DCB legal

Splcoaching

Hi, I’m new here.
DCB Legal are chasing me for a PCN from June 2023
In October i receivedthe letter of claim and found a thread with a response 
“I dispute your 'parking charge', as the keeper of the vehicle. I deny any liability or contractual agreement and I will be making a complaint about your predatory conduct to your client landowner.”

so used that to respond via email which was sent 24/10/2025

Yesterdat DCB Legsl responded in writing along with two images of my car, one arriving and one leaving.

the email reads as

“We write in response to your correspondence received in our office. 

DCB Legal have been instructed to pursue you for the Parking Charge issued on 30th June 2023 at Goose Green Multi-Storey, Altrincham. Reasoning being Insufficient Paid Time. 

As per your request, please find attached the evidence DCB Legal hold concerning the matter. If there are any documents that you have requested, but that are not attached, it is because we have deemed the request to be disproportionate and/or not relevant to the substantive issues in dispute. We respectfully draw your attention to paragraph 2.1(c) of the Protocol and remind you that both parties are expected to act reasonably and proportionately.

As you have failed to make payment within the time frame specified within our Letter of Claim, a Claim has now been issued against you on 5th December 2025. 

You are now required to make payment of the full Claim balance of £289.40 or address the Court documentation received, accordingly. Failure to do so, within the time frame specified by Court will result in Judgment being issued against you in default.”

I need help as I’m unsure how to proceed 

The initial amount DCB were chasing me for was £170 but now they’ve increased it to £289

Thank you.

DE_612183

1. Plan A contact landowner.
2. Read newbees thread
3. make cup of tea and wait...

Gr1pr

Post a properly redacted picture of the claim form below,  no password or reference number etc

If you have a court claim,  it's DCB LEGAL,  not DCBL anymore 

Name the private parking company claimant and the issue date 

Splcoaching

Gr1pr said:

Post a properly redacted picture of the claim form below,  no password or reference number etc

If you have a court claim,  it's DCB LEGAL,  not DCBL anymore 

Name the private parking company claimant and the issue date 

I binned all the original notices, I’ll try and find the letter before claim form 

Coupon-mad

You sent an appeal to a solicitor's LBC? That was a waste of your time. Read the NEWBIES thread post 2 and await the claim form.

Nellymoser

Don't worry about increased sum it's not real. DCB Legal will start reducing it at mandatory Mediation and thereafter, eventually (if you don't pay and follow forum's advice) discontinuing the claim before they need to pay the hearing fees.
See this thread:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6377263/dcb-legal-record-of-private-parking-court-claim-discontinuations#latest

Splcoaching

[Image redacted by Forum Team for personal information]

This was the claim form I responded to using a template from the newbies thread.

the response I enclosed in my initial message was their response 

Nellymoser

Above image is not a Claim form it's a Letter of Claim (LoC)
So have you actually received a Claim Form from the CNBC in Northampton like the one shown in this thread
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81612620/#Comment_81612620

Jame4ters

Splcoaching said:

TThis was the claim form I responded to using a template from the newbies thread.

the response I enclosed in my initial message was their response 

You’ve left your registration number showing

Splcoaching

Jame4ters said:

Splcoaching said:

TThis was the claim form I responded to using a template from the newbies thread.

the response I enclosed in my initial message was their response 

You’ve left your registration number showing

!!!!!! 
Sorry I’m rubbish at stuff like this 

Splcoaching

Nellymoser said:

Above image is not a Claim form it's a Letter of Claim (LoC)
So have you actually received a Claim Form from the CNBC in Northampton like the one shown in this thread
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81612620/#Comment_81612620

No, the email in my original post is their most recent correspondence i have