DCBL notice of debt recovery from 5 years ago

Annie_2345

Hi,

I have seen another post similar to this but have decided to do my own post as some have advised to others to do on the thread.

I received a Notice of Debt Recovery from DCBL for a supposed unpaid parking charge of £160 from March 2016. I am pretty sure I wrote the UKPC at the time of the unfair charge to appeal it and never received a response from them nor any further demands for payment of this charge from them.  Lo and behold 5 years later I get this in the mail. 

At the bottom of the letter it states THIS CASE IS NOT SUBJECT TO HIGH COURT OR BAILIFF ACTION. I have 14 days from date of letter (6/04/2021) to either pay or call them to discuss repayment. Should I fail to contact them they will recommend to their client the commencement of legal action against me.

I am a bit annoyed to receive this especially after the year we have had with losing family and friends to Covid. 

Please can someone advise what I should do. I no longer have the car this fine was issued on and UKPC is no longer overseeing the parking where I live since the 2nd April 2021. Seems a bit strange that after their services are terminated they pursue these charges.
 
I would be very grateful for any advice anyone also in the same boat can provide. 

Thank you in advance.

Umkomaas

Bog standard DCB Limited debt collector case. The NEWBIES FAQ sticky, fourth post, and the group DCBL thread tells you all you need to be aware of and what to do. Please read those. 

Annie_2345

Thank you. My cousin lives in Umkomaas  

Umkomaas

Annie_2345 said:

Thank you. My cousin lives in Umkomaas  

Lovely place, I'm so missing it. I spend so much of my time in SA, but COVID has decimated my travel plans, possibly for years. Haven't experienced a UK winter for well over a decade, until this last one - brrr!

Fruitcake

It is not a fine.

Debt collectors are powerless as you will find when you read the threads as advised by Umkomaas.

Parking scammer's income has been seriously reduced due to the pandemic so they are going through their back catalogue of cases in the hope people will be scared and pay up. They are also nasty and vindictive and often chase up old PCNs when they have been kicked off site simply out of spite.

Come back to this thread if you get real court papers within six years of the alleged event.

Your lease/AST will have primacy of contract over anything a third party unregulated scammer says, so make sure you have yours to hand in case the scammers do try court. You should also complain to the landowner and management agent or whoever introduced the scammers and instruct them to get this scamvoice cancelled. It should still be possible even if the scammers no longer operate at your site.

beamerguy

The bottom line is that over the last year covid has caused huge problems for parking companies including UKPC who are using DCBL to chase up very old tickets.


Of course there is no bailiff action, it's nor even been court, pure scaremongering by DCBL

You will find a lot of help in this dedicated thread. Your case is much the same as others.  DCBL have added a fake £60 which make any claim by them unreliable.
Back in 2016 they had no legal authority (they still don't) and the ruling of the Supreme court clearly stated that the parking charge was inclusive of operational costs
The UKPC claim can only relate to 2016 and no other date


DCBL letters ... forum group thread
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6237177/dcbl-letters-forum-group-thread#latest