Group Nexus DCB Legal court claim, at WS stage

Coupon-mad

Perfect!  Onwards...

Blackysowner

Hi, need your help here.

Ive only received the letter TODAY, the court stating that they do not have a copy of my defence. I was actually requested to send the defence, and the letter date was 29th Nov (which was weeks ago!) and they requested me to send a copy of the missing defence to the court by 20th Dec.
I checked my email and I could see the auto reply by Claimresponses.cnbc@justice.gov.uk, and I DID send it on 3rd Aug

I have already emailed Claimresponses.cnbc@justice.gov.uk again and waiting for their reply.

What else can I possibly do now??????

Coupon-mad

Very common.

But - eek - you need to email it to the court that lost it. Clearly not the CNBC!  Look what it says: if an order comes from x (your local court) asking for something they are missing/can't find, you don't send it to y (the original gateway admin centre from the Summer that are no longer involved in your case).

Just cover it in the email that the Order only just arrived so here's the defence again.  Google to find the local county court's hearings email address.

Blackysowner

Just a quick update:

I have emailed the local country court, stating the matter and attached a copy of my defence pdf file. However, I still havent received anything from them (apart from an auto response stating they have received my email and will reply to me within 10 working days).
I tried calling the county court number and it only directed me to different pre-recorded messages with options that do not relate to my case/told me to hang up.

Gr1pr

Courts are currently backlogged and things wont start moving at a snails pace until next week,  a normal business week following the long xmas and new year break 

Coupon-mad

It'll be fine. You complied with the request.

Blackysowner

Just received an email from DCBlegal today, sharing this for you to have a laugh.

"We write to you in relation to the above matter.

To assist the Court in achieving its overriding objective, our Client may be prepared to settle this case. I can confirm our Client would be agreeable to £60.00 in full and final settlement of this Claim. The current outstanding balance is £2XX.XX.

Should you be agreeable to this offer, please ensure payment is made within 14 days of this email."

Of course I'm not paying a penny.

Coupon-mad

Blackysowner said:

Just received an email from DCBlegal today, sharing this for you to have a laugh.

"We write to you in relation to the above matter.

To assist the Court in achieving its overriding objective, our Client may be prepared to settle this case. I can confirm our Client would be agreeable to £60.00 in full and final settlement of this Claim. The current outstanding balance is £2XX.XX.

Should you be agreeable to this offer, please ensure payment is made within 14 days of this email."

Of course I'm not paying a penny.

Yep!

Just goes to show that PCNs (or discounted PCNs) could easily be set as low as £20, and the parking operator would still bank MORE than they would in cases like this, where Defendants rush to accept.

If you'd agreed and paid the £60, after taking off the £35 court fee they've already paid, that leaves £25 and DCB Legal don't work for free.

Wonder how much they'd have returned to the PPC in that instance?

Or could it be that they might be effectively 'buying' debts by (I am only guessing - this is my suspicion only) paying an up front lump sum "golden hello" to parking operators who are able to put at least, say 5,000 data sets (cases) their way, on the basis that any profits are - perhaps? - retained by DCB Group?

Just putting my opinion/suspicion out there for discussion. I have no evidence of it and could be wrong but it would explain their MO and the woeful POC (if the roboclaim firm has merely had some data transferred in bulk to them) and it would explain why so many PPCs are using them instead of using BW Legal, Gladstones, etc.

And it would explain why most WS are not written by the parking firm and why cases that get near a hearing are just dropped, and those that do go to a hearing either see nobody turn up, or a third party rep sent by the roboclaim legal.

Effectively it would be like debt factoring, giving PPCs xx pence in the pound, up front, for old unpaid PCNs they thought they'd get no money for.

Aaah... but it can't work like that, can it, because the DVLA doesn't allow parking debt data to be sold. Do they...?!

Blackysowner

Hi, Ive received the this letter today from the court.
What does it mean "unless the court orders otherwise, I will also be liable for the costs which the defendant has incurred.
Just as the Newbie post says, "the Claim form did not specify the term breached". So what exactly do I need to put in the witness statements??? I dont even know what term I breached. I honestly do not really know what to write and what documents to include.

Le_Kirk

If the claimant (not you, as you are the defendant) fails to pay the trial fee, then, if the claim is struck out, the claimant (not you) pays any costs that the defendant (YOU) incurs.