Parking Charge Notices, Brexit and Laws!

Redx

You still haven't told us who the parking company is either !! More info equals better replies !!

PPL ? , Group Nexus ? Who ?

beamerguy

I understand the concern of a novice when you see "bailiffs".

DCBL just love to play mind games and it's all very sad because they rely on the TV rubbish ...
"can't pay we'll take it away" ..... There is nothing special about DCBL

The question has been asked ..... does this misleading letter give you 14 days or 30 days to respond ?

D_P_Dance

Have you complained to your MP. 

Half_way

name of parking company?
car park location and type?
reason for original parking charge?

all the above will help us to help you.
As the parking event was some time ago, do not attempt to name the driver, or give any misguided clues, such as I did this/she did etc

TeddyM_2

Redx said:

You still haven't told us who the parking company is either !! More info equals better replies !!

PPL ? , Group Nexus ? Who ?

I can’t remember the parking company it was so long ago! It was ok a private retail park and they ‘contravention’ was leaving the site which they have provided no evidence that I left the site so it’s void. I appealed this at the time and haven’t heard anything since 2017! 

TeddyM_2

beamerguy said:

I understand the concern of a novice when you see "bailiffs".

DCBL just love to play mind games and it's all very sad because they rely on the TV rubbish ...
"can't pay we'll take it away" ..... There is nothing special about DCBL

The question has been asked ..... does this misleading letter give you 14 days or 30 days to respond ?

I’ve been given 14 days and on the back of the letter it says ‘ this case is not subject to high court or bailiff action’ which makes me think should I just ignore it? 

TeddyM_2

Thanks so much for your helpful replies everyone! 

So I can’t remember the parking company but it was issued in a private car park a retail park and the reason they gave was the driver left the site but there has been no evidence provided to support this so I appealed it back in 2017 for that reason and have heard nothing until now! 

The letter gives me 14 days to make payment or else they will ‘recommend’ to their client to take legal action. And on the very back it says ‘this case is not subject to high court or bailiff action’ I might just ignore it? 

Appreciate all of your help with this and all of your useful information! 

Redx

The claimant parking company should be on the debt collector letters

14 days notice is a debt collector letter requiring no action , see post 4 in the newbies FAQ sticky thread near the top of the forum

Driver left site sounds like a UKPC claimant client

Ralph-y

what is the name of the retail park?

you need to understand that you are not dealing with reputable companies like M&S

this is just a small part of the comments that MP's made

"The other area is hospital parking, and I want to single out one company for some pretty shady practices. That is ParkingEye"     
      " is very clear to me that there is collusion between parking companies and solicitors’ firms—so-called roboclaims companies. "
            "They are often set up adjacently and involve the same directors and personnel. Incidentally, the same personnel get involved in the so-called appeals bodies."  
        "Essentially, it is a money-making enterprise that takes advantage of motorists up and down the country. They operate in a very business-like fashion, which is why I call them roboclaims companies."          
      "The companies are jamming up parts of our legal system."            
    “I now pretty much know exactly how the parking companies and in particular the IPC have been running this scam for the past 5 years. Basically both of the appeals processes are a complete and utter sham, (and part of that sham is Gladstones Solicitors itself)”      
               "The appeals process at Excel/VCS is run by a team of minimum wage office workers with no legal knowledge or experience whatsoever,"       
        " It is claimed by the head of the appeals service (retired Judge Bryn Holloway) that this is a completely independent fair process, it is not”          
  "The letter mentions two individuals—Will Hurley and Bryn Holloway—and concludes   this is a typical example of the clear collusion between the IPC, their members and the IAS"   
                  "what we can do about roboclaims companies and solicitors  firms that profit, often in shady ways"             
       " the very large amounts of money that can be involved in such scams—a company called Smart Parking was involved in one such scam on my patch"         
        "tightening up the rules regarding the unfair use of automatic number plate recognition"                  "BW Legal, regularly issues 10,000 county court judgments a month, and is known to have issued 28,000 in one month"        
          "They are jamming up our court system, and are often totally unjustified."         
 " because the lifeblood of trying to extort money from people is having access to their details."    

DCBL are IMHO as bad if not worse than the comments above,

Why would DCBL who are debt collectors have logos , and text all over their letters for DCBL Legal ?

answer = its a scam

Ralph

beamerguy

TeddyM_2 said:

beamerguy said:

I understand the concern of a novice when you see "bailiffs".

DCBL just love to play mind games and it's all very sad because they rely on the TV rubbish ...
"can't pay we'll take it away" ..... There is nothing special about DCBL

The question has been asked ..... does this misleading letter give you 14 days or 30 days to respond ?

I’ve been given 14 days and on the back of the letter it says ‘ this case is not subject to high court or bailiff action’ which makes me think should I just ignore it? 

That is only a 14 day try on .... it means ZERO.   Forget the back of the letter, it's standard rubbish to scare you
Now you wait, maybe you will get a 30 day letter, that's when you come back here. 
DCBL are as usual playing with fire ......... who can remember back to 2017, guarantee a judge won't ?  The UKPC signs are in general very poor, here is one from just a few weeks ago.
The signs back in 2017 ???  who knows but if you do get a 30 day letter, proof must be supplied of their claim including the signs at the time.
If UKPC cannot provide a picture of the signs, as a BPA member, the BPA should be able to provide that, after all they do say they approve these sites