10-13-2026, 03:38 PM
@Rosa23, DO NOT PAY ANYTHING TO DCBL! Paying the £307 now will not make the CCJ disappear from your credit record.
You have misunderstood the significance of the 30-day period. That is the period within which a CCJ must be paid in full for it to be completely removed from the Register on the grounds of payment. Paying the CCJ after 30 days have elapsed does NOT remove it. It simply marks it as "satisfied". However, that would remain on the record for 6 years and is only slightly less financially painful that one that is outstanding. They aim here is to get it completely removed from the record.
There is NO 30-day deadline for applying to have a default judgment set aside using Form N244.
The judgment was entered on 4 August 2026, but you only discovered its existence last week. You can still apply to have it set aside. Indeed, that is precisely what we intend to pursue.
Under CPR 13.2, the court MUST set aside a default judgment if it was wrongly entered. If the claim form was not validly served, the conditions for obtaining default judgment will not have been satisfied.
The important thing now is to act promptly.
However, before I can advise you on the precise steps to take, you MUST contact the Civil National Business Centre (CNBC) on 0300 123 1056, as previously advised.
You need to obtain the following information:
Also ask CNBC to email all the details while you are on the phone with them and, of possible, copies of the original claim form and judgment.
If you cannot get through today, telephone first thing tomorrow morning, preferably around 8:30am.
One important distinction: DCBL (Direct Collection Bailiffs Ltd) and DCB Legal Ltd are two separate companies, albeit related. DCBL are the debt collectors who have written to you. DCB Legal is a firm of solicitors that issues and conducts county court claims on behalf of parking operators. Do not confuse the two.
At present, we do not know whether ParkingEye conducted the litigation itself or instructed DCB Legal. The court documents should establish that.
Once you have obtained the information from CNBC, I will advise you exactly what to write to ParkingEye or DCB Legal, depending on who conducted the litigation.
The intention is to require the claimant to agree to a set-aside by consent, at its own expense, giving it seven working days to respond. If it refuses or fails to cooperate, we can proceed with a contested N244 application and seek recovery of the application fee and any other recoverable costs.
There is no point discussing separate legal action against ParkingEye or DCB Legal at this stage. Our immediate objective is to have the default judgment set aside and removed from the Register.
For now, do not pay DCBL, do not enter into any repayment arrangement and do not waste any further time communicating with them.
Please obtain the CNBC information and report back. Until we have those essential details, I cannot properly determine the next steps.
The longer this is left unresolved, the longer the CCJ remains on the Register. Please treat this as urgent.
You have misunderstood the significance of the 30-day period. That is the period within which a CCJ must be paid in full for it to be completely removed from the Register on the grounds of payment. Paying the CCJ after 30 days have elapsed does NOT remove it. It simply marks it as "satisfied". However, that would remain on the record for 6 years and is only slightly less financially painful that one that is outstanding. They aim here is to get it completely removed from the record.
There is NO 30-day deadline for applying to have a default judgment set aside using Form N244.
The judgment was entered on 4 August 2026, but you only discovered its existence last week. You can still apply to have it set aside. Indeed, that is precisely what we intend to pursue.
Under CPR 13.2, the court MUST set aside a default judgment if it was wrongly entered. If the claim form was not validly served, the conditions for obtaining default judgment will not have been satisfied.
The important thing now is to act promptly.
However, before I can advise you on the precise steps to take, you MUST contact the Civil National Business Centre (CNBC) on 0300 123 1056, as previously advised.
You need to obtain the following information:
1. The claim number.
2. The date the claim was issued.
3. The address to which the claim form was sent.
4. The date the default judgment was entered (which we now know was 4 August 2026).
5. The identity of the claimant's legal representative, if any.
6. The amount of the judgment.
7. The full details of the Particulars of Claim.
2. The date the claim was issued.
3. The address to which the claim form was sent.
4. The date the default judgment was entered (which we now know was 4 August 2026).
5. The identity of the claimant's legal representative, if any.
6. The amount of the judgment.
7. The full details of the Particulars of Claim.
Also ask CNBC to email all the details while you are on the phone with them and, of possible, copies of the original claim form and judgment.
If you cannot get through today, telephone first thing tomorrow morning, preferably around 8:30am.
One important distinction: DCBL (Direct Collection Bailiffs Ltd) and DCB Legal Ltd are two separate companies, albeit related. DCBL are the debt collectors who have written to you. DCB Legal is a firm of solicitors that issues and conducts county court claims on behalf of parking operators. Do not confuse the two.
At present, we do not know whether ParkingEye conducted the litigation itself or instructed DCB Legal. The court documents should establish that.
Once you have obtained the information from CNBC, I will advise you exactly what to write to ParkingEye or DCB Legal, depending on who conducted the litigation.
The intention is to require the claimant to agree to a set-aside by consent, at its own expense, giving it seven working days to respond. If it refuses or fails to cooperate, we can proceed with a contested N244 application and seek recovery of the application fee and any other recoverable costs.
There is no point discussing separate legal action against ParkingEye or DCB Legal at this stage. Our immediate objective is to have the default judgment set aside and removed from the Register.
For now, do not pay DCBL, do not enter into any repayment arrangement and do not waste any further time communicating with them.
Please obtain the CNBC information and report back. Until we have those essential details, I cannot properly determine the next steps.
The longer this is left unresolved, the longer the CCJ remains on the Register. Please treat this as urgent.
Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain
