County court letter from DCB legal

silvur

Hello everyone,

thanks in advance for any help I receive here.
I may be a little late in seeking advice but here goes…
so I was issued with a parking fine for parking out of hours for 10 minutes in a retail park by UKPC March 2023.
i refused to pay the fine & disputed the claim online via their website as I had a flat tyre on a dual carriageway & this was the immediate turning available so parked up & changed my tyre. UKPC responded & asked for evidence of my recovery invoice, to which I responded I cannot provide evidence of this as I swapped my flat with my spare tyre… I have a trolley jack & tools in my boot as I work on cars a lot.

i Have now received a claim form from DCB legal asking for £268.60 to which I have responded a defence already, stating the facts I have written above.

DCB legal have emailed me privately asking for a “reduced fee” of £100 to settle this claim out of court. I have 7 days to take up this offer but I feel that I’d rather risk the court making a decision!

about the car park:
there are the usual signs displayed on posts with tiny writing explaining the terms of parking, including that there is no parking out of hours.
there is a barrier at the entrance of the car park which has a sign on it reading “this car park barrier will be locked out of hours” - which obviously, it was not.

If there is any other information needed then let me know & I will respond asap! Thanks 

Le_Kirk

The help you require is in the NEWBIE sticky, which all posters are urged to read BEFORE posting.  If you have already submitted a defence to the CNBC, have you received confirmation that is was received, have you received your N180 (DQ) form yet?  Continue with the process as outlined in the 12-steps in the template defence thread and you will feature in this thread: -
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6377263/dcb-legal-record-of-private-parking-court-claim-discontinuations/p1

silvur

Le_Kirk said:

The help you require is in the NEWBIE sticky, which all posters are urged to read BEFORE posting.  If you have already submitted a defence to the CNBC, have you received confirmation that is was received, have you received your N180 (DQ) form yet?  Continue with the process as outlined in the 12-steps in the template defence thread and you will feature in this thread: -
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6377263/dcb-legal-record-of-private-parking-court-claim-discontinuations/p1

Apologies, did not see this sticky. Will read through that this afternoon when I have break.
i have received confirmation from court but no other forms. 

Thank you 

Coupon-mad

DCB legal have emailed me privately asking for a “reduced fee” of £100 to settle this claim out of court. I have 7 days to take up this offer.

Please could you urgently show an actual screenshot of that email?

Cover names and full email addresses but don't just copy & paste words.  I need a screenshot to show it's genuinely from DCB Legal.

I'd like to show the Government that this is evidence (even at court stage) that no added fees are justified to settle a PCN.  I'm in regular contact with the DLUHC to finalise the statutory regulations coming in.

silvur

Is this ok? Or want whole email with names scrubbed out? 

Coupon-mad

That's good.  Thanks. Useful!

I was particularly interested as the settlement is £100 which shows that DRAs can work with merely demanding the PCN sum (then splitting the monies in cases where people pay).  And this is AFTER they've shelled out £35 to file a claim.

Coupon-mad

Is this re a London retail park, or which city?

silvur

This is in Reading in Berkshire. 

silvur

After submitting my case, I didn’t hear anything back & it’s been over a year.

Does this mean I won?

Gr1pr

What does the current MCOL claim history state   ? Copy and paste below if possible 

It may be stuck in the system, or discontinued,  only the CNBC will know via the claim reference number 

Coupon-mad

silvur said:

After submitting my case, I didn’t hear anything back & it’s been over a year.

Does this mean I won?

No. More likely it's indefinitely stayed.

You MUST tell the court and the legals if your address changes just in case the C ever pays to lift the stay.