Court threats 4 years later - having never received tickets in the first place!

sam_worc

Hello! 

I’m really hoping for some advice - I’ve had a look and can’t quite see a situation the same as mine so any advice appreciated! 

A couple of months or so ago I got FOUR letters stating that I had unpaid parking charges with Highview Parking Ltd from 4 years ago! Feb/ March 2017. The letters were from DCNL and they were now saying I owed £155 per ticket so over £600 total. 

This was the first correspondence I have ever received regarding any parking tickets - no notices on the car, no previous letters through the post. 

They said that they had been trying to contact me at a previous address (I lived there for 2 years after the alleged incident and received nothing, I have lived here for nearly 2 years and nothing, I even had mail forwarding on for 6 months and nothing. I checked with the people who now live in the house and there has been nothing sent for me either). So legitimately this is the first I’ve heard of it.

These letters said I had missed my chance to appeal. 

If I’m honest, I assumed they were a scam and just ignored them but since the first letters I have received 2 further batches of letters saying it was my last chance and the most recent letter says they’re going to consider court proceedings. 

To make matters more interesting; I have checked the dates. I am a teacher so I would have been at work so I can only presume my (now ex) boyfriend is actually the owner of the fines after all. 

So,
 • Can they legitimately threaten me with court 4 years later having never issued the initial fines or contacting me previously?

• How do I go about getting these fines cancelled and or transferred to my ex given that I am way out of the 30 days appeal period but was never given that chance in the first place? 

Any advice/ information greatly appreciated as I definitely don’t have a spare £600 to pay fines that I didn’t know about/ aren’t even mine!

Thanks so much in advance!

sam_worc

DCBL*

BrownTrout

are the letters from DCBL or DCB LEGAL......

sam_worc

BrownTrout said:

are the letters from DCBL or DCB LEGAL......

Thanks so much. 

There were two lots from DCBL and then the final one was DCB LEGAL giving me 30 days to respond. 

D_P_Dance

 • Can they legitimately threaten me 

Yes, please read the newbies and complain to your MP.

Redx

Highview have 6 years to issue a court claim pack from the CCBC in Northampton , so 4 years is typical and well within the timescales allowed in law

You can email Highview , or preferably write a letter to them naming the driver , with their address , if it wasn't you , using the law named POFA to do so , especially because Highview do not comply so a keeper has no liability in law anyway , they never have complied in over 8 years since it was enacted in 2012

You should read the newbies FAQ sticky thread near the top of the forum first , especially the second post

You could email a SAR to the DPO at nexus Highview to obtain copies of all your data , documents and pictures etc

Lastly , you reply to DCBL and tell them to place the matter on hold for 30 days whilst you seek debt management advice

BrownTrout

I personally would name any driver directly to dcb legal ( if going down that route)

BrownTrout

use the following emails
response, locreplies, info@dcblegal.co.uk

sam_worc

Redx said:

Highview have 6 years to issue a court claim pack from the CCBC in Northampton , so 4 years is typical and well within the timescales allowed in law

Thanks so much. That’s interesting. Would this still stand even though they never gave me the initial ticket/ letter all those years ago? 

I realise they have 6 years to take me to court legally but do they not have legal guidelines to follow like issuing the initial ticket and/ or giving me the opportunity to appeal in the first place? 

I feel like had they issued the £50 fines or however much they were in the first place then they would have been paid. But I was never given that chance! 

Uptown_Boy

sam_worc said:

I feel like had they issued the £50 fines or however much they were in the first place then they would have been paid. But I was never given that chance! 

As they were never fines then be thankful you weren't hoodwinked into falling for their scams.

Redx

They only have to show it was sent to the name and address obtained from the DVLA database , not that anyone received it , using the term on the balance of probability , given its what they do as a job , post out a PCN after anpr capture of a VRM and send it to the DVLA database address

Just assume that any arguments you can think of have been done to death and your non legal mind won't find anything untried or untested or new