DCB Legal Letters of Claim - NEED HELP - Much Appreciated

juiceistheaction

My brother works at a hospital and lives in hospital accommodation. Long story short - with permission, he's borrowed my car for around 10 days and it's been parked at this accommodation during the time. 

Soon after, I received a crazy amount of notices in the post from 'UK Parking Control Ltd.', all totalling to ridiculous fees. 

After doing some research into these types of fines, particularly on this forum, I decided to ignore the fines. I've also ignored stupid fines on 2 occasions previously from private parking companies, in which they eventually gave up and stopped sending me warnings.

But this time, after sending loads of debt recovery warnings, I have now received a DCB legal letter of claim for £510 amount due (and another for £340 ?). I've put the images of letters in the links below:

[imgur.com/a/1zPRIgs]
[imgur.com/a/SJadqhg]

I am newbie on this forum so unsure if the links will work so will put a transcription of the letter below too.

I have looked into the recommended newbie thread but also thought it was very much worthwhile asking for advice here for the best way to proceed on such an outrageous amount being requested. 

Needless to say, any help very much appreciated on what best to do. Thanks.

LETTER OF CLAIM

RE: Our Client: UK Parking Control Limited
Parking Charge Ref(s): Please see overleaf.
Amount Due: £510.00

We act for UK Parking Control Limited and write in respect of an unpaid parking charge(s). This is a formal Letter of Claim in accordance with the Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims.

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Basis of Claim

The vehicle with registration number [redacted] (“Vehicle”) was parked on private land (“Land”) managed by our Client. The signs displayed on the Land set out the Terms of parking (i.e. “the Contract”). The Vehicle was parked in breach of the Terms and as such the Contract was accepted and a Parking Charge(s) was issued. You are liable as the Keeper or Driver. The details of the Parking Charge(s) can be found in the schedule at the bottom of this letter. Payment was due within 28 days of the Parking Charge(s) being issued but remains outstanding.

The amount of the debt is £510.00, which includes the Parking Charge(s) and debt recovery costs. If a claim is issued, further costs will be sought, together with accruing interest at 8% above base rate per annum pursuant to s69 of The County Courts Act 1984.

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Next Steps

Within 30 days of the date of this letter, you should either make payment using one of the methods detailed overleaf or complete the Reply Form and financial statement. Failure to do so is likely to result in a claim being issued without further notice. Please visit www.dcblegal.co.uk/response 

to complete and submit the reply form and financial statement. You will also find an additional information sheet summarising your rights and responsibilities under the Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims.

Your attention is drawn to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 and the Court’s power to impose sanctions if you fail to pay or respond. Any such failure will be brought to the attention of the Court when considering costs. Any non-compliance with the Rules can increase liability for costs. The BPA Code of Practice requires us to make the customer (driver/keeper) aware of the implications of non-payment including, should the Court find against them, the risk to their credit rating.

We suggest you deal with this as a matter of urgency to avoid a claim being issued. You may wish to seek independent legal advice from a Solicitor or other free money advice organisation.

If you would like a ‘dispute resolution call’ with our team, or a paper copy of the information sheet, reply form or financial statement, please call our office on 0203 434 0427.

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Yours Sincerely,

(Signature)
Sarah Ensall
Head of Bulk Litigation

Gr1pr

Definitely not fines, just private PCN's,  invoices

Same advice as in this thread below 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6630611/dcb-legal-letter-of-claim#latest

The defendant emails the LoC response template to DCB Legal