DCBLegal Letter of Claim

AllPulpNoFiction

Hi all,

Looking for some advice as I'm now at the Letter of claim stage as of the 2nd of August. I have 30 days from this date to reply/resolve the issue, with the charge being £160.

This dates from a private tenants car park in 2016, UK PLC ran, where my car was parked visiting a flat owner at the location. The issue noted was the car was parked outside the parking bays. As a side note I no longer own the vehicle.

I've submitted a SAR to UKPLC using the template link provided in one of the sticky threads, thanks for this. I've yet to contact DBCL regarding this, when I do what is the recommended format/approach?

Do I question the additional £60 added or has that ship sailed now? When do I send them the 'I am seeking debt advice but I deny any debt...' email?

I'd really appreciate some guidance with next steps.

Thanks 

KeithP

Hello and welcome to the forums.

UK PLC?? Not a company that I know of.
Can you please tell us the full name of the parking company.

You send the 'I'm seeking debt advice' email sometime before the thirty days are up.

D_P_Dance

... with the charge being £160.

£60 of which is highly likely to be unlawful.   Read this and complain to your MP>

Excel v Wilkinson

At the Bradford County Court, District Judge Claire Jackson (now HHJ Jackson, a Specialist Civil Circuit Judge) decided to hear a 'test case' a few months ago, where £60 had been added to a parking charge despite Judges up and down the country repeatedly disallowing that sum and warning parking firms not to waste court time with such spurious claims.   That case was Excel v Wilkinson: G4QZ465V, heard in July 2020 and leave to appeal was refused and that route was not pursued.  The Judge concluded that such claims are proceedings with 'an improper collateral purpose'.   This Judge - and others who have since copied her words and struck dozens of cases out in late 2020 and into 2021 - went into significant detail and concluded that parking operators (such as this Claimant) are seeking to circumvent CPR 27.14 as well as breaching the Consumer Rights Act 2015.   DJ Hickinbottom has recently struck more cases out in that court area, stating: ''I find that striking out this claim is the only appropriate manner in which the disapproval of the court can be shown''.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/16qovzulab1szem/G4QZ465V Excel v Wilkinson.pdf?dl=0

AllPulpNoFiction

KeithP said:

Hello and welcome to the forums.

UK PLC?? Not a company that I know of.
Can you please tell us the full name of the parking company.

You send the 'I'm seeking debt advice' email sometime before the thirty days are up.

Hi KeithP - thanks for replying. The full name is UK Parking Control Limited.

AllPulpNoFiction

D_P_Dance said:

... with the charge being £160.

£60 of which is highly likely to be unlawful.   Read this and complain to your MP>

Excel v Wilkinson

At the Bradford County Court, District Judge Claire Jackson (now HHJ Jackson, a Specialist Civil Circuit Judge) decided to hear a 'test case' a few months ago, where £60 had been added to a parking charge despite Judges up and down the country repeatedly disallowing that sum and warning parking firms not to waste court time with such spurious claims.   That case was Excel v Wilkinson: G4QZ465V, heard in July 2020 and leave to appeal was refused and that route was not pursued.  The Judge concluded that such claims are proceedings with 'an improper collateral purpose'.   This Judge - and others who have since copied her words and struck dozens of cases out in late 2020 and into 2021 - went into significant detail and concluded that parking operators (such as this Claimant) are seeking to circumvent CPR 27.14 as well as breaching the Consumer Rights Act 2015.   DJ Hickinbottom has recently struck more cases out in that court area, stating: ''I find that striking out this claim is the only appropriate manner in which the disapproval of the court can be shown''.

Hi D_P_Dance, thanks for this. I'll give it a read when I'm home from work

Redx

So it's UKPC

The SAR to the DPO at UKPC is the first task

The 30 days debt management hold email is before the 30 days are up

You won't be resolving this by either of those actions

This may be resolved in court before next summer ! Before the 6 years is up

D_P_Dance

UKPC have form, read this

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5972164/parking-eye-signs-oxford-road-reading/p1

patient_dream

AllPulpNoFiction said:

Hi all,

Looking for some advice as I'm now at the Letter of claim stage as of the 2nd of August. I have 30 days from this date to reply/resolve the issue, with the charge being £160.

This dates from a private tenants car park in 2016, UK PLC ran, where my car was parked visiting a flat owner at the location. The issue noted was the car was parked outside the parking bays. As a side note I no longer own the vehicle.

I've submitted a SAR to UKPLC using the template link provided in one of the sticky threads, thanks for this. I've yet to contact DBCL regarding this, when I do what is the recommended format/approach?

Do I question the additional £60 added or has that ship sailed now? When do I send them the 'I am seeking debt advice but I deny any debt...' email?

I'd really appreciate some guidance with next steps.

Thanks 

1:  you and many others you will find here
DCBL letters ... forum group thread
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6237177/dcbl-letters-forum-group-thread#latest

2: As advised, wait until day 27/28 to respond denying any debt and advising them you are seeking debt advice and as per the PAP this must be put on hold for a further 30 days. And as they have added on a fake amount, to fully explain this .... they cannnot.

3: UKPC have been chasing up old tickets .. covid has hit them hard. But, whilst on the above thread see all the other UKPC threats from DCBL.  Nothing much happens thereafter and it's probably because UKPC use a different legal and it seems they just use DCBL as a freebie chaser