DCBL advice?

Johnshell

Can anyone give me advice on this letter?
It doesn't have any information on from when it was from.

I remember my wife getting a fine for her permit at work not being correctly shown a long time ago and we ignored it, but this has been sent today.

Dear....

Letter of claim
Urgent action required.

We act on behalf of direct collection bailiffs limited (DCBL) in respect of a debt due under an agreement between you and northern parking services (north east) Ltd.

Please accept this as a formal letter of claim in accordance with the CPR practice direction - pre action protocol for debt claims.

claiment
Northern parking services (north east) Ltd.

defendant
My details.

basis of claim
You enter into an agreement with northern parking services (north east) Ltd under reference xxxxx. In accordance with the terms of that agreement and previous correspondence sent to you, there remains a balance outstanding. In light of the supporting evidence, correspondence and invoices, you are liable for the sums due.

amount of claim
The sum claimed is a total of £482.40 together with further accuring interest as permitted under s69 county court 1984 at the rate of 8.25% (8.50% if after 02.11.12) per annum in till judgement or earlier payment. Costs will also be applied should a claim become necessary.

To ensure no further action will take place please make immediate payment via our 24 hour payment line on 01302 897022 using reference number xxxxx

You are expected to acknowledge this letter of claim and pay the debt in full within 30 days of the date of this letter. Failure to do so will result in a claim being issued against you WITHOUT further notice.

Any idea what I should do next?

Thanks in advance.

waamo

At the top of this board is a thread that tells Newbies to read it first. The second post in that thread deals with court and the threat of court.

It will tell you exactly what to do.

KeithP

You would also be wise to remove Northern's reference number from your post.

Johnshell

I never thought, it won't let me edit it. Maybe cos I've just made the account. How else can I remove it.

beamerguy

We act on behalf of direct collection bailiffs limited (DCBL) in respect of a debt due under an agreement between you and northern parking services (north east) Ltd.

What do they mean "they act on behalf of DCBL

DCBL as seen on TV IS THE SOAP ... "can't pay we'll take
it away"

This programme covers high court bailiffs where it's been
to county court, someone has not paid and has been
upgraded to the high court.

So, you have NOT even been to court so THE SOAP means nothing
to you BUT ....... WHO ARE "THEY"

The number does not relate to DCBL and most importantly,
the principal of the debt is NOT DCBL

Any chance you can scan that letter, uploading to a free
hosting site and then show the link broken ie: hppt

I understand that Northern parking services is a tin pot
company.

The letter is not compliant with the new debt collection
procedure as it doe not provide proof of their claim
and they must give you 30 days to respond

So who is acting on behalf of DCBL ????

KeithP

Johnshell wrote: »

I never thought, it won't let me edit it. Maybe cos I've just made the account. How else can I remove it.

You can edit your post any time you like.

Use a real web browser rather than a phone app.

Apparently, some phone apps hide the 'edit' button.

Johnshell

I've uploaded it to photo bucket, but this forum won't allow me to post the link.

beamerguy

Johnshell wrote: »

I've uploaded it to photo bucket, but this forum won't allow me to post the link.

It won't because you are new so do what I said earlier

instead of http use hppt and just paste the link here

we will make it live

Johnshell

hppt://i363.photobucket.com/albums/oo72/jagee25/20180806_193036.jpg

beamerguy

http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/jagee25/media/cGF0aDovMjAxODA4MDZfMTkzMDM2LmpwZw==/?ref=

You need to remove all ref numbers and where you took the picture
there is paper underneath showing a reg number

Over write the picture showing nothing but the letter without
ref numbers

KeithP

As Waamo said in the first reply you received, you need to read post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread where there is good guidance on how to deal with this letter.

Hint: you should respond robustly and there are sample responses in that NEWBIES post.