DCBLegal LoC UkPCL

32one

Date: July 2023
Vehicle - Motorbike
Location - Lidl Crawley 
Parked between Disabled bays (

Hi All, 

I Have received a letter from DCBlegal "letter of claim" no reply forms included, 

I have parked in a spot between two disabled bays, but there's no hatched area separating them with lots of room in between.  

@ created as per newbies thread,

Could you please advise on the next step 
 

 

Coupon-mad

Yes: send the LBC response in the NEWBIES thread.

32one

thanks Coupon-mad, 

nopcns

Just go through the motions as advised. This will end in a discontinuation just well over 300 similar DCB Legal/UKPC claims as shown in this thread:

DCB LEGAL RECORD OF PRIVATE PARKING COURT CLAIM DISCONTINUATIONS

D_P_Dance

I think that hey would struggle in court, that spot looks perfectly legitimate to me.

32one

@ received

32one

Could you please advise on the next step 

Coupon-mad

Report DCB Legal online to HMRC today please.  Not the parking firm & not DCB Ltd.  This is a suspicion.  No firm is being accused.  HMRC need to check the truth.

Say that, due to their reply to your questions about VAT, where DCB Legal have replied trying to have you believe the £170 is exempt, rightly or wrongly you suspect them of possibly not applying VAT on the £70 DRA fee (added on top of their client's £100 parking charge, which is VAT exempt).  DRA fees are certainly not exempt and DCB Group (Ltd and Legal) has collected multi-millions of £170 in the past 5 years or more.

They are suspected by many consumers of treating their extortionate £70 fee (per PCN) wrongly as if it's a parking charge. If this is the case, it will be hundreds of millions of times.

When you answer the question about how much is involved say £millions.  Use the word 'suspect' because this is not proven.  

Tick the 'VAT' option.

Either upload the evidence letter at the end or state you have it & invite HMRC to investigate.

HMRC will not tell DCB Legal who is reporting them.  More than one person has but your letter from them is pretty damning IMHO.

Why can no DRA so far, give the right answer and just say the £70 is nett of VAT, which is separately accounted for?

32one

Thanks, Coupon-mad! I've just reported to HMRC. Any idea what will happen next?

Coupon-mad

Hopefully they might investigate.  We won't be told whilst HMRC think about it but if this concern has legs, we'll hear in the end as this is worth millions.  It'll all come out in the wash!

I've also reported another roboclaim solicitor to HMRC myself this month.  Just got fed up with not seeing ANY of them telling any consumer the right answer re VAT. The consumer cannot be charged that element so the £70 must be nett of VAT.  It really looks like they might not be charging the PPCs VAT on top and then sending £14 per DRA fee to HMRC. That's what they should be doing.

If they are, why don't they answer?!