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Re: CCJ – Paid for parking but mistyped car reg (one letter off)
DIR By: jfollows
Date: June 24, 2026, 7:34 am
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Costs - if one of the earlier letters (which the original poster
generally paraphrased rather than posting, so I can’t find one)
said that if the claimant did not pay the court fee they would
be liable for the defendant’s costs, then there might be an
avenue to follow up on this,.
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Re: CCJ – Paid for parking but mistyped car reg (one letter off)
DIR By: awf185
Date: June 24, 2026, 8:05 am
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Yes, I submitted my amended defence last night, filed with the
court and served on DCB. Then this morning the N279 landed from
them.
Massive thanks to you all.
To me it looks less like something they only spotted late and
more like a claim they were always prepared to drop the moment I
actually stood up to it. They've known about the orphaned
payment from the very beginning, so seeing my amended defence
was likely the point they decided it wasn't worth the risk. The
timing is telling too - discontinuing right on the deadline, the
morning after I filed, rather than at any of the earlier stages
where they had the same evidence in front of them.
I didn't find a "pay the fee or you'll be liable for costs" line
from them. But I did flag CPR 27.14(2)(g) to them twice in
writing, once in my pre-action reply and again in my CPR 31.14
request - warning that if they proceeded unreasonably in light
of the evidence I'd ask the court for costs. I also enclosed my
bank statement, their own VRM entry log, and the gov.uk proof
that incorrect VRM isn't a real vehicle, all pre-action. Their
replies brushed it off ("absence of evidence" and they proceeded
anyway, then discontinued on the morning my amended defence was
due.
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Re: CCJ – Paid for parking but mistyped car reg (one letter off)
DIR By: InterCity125
Date: June 24, 2026, 9:52 am
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'Proceeding anyway' is the DCB Legal hallmark - they are hoping
that a LIP will make a basic error in the process and give them
a walkover (aka default judgement).
So they probably waited for two reasons;
1. To see if you followed the Judge's order and submitted a
revised defence - if you failed to submit then they would
immediately file for the default judgement.
And
2. Having seen the Judge's tough sanction, they wanted to see
how strong your revised defence was since the Judge (unaware of
the true facts) had pretty much served up the judgement on a
'silver platter' - your defence didn't fight the sanctions but
still delivered the information as to why the 'charged arrived
at by the Court' should still be £0.
Judge Iyer appears to be one tough cookie - you have to respect
that.
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