DCBL discontinuance - unreasonable behaviour costs awarded

Half_way

Would there be any merit in going after the landowner/principal who allowed the PPC onto the land in the first place?

Fruitcake

Half_way said:

Would there be any merit in going after the landowner/principal who allowed the PPC onto the land in the first place?

It would certainly be worth sending them a LBC regarding a data breach

Umkomaas

Fruitcake said:

Half_way said:

Would there be any merit in going after the landowner/principal who allowed the PPC onto the land in the first place?

It would certainly be worth sending them a LBC regarding a data breach

I think this strategy should be more widely recommended. It costs nothing to issue a LBC, it doesn't have to be followed through. The more occasions a landowner is faced with dealing with one of these, the more likely they are to have second thoughts about contracting an outfit that might put them in danger of being sued in the courts. 

The CAB offers a template LBC to use. Found via Google. 

Fruitcake

Umkomaas said:

Fruitcake said:

Half_way said:

Would there be any merit in going after the landowner/principal who allowed the PPC onto the land in the first place?

It would certainly be worth sending them a LBC regarding a data breach

I think this strategy should be more widely recommended. It costs nothing to issue a LBC, it doesn't have to be followed through. The more occasions a landowner is faced with dealing with one of these, the more likely they are to have second thoughts about contracting an outfit that might put them in danger of being sued in the courts. 

The CAB offers a template LBC to use. Found via Google. 

I'm not absolutely certain, but I think it costs nothing to issue a claim either, until you get to the point where the courts require the filing fee. It would certainly focus the landowner's/landholder's mind if, say, every resident at a housing complex issued individual claims.

Not_A_Hope

Cost of a Letter before Claim is nothing apart from time, paper and a stamp.

There is a cost to raising a formal court claim which depends on the value of the claim submitted

Claim amount	Fees
Up to £300	£35
£300.01 to £500	£50
£500.01 to £1,000	£70
£1,000.01 to £1,500	£80
£1,500.01 to £3,000	£115
£3,000.01 to £5,000	£205
£5,000.01 to £10,000	£455
£10,000.01 to £200,000	5% of the claim
More than £200,000	£10,000

	Should the claim proceed to a hearing there will be further fees. The loser will have to pick up these additional costs in addition to the claim amount I raised a claim for £800 against Microsoft a few years ago to replace the laptop they lost. It cost from memory about £60 to raise the claim. They did not defend it so we were awarded the full amount plus costs.

Le_Kirk

troublemaker22 said:

I have hidden shallows 

That could be my new catch phrase!

Coupon-mad

Go on admit it @Le_Kirk, we are going to see that phrase as your new signature soon!

JusticeWarrior

So I issued an LBC to the PPC and received a response from DCBL. They are contending that since the original claim is ‘complete’, I will be unable to pursue them for the previously incurred expenses when the judge made ‘no order as to costs’. DCBL are advising me to seek independent legal advice and saying if I do bring a claim they will defend it and claim their costs from me. Any advice appreciated.

Coupon-mad

@troublemaker22 was suggesting a claim against DCB Group (might be DCB Ltd as well as DCB Legal at fault), as he's successfully done that before.

They were probably also the ones that used the old address for the court claim despite doing a soft trace. Not the PPC. 

No-one advised a LBC to the PPC, did they?

The alternative - advised by the rest of us above - is to send a LBC to the landowner who contracted the POC (you know who that is from the C's WS presumably).  As this person is doing to Costa:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/80610960/#Comment_80610960

patient_dream

You certinly don't need independent legal advice ..... there are two great solicitors on here which we are grateful for

Due to this constant unreasonable behavioue by DCBL to which on this forum alone there are nearly 300 of them, the Attorney General should instruct the courts to accept compensation claims against DCBL