DCBL claim / Court letter advice

northbank1

Afternoon all, I’m hoping someone can help please.

I received a claim for DCBL Ltd, then DCBL Legal which I responded to by letter using the helpful template on here within the time period required. 

I have today received in the same post run a reply from DCBL Ltd (not Legal) saying they have referred my case for legal action with their sister company DCBL Legal. At the same time I’ve received a letter from the court giving my 14 days to respond to a claim.

Can you please give any advice on what course of action to follow next? DCBL have failed to respond to the letter I sent to them before proceeding to court.  My letter to DCBL (Ltd and Legal both have the exact same address and I referenced the case using the reference number on the DCBL Legal letter).

thanks again for maintaining this really helpful forum and preventing these crooks from blackmailing individuals.

Castle

northbank1 said:

Afternoon all, I’m hoping someone can help please.

I received a claim for DCBL Ltd, then DCBL Legal which I responded to by letter using the helpful template on here within the time period required. 

I have today received in the same post run a reply from DCBL Ltd (not Legal) saying they have referred my case for legal action with their sister company DCBL Legal. At the same time I’ve received a letter from the court giving my 14 days to respond to a claim.

Can you please give any advice on what course of action to follow next? DCBL have failed to respond to the letter I sent to them before proceeding to court.  My letter to DCBL (Ltd and Legal both have the exact same address and I referenced the case using the reference number on the DCBL Legal letter).

thanks again for maintaining this really helpful forum and preventing these crooks from blackmailing individuals.

Please post up a copy of this letter from the court, (redacted as necessary).

northbank1

Here is the letter and first page of the form. If you need the full form let me know. Cheers

Gr1pr

What is the issue date from the top right of the claim form   ?

So its Smart Parking via DCB LEGAL for 2 pcns, at £535.04, for allegedly Unauthorised Parking 

northbank1

Yeah that’s correct, issue date is 19/8/25

northbank1

The company that I would have entered my reg plate in to their stupid machine (a football hall) has also gone bust.

Gr1pr

Ok,  login to MCOL next week and complete the AOS online as explained in the newbies sticky thread in announcements,  second post 

Meanwhile,  study the first 2 posts in the defence template thread in announcements,  plus look at other recent Smart Parking cases where you will be using their paragraph 3

northbank1

I’m about to post my defence on the MCOL website. Can I check if you think this looks ok and should it be in the correct format? I took this largely from one of the recent Smart parking posts.

2. The allegation(s) and heads of cost are vague and liability is

denied for the sum claimed, or at all. At the very least, interest

should be disallowed; the delay in bringing proceedings lies with

the Claimant. This also makes retrieving material

documents/evidence difficult, which is highly prejudicial. The

Defendant seeks fixed costs (CPR 27.14) and a finding of

unreasonable conduct and further costs (CPR 46.5). The Defendant

has little recollection of events, save as set out below and to

admit that they were the registered keeper.

 

3. Referring to the POC: paragraph 1 is denied. The Defendant is

not indebted to the Claimant. Paragraph 2 is denied. The Defendant

does not accept that a contraventions occurred on 12th and 26th of 

April 2022 as

alleged. Whilst the Defendant was the registered keeper,

paragraphs 3 and 4 are denied. The Defendant is not liable and has

seen no evidence of a breach of prominent terms. The quantum is

hugely exaggerated (no PCN can be £170 on private land) and there

were no damages incurred whatsoever.

 

3.1 The Defendant notes that the alleged contraventions are said

to have occurred over three years ago in April 2022.  The first

correspondence relating to this matter was only received by the

Defendant approximately three years after the date of the alleged

event (10/07/2025). Due to the extraordinary delay, the Defendant

is unable to recall who the driver of the vehicle was at that time

and is therefore unable to identify the driver.

 

4. Further, regarding the Particulars of Claim paragraph 3,

research has proved that this Claimant has never used the POFA

2012 and has never been able to hold registered keepers liable.

This is important because the Defendant was not driving and, in

fact, the solicitor signatory of the statement of truth on this

claim is knowingly or negligently misleading the court by citing

that law. Despite tens of thousands of boilerplate claims from DCB

Legal causing inflated default CCJs this year - as they have

reportedly filed a 'job lot' of template bulk claims for this

Claimant, all repeating the untruth about the POFA 2012 - Smart

Parking has no cause of action against any registered keeper.

Gr1pr

Looks OK as long as it fits into the 122 lines with no errors,  no spurious characters like  " < >  etc

Or consider the following example with suitable changes like dates etc

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6625722/smart-parking-dcbl/p1

northbank1

Thanks. Just to be clear, to I need to post all 11 paragraphs in the defence template or just the 3 in my reply above? Cheers

Coupon-mad

We only want to see your bespoke part posted on the forum, but on MCOL, all 11 paras go in of course, otherwise what's the point of all the other points covered by the template which you would then not have brought up?!