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#Post#: 86910--------------------------------------------------
Re: MCOL received - assistance required
By: Unknown_Driver? Date: August 23, 2025, 9:19 am
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**Update**
Today, my defence has been submitted through MCOL.
#Post#: 90907--------------------------------------------------
Re: MCOL received - assistance required
By: Unknown_Driver? Date: September 22, 2025, 5:00 am
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**Update**
Today, I received the usual email from DCBL......including their
Directions Questionnaire.
It`s like a repeat of my worst TV soap opera.....
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Re: MCOL received - assistance required
By: b789 Date: September 23, 2025, 6:35 am
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Wait for your own N180 DQ.
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#: 91163--------------------------------------------------
Re: MCOL received - assistance required
By: Unknown_Driver? Date: September 23, 2025, 12:59 pm
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Thank you :)
#Post#: 91398--------------------------------------------------
Re: MCOL received - assistance required
By: Unknown_Driver? Date: September 25, 2025, 3:22 am
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A quick question, bear in mind I received the Claimants N180 on
Monday.
When am I likely to receive my N180, from HMCS?
Checked today, and last transaction was "defence received
26/08".
#Post#: 91452--------------------------------------------------
Re: MCOL received - assistance required
By: b789 Date: September 25, 2025, 7:45 am
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You can keep checking your MCOL history and it will update when
they have sent yours out. No need to wait for it to arrive as
you can prepare one now. Just don't send it until you see that
yours has been sent or you receive it in the post.
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#: 91929--------------------------------------------------
Re: MCOL received - assistance required
By: Unknown_Driver? Date: September 29, 2025, 5:03 am
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Yes, I have the N180 form completed, but I'm still waiting for
the form to arrive.....
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Re: MCOL received - assistance required
By: b789 Date: September 29, 2025, 6:33 am
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You can check your MCOL history and it will update to tell you
when they have sent yours, at which point no need to wait for it
to arrive and you can send it off anyway.
In the meantime (your image of the N1SDT Claim Form has been
removed) can you confirm that the claim form was signed by Sarah
Ensall, Head of Legal? Also, I'm going to presume that the
claimants copy of their N180DQ has been signed by someone from
DCB Legal with only an initial and their last name.
If so, you should send the following email to
info@dcblegal.co.uk and CC yourself:
[quote]Subject: Claim [claim number] – N1SDT Claim Form PoC
signed by Sarah Ensall; N180 DQ signature; authority to conduct
litigation, signature validity, and regulatory notice
Dear Sir/Madam,
I refer to the Claim Form (N1SDT) Particulars of Claim (PoC)
filed/served in this matter. The document is signed by Sarah
Ensall, position stated as Head of Legal, and purports to be
signed on behalf of the Claimant’s solicitor.
Please confirm by return:
[indent]1. The PoC signatory’s role, and whether they are an
authorised person within the meaning of the Legal Services Act
2007 with current rights to conduct litigation (provide SRA or
CILEX number and practising status). If not authorised,
2. The precise exemption relied upon under Schedule 3 of the
Legal Services Act 2007 that permits this individual personally
to conduct litigation and sign this document in these
proceedings (if relying on a court order, provide the sealed
order; if relying on an enactment, identify it
precisely).[/indent]
N180 Directions Questionnaire (DQ) – signature and authorisation
I also refer to the Claimant’s copy of the N180 DQ, which is
signed only with an initial and surname by a DCB Legal employee
who is not identified as an authorised person to conduct
litigation.
[indent]3. Confirm the DQ signatory’s full name (not initials),
capacity, and authorisation to conduct litigation within the
meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007 (provide SRA or CILEX
number and practising status). If not authorised, state the
precise exemption relied upon under Schedule 3 that permits that
individual personally to sign a statement of truth on the
Claimant’s behalf in these proceedings.
4. If the DQ was signed by an unauthorised and non-exempt
person, confirm that you will re-file and serve a compliant N180
signed by an authorised (or exempt) individual, giving their
full name and capacity.[/indent]
For the avoidance of doubt:
[indent]• Preparing, signing, filing, or serving the PoC and/or
the N180 DQ (which contains a statement of truth) are acts of
conducting litigation, a reserved legal activity.
• CPR 22 and Practice Direction 22 require that a statement of
truth be signed by the party or their legal representative;
where signed by a legal representative, the signatory must sign
in their own name and state their capacity. Initials only are
not sufficient for verification of authorisation.
• Following Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025],
unqualified employees may assist but cannot themselves conduct
litigation unless authorised or exempt.[/indent]
Action required:
[indent]• Confirm the above within 7 days.
• If either document (PoC and/or N180) was not signed by an
authorised (or exempt) person, re-file and serve compliant
versions personally signed by an authorised individual, with
their full name and capacity clearly stated.[/indent]
Costs and regulatory notice:
If any document was signed by a person not authorised or exempt,
or must be re-filed/served to correct the signatory’s
identity/status, I, as a litigant in person, will treat this as
unreasonable conduct. In line with Mazur and CPR 27.14(2)(g), I
will invite the Court, in its discretion, to order the Claimant
to pay the Defendant’s costs caused by your firm’s irregular
conduct and, if appropriate, to consider wasted costs against
representatives.
Further, carrying on a reserved legal activity without
entitlement is a criminal offence under the Legal Services Act
2007. If any unauthorised conduct of litigation has occurred, I
will report the matter to the Solicitors Regulation Authority
without further notice and reserve the right to place this
correspondence before the Court.
Yours faithfully,
[Full Name]
[Postal Address]
[Email][/quote]
If you need to understand more as to why this is a necessary
step, you can read about it in this thread:
Why the recent High Court appellate case of Mazur is very
relevant to all cases we deal with here
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/why-the-recent-high-court-appellate-case-of-mazur-is-very-relevant-to-all-cases-/
#Post#: 91974--------------------------------------------------
Re: MCOL received - assistance required
By: Unknown_Driver? Date: September 29, 2025, 7:06 am
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The N1SDT Claim Form, does not contain a signature or a name
from DCBL, just an address/telephone no.
And the claimants copy of the N180DQ did have initials (TBC) on
the form in reference to who was expected to participate in the
mediation. Yet at the bottom of the form, it was signed as "DCB
Legal Ltd."
#Post#: 91996--------------------------------------------------
Re: MCOL received - assistance required
By: b789 Date: September 29, 2025, 8:29 am
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The N1SDT Claim Form will have been signed by someone as it
contains s Statement of Truth (SoT). It used to be just below
the box with the sums, however, the newer forms have the
signature on the back or a separate page.
Please show it to us. The same for the N180DQ copy they sent
you.
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