05-09-2026, 04:50 PM
@Natedog, there is nothing useful for you to check online. Once the case transfers to your local county court, the CNBC has nothing more to do with it. MCOL will not update further.
The practical thing to do is call the court on Tuesday 12 May and ask whether the Claimant paid the £27 trial fee by the 4pm deadline on Monday 11 May, and whether the hearing has been vacated or whether an N279 Notice of Discontinuance has been received.
In my experience of hundreds of DCB Legal-issued private parking claims over several years, they discontinue in over 99% of these cases. My expectation remains that the trial fee will not be paid and that they will issue an N279.
For now, there is not much you can do unless you have already received the Claimant’s witness statement and evidence, including all the additional information the judge specifically ordered them to provide. That includes the contractual terms, landowner authority, the alleged location where the contract was made, clear photographs, detailed allegations of breach, and an explanation of how the alleged debt is calculated.
If you have not received that evidence, then there is very little for you to respond to. Your defence was based on the fact that their Particulars of Claim were so poor that there was no properly pleaded case to answer. Unless they now serve the evidence required by the order, they still have not given you anything meaningful to defend.
If, by 13 May, you have not found out that the claim has been discontinued and you still have not received the Claimant’s witness statement with the additional information ordered by the judge, then you can submit a short witness statement simply stating that the Claimant has failed to comply with the court’s order, has failed to provide the required evidence, and that there is nothing further for you to answer. In those circumstances, you would invite the court to strike out or dismiss the claim.
We will cover that on Tuesday if necessary. I am away, but I will still be checking the forum daily.
The practical thing to do is call the court on Tuesday 12 May and ask whether the Claimant paid the £27 trial fee by the 4pm deadline on Monday 11 May, and whether the hearing has been vacated or whether an N279 Notice of Discontinuance has been received.
In my experience of hundreds of DCB Legal-issued private parking claims over several years, they discontinue in over 99% of these cases. My expectation remains that the trial fee will not be paid and that they will issue an N279.
For now, there is not much you can do unless you have already received the Claimant’s witness statement and evidence, including all the additional information the judge specifically ordered them to provide. That includes the contractual terms, landowner authority, the alleged location where the contract was made, clear photographs, detailed allegations of breach, and an explanation of how the alleged debt is calculated.
If you have not received that evidence, then there is very little for you to respond to. Your defence was based on the fact that their Particulars of Claim were so poor that there was no properly pleaded case to answer. Unless they now serve the evidence required by the order, they still have not given you anything meaningful to defend.
If, by 13 May, you have not found out that the claim has been discontinued and you still have not received the Claimant’s witness statement with the additional information ordered by the judge, then you can submit a short witness statement simply stating that the Claimant has failed to comply with the court’s order, has failed to provide the required evidence, and that there is nothing further for you to answer. In those circumstances, you would invite the court to strike out or dismiss the claim.
We will cover that on Tuesday if necessary. I am away, but I will still be checking the forum daily.
Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain
