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DCBL Private parking (eurocarparks) - merweetntr - 02-13-2026

Hi, I had unresolved issue from another forum which the link to is here: *click*

PCN was received in London, Beckton Retail Park on 27/05/2024.

I have done everything that was advised by @b789 and received this on the 30th of January: https://ibb.co/hxfV4qLg

I am seeking help for my next steps.

RE: DCBL Private parking (eurocarparks) - b789 - 02-13-2026

Hi @merweetntr. Welcome to the form. I’ve had a quick review of the case.

You filed your Defence over seven months ago. The court acknowledged it. Since then, you have received nothing further from the court.

In defended small claims, the next procedural step should normally be a Notice of Proposed Allocation together with Form N180 (Directions Questionnaire). In comparable parking claims issued by DCB Legal, that step typically occurs within weeks or a few months. A seven-month silence is irregular.

However, irregular does not mean unlawful, defective, or dangerous. At present, your position is this:
  • You have filed a valid Defence.
  • The court has acknowledged it.
  • No judgment can be entered against you.
  • No deadline is currently running against you.
  • You are not required to take any action.

The claim is dormant. Dormant simply means inactive. It has not progressed to allocation. No order has been made. It has not been struck out. It has not been stayed.

A stayed claim is different. A stay is a formal procedural pause under the Civil Procedure Rules. The most common example is CPR 15.11, which applies when a claimant fails to file their Directions Questionnaire after the court issues allocation notices. Once stayed, the claimant must apply and pay a fee to revive the claim.

You have not received a stay order. Therefore this is dormancy, not a stay. The practical consequences are important:
  • Because you have defended the claim, default judgment is impossible.
  • Because the court has not issued allocation directions, there is nothing for you to comply with.
  • Because no hearing has been listed, there is no risk of the case progressing behind your back.
  • You are not in danger. You are in limbo — and limbo is procedurally safe.

As for DCB Legal’s recent response about the Mazur point: that correspondence has no procedural effect. It does not move the case forward. It does not change your position. It is simply a regulatory issue you raised. The claim’s progress is controlled by the court’s allocation system, not by that exchange.

Now the strategic question. You have two options:

1. Do nothing.
This is often sensible. Many defended parking claims of this type never reach a hearing. If the court does eventually issue an N180, you complete and return it. Until then, there is nothing to do.

2. Send a neutral status enquiry to the Civil National Business Centre.
This would simply ask:

Quote:“Please confirm the current procedural status of Claim [number], as a Defence was filed on [date] and no Notice of Proposed Allocation has been received.”

Be aware that doing this may cause the file to move. What you should not do:
  • Do not contact DCB Legal.
  • Do not attempt to negotiate.
  • Do not assume the claim has been discontinued unless you receive formal notice.
  • Do not file anything further unless ordered.

The key reassurance for you is this:

You have defended the claim. That locks the case into the normal small-claims procedure. The claimant cannot obtain judgment without either:
  • You failing to comply with a future court order; or
  • You losing at a hearing.

Neither of those things can happen without you being formally notified and given deadlines.
Yes, seven months of silence is unsatisfactory. It leaves you in procedural limbo. But it does not place you at risk.

At present, the case is simply inactive and you are fully protected by having filed your Defence.

RE: DCBL Private parking (eurocarparks) - merweetntr - 03-27-2026

Hi, I have just received a notification from one of the credit agencies saying I got CCJ.

I got very confused but seems to be the same case which got me very confused as I haven’t received anything at all. 

It said the file date was the 24th of March.

What are my best next steps?

RE: DCBL Private parking (eurocarparks) - b789 - 03-28-2026

Hi @merweetntr. If your Defence was filed and acknowledged by the court, then a CCJ should not ordinarily have been entered in default. That means this needs checking urgently.

First, please post up redacted screenshots of exactly what the credit agency notification says, including any claim number, judgment date, court reference, amount, and the name of the claimant if shown.

Second, contact the Civil National Business Centre (CNBC) urgently with the claim number and ask them to confirm:

  1. whether judgment has in fact been entered;
  2. on what date it was entered;
  3. what type of judgment it is;
  4. whether the court record still shows your Defence as having been received and acknowledged; and
  5. whether this is the same claim you defended.

Call the CNBC first thing on Monday morning, ideally as soon as the lines open, because waits can become very long. I would try at about 8am sharp. The number is 0300 123 1056.

If the court confirms that judgment has been entered despite a Defence having been filed, that points to a court/processing error or some other serious procedural problem, and the next step would likely be to get that judgment set aside.

Do not ignore this, but do not panic either. Get the court details first, and post back with the exact wording/screenshots so the position can be checked properly.

RE: DCBL Private parking (eurocarparks) - merweetntr - 03-30-2026

Hi, I have attached a screenshot and I will always try calling tomorrow morning as currently I am at work.


https://ibb.co/8gGYfSYT

RE: DCBL Private parking (eurocarparks) - merweetntr - 04-02-2026

Hi, I have tried calling CNBC multiple times during the week but the only times I could call them is 1-2pm, so I faced long queues and was not able to speak to any of the agents yet.

And as it’s bank holiday I won’t be able to call them again until Tuesday.

Is it delaying it too much? I really wouldn’t want that CCJ to stick on my credit file.

And I have also done some research and I have moved houses ever since that claim has begun, which is most likely the reason to why this CCJ has appeared, but I genuinely didn’t know that you had to inform them of an address change. 

What should I do from now? Should I consider the fact that I might need to pay that debt to settle my CCJ aside? Or are there better options?

RE: DCBL Private parking (eurocarparks) - b789 - 04-02-2026

Hi @merweetntr. Tuesday is not ideal, but it is not too late. The important thing is that you act promptly once you are able to speak to the court. The court can set aside a judgment if it was wrongly entered, and in discretionary cases the court will also look at whether you acted promptly once you found out about it.

Do not pay it blindly just because you are panicking about the credit file. You first need to find out exactly what has happened. A credit agency alert does not tell us whether this was:

  • a default judgment;
  • a judgment after some later procedural step went to the wrong address; or
  • some other order. If a defence had already been filed, default judgment should not be entered after that.

The change of address may explain why later court documents did not reach you, but it does not automatically mean you should just accept the judgment. If the claim or later notices were sent to an old address, that can be relevant to a set-aside application, and one recognised reason for set aside is that the defendant did not receive the claim or later could not defend because documents went to a previous address. 

So, for now, I would suggest this:

1. On Tuesday, call CNBC as early as possible and keep trying until you get through.

2. Ask them:
  

  •  what exactly was entered on 24 March;
  •  whether it was a default judgment or some other judgment;
  •  what address the court had for you when the relevant notices were sent;
  •  whether your defence is still showing on the court record;
  •  whether the claim was ever transferred or allocated;
  •  and ask them to email you a copy of the judgment or order immediately.

3. Once you have that order, post it up redacted. Until then, nobody can safely tell you whether the right remedy is a mandatory set aside, a discretionary set aside, or something else.

As for payment: there is a fallback position. If a CCJ is paid in full within one month of the judgment date, it is removed from the register; if paid after one month, it remains for six years but can be marked 'satisfied'.

So if the judgment date really was 24 March, there is still a short window before 24 April to preserve that option. But I still would not advise paying first and asking questions later. The immediate priority is to find out what the judgment actually is and how it came about.

My present view is:
  • do not ignore it;
  • do not assume you must simply pay it;
  • get the order from CNBC first;
  • then decide whether this is a set-aside case or whether payment within the calendar month is the safer fallback.

The key missing document is the actual court order. Without that, you are guessing.

RE: DCBL Private parking (eurocarparks) - merweetntr - 04-02-2026

Hi, thank you for your response.

I will call CNBC first thing Tuesday morning. 

If it does come to the point where I need to pay out how would that be done? Do I need to call them to pay also or is there another way? 

Would the amount be that was shown on the screenshot which is £303 or are there going to be fees which will increase the amount?

RE: DCBL Private parking (eurocarparks) - b789 - 04-02-2026

Hi @merweetntr. No. Do not start planning how to pay it. That is putting the cart before the horse.

At the moment you do not even know what this judgment is, how it arose, what address was used, whether it was entered in error, or whether it can and should be set aside. Wanting to pay first, before establishing any of that, makes no sense.

If a judgment has been entered despite a Defence having already been filed, that is not a reason to rush to pay. It is a reason to find out exactly what the court record shows and whether the judgment should be challenged. A CCJ can be set aside where the defendant did not receive the claim, or if the judgment was wrongly entered. 

So your position at this stage is simple:

  1. call CNBC on Tuesday;
  2. find out exactly what order was made;
  3. find out what address the court used;
  4. ask them to email you a copy of the judgment or order;
  5. and then we assess the correct remedy.

As for payment, if it ever came to that, you do not pay the court. You pay the person or business named in the judgment, or their solicitor. Do not pay anything unless and until you know exactly what the judgment says and who is demanding payment.

The amount is not something to guess at either. It should be the amount stated in the judgment. There is no point speculating now whether it is £303 or something else. Get the order first. That will tell you the exact figure. If you later chose to pay, you would pay the judgment amount in full and keep proof. If full payment is made within one month of the judgment date, the entry is removed from the register; if paid later, it remains for six years but can be marked 'satisfied'.

So the immediate advice is:
  • stop thinking about payment;
  • get the judgment details from CNBC;
  • get the order emailed to you;
  • then decide whether this is a set-aside case or, only if necessary, whether payment within the calendar month is the fallback.

At present, paying now would be a blind panic reaction, not a sensible legal step.

RE: DCBL Private parking (eurocarparks) - merweetntr - 04-07-2026

Hi, so I finally managed to get through to them and I got the copy of the judgment. 

https://ibb.co/s9FsjSSb