=26]b789[/member]
I'm due to have my mediation call with the court next week -
please could you advise what I should and shouldn't say on this
call, and what else I need to do from here?
As ever, your input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
#Post#: 106775--------------------------------------------------
Re: HM Courts & Tribunals Service Letter threatening CCJ for
non-payment of private parking fine on 10/10/24 in B'ham B1
DIR By: Mustek
Date: January 21, 2026, 3:41 am
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Mediation is only mandatory to attend.
Mediator will call you and the bulk litigator individually.
You'll get asked what you offer as a settlement.
You offer £0 as a settlement, they'll refuse, and that's it.
This will happen over the span of multiple short phone calls
during the timeframe offered.
The mediators are not legally trained, they should not be
offering you any advice or pushing you to accept anything.
If they do, get their name and file a complaint after.
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