I Park Services Ltd Charge

Gr1pr

Could be 1, 10 or 100 ! Who knows. ? ( who cares ? )

The statute under the Limitations Act 1980 is 6 years in England and Wales ( to bring a court claim against you. )

James_Poisson

You don't have a debt, just some two bit lazy scammer that claims you owe them money who engages a free debt collection company to send out threatening letters of no real substance hoping people will pay them money for old rope.

Car1980

These go to DCBL and then DCB Legal.

Come back for reassurance when you get a letter headed Letter Before Claim from DCB Legal.

AircraftHandler

Good afternoon,

I have received a letter from DCBLegal stating 'Letter of Claim', and its a formal letter of claim in accordance with the Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims.

What are my next steps with this please? Do i copy the generic letter from the Newbie thread, and send to the company email?

Gr1pr

Correct, follow the LoC response template advice

AircraftHandler

I have added this to my email.

"You should revert to your client because the 'propensity to pay' score in my case is zero, so any claim is hopeless and a waste of the court fee (whether 'fronted' by your firm or not). Move on to weaker victims.

Although I was the registered driver of this vehicle, I was not the driving at the time. This was such a long time ago, I have no idea what this is about and do not believe I can be held liable for this.

The alleged 'debt' is disputed and any court proceedings will be vigorously defended."

Should I add anything else for the email?

Regards

yarpsnehpets

Registered keeper NOT 'registered driver'

AircraftHandler

Updated:

"Dear Sirs,

Your ref: (Removed by Forum Team)

Claimant: I Park Services Ltd

I refer to your Letter of Claim dated 25 September 2026.

I confirm that my address for service for the time being is as follows, and any older address must be erased from your records:

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I was the registered keeper of the vehicle at the material time. I was not the driver.

I dispute the alleged debt in full. Any court proceedings will be vigorously defended.

In particular:

1. I put you and your client to strict proof that a Notice to Keeper fully compliant with Schedule 4 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 was served within the required time limits and containing all the prescribed information.
2. I put you to strict proof that I was the driver of the vehicle at the time of the alleged incident.
3. The alleged event is so long ago that I have no recollection of it and hold no relevant documents.

Please provide, within 14 days, the following documents on which you intend to rely:

• The original Parking Charge Notice / Notice to Driver (if any) and the Notice to Keeper, together with proof of service
• All photographs of the vehicle and the alleged contravention
• Clear photographs or copies of the signage in place at the location on the relevant date, and a site plan showing their locations
• Evidence of the landowner’s authority for I Park Services Ltd to issue and pursue parking charges and to litigate in its own name
• A full itemised breakdown of the sum claimed, including any added debt-recovery or legal charges
• Any other documents or evidence relied upon

Until the above is provided and the Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims has been properly complied with, any proceedings would be premature.

I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,"

Coupon-mad

I'd reply as you planned, saying you weren't driving and add this:

The parking operator's own camera pictures show a female. I won't be naming her but I am attaching a copy of my Photo ID to prove this wasn't me driving. That kills any stupid reply trying to mislead me about Elliott v Loake.

If your client thinks there was a clearly signed 'relevant obligation' and believes that they also complied with Schedule 4 of the POFA, kindly supply a contemporaneous image of the sign and confirm whether or not they are relying on Schedule 4.

If they aren't, they and you must now erase my data and crawl back under your respective stones because I've hereby proved there is no longer a 'reasonable cause' to process my keeper data.

AircraftHandler

Hi all,

I have had this reply from DCB Legal:-

"We write in response to your correspondence received in our office.
We now respond to the same as follows.

Schedule 4 (4)(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (“the Act”) states “The creditor has the right to recover any unpaid parking charges from the keeper of the vehicle”. For the purpose of the Act; “keeper” means the person by whom the vehicle is kept at the time the vehicle was parked, which in the case of a registered vehicle is to be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be the registered keeper. The DVLA confirmed that you were the Registered Keeper at the time the parking charge was issued and as no transfer of liability has been received by our Client, they have the right to recover the parking charge from you as the Keeper of the vehicle.

When parking on private land, the contractual terms of the site are set out on the signs. You are entering a contract, agreeing to the terms by parking, and staying on the site. Parking in breach of the terms as stipulated on the signage means that you are then breaking the terms of the contract. In this instance, the parking charge was issued because of the reason: Without A Valid Pay And Display (or Prepay Arrangement).

Our client will ensure that there are signs clearly displayed on the land, outlining the terms of the parking. These will generally be displayed at the entrance and exit of the land/ car park, as well as being positioned at various points throughout the land. Our client does not need to prove that you read and understood the terms of those signs and will rely on the fact that the signs were situated on the land and that a reasonable person would have seen them. You should always be vigilant when entering any land that you are not familiar with or that you know is privately owned and there are parking terms in place. 

The amount owed is a genuine pre-estimate of the losses incurred in managing the parking location to ensure compliance with the clearly displayed terms and conditions. 

Where the Parking Charge has become overdue, a reasonable sum may be added in respect of debt recovery costs. As payment was not made, either within 14 or 28 days, the creditor was entitled to instruct debt recovery agents / Solicitors to pursue payment and is entitled to recover the costs of doing so. It would have been made clear in the terms and conditions set out in the signs that additional enforcement costs may be incurred in the event of non-payment.

The recovery fees applied are appropriate and will not be removed. As such, the outstanding balance of £160.00 remains payable in order to prevent further action.

A Notice was issued to you. You were afforded the opportunity to; appeal the parking charge, transfer liability to the driver (if it was not you) or make payment. Neither a successful appeal, nor an adequate nomination were received, yet payment remains outstanding.

Please note the timeframe in which to appeal the Parking Charge has expired. You were given the opportunity to lodge an appeal when the initial Notice was issued to you. Given that the case has been escalate to this firm for recovery action, the time to appeal has now elapsed and payment of the PC is now required.

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.

You now have 30 days from the date of this email to make payment of £160.00. Failure to make payment may result in a Claim being issued against you without any further reference.
Payment can be made via bank transfer to our designated client account: -

• Account Name: DCB Legal Ltd Client Account
• Sort Code: 20-24-09
• Account Number: 60964441

You must quote the correct case reference () when making payment. If you do not, we may be unable to correctly allocate the payment. If further action is taken by us as a result of an incorrect reference being quoted, you will be liable for any further fees or costs incurred.

We would ask that you kindly furnish us with your most up to date telephone number, this can be emailed to us at info@dcblegal.co.uk. 

Alternatively, you can contact DCB Legal Ltd on 0203 838 7038 to make payment over the telephone or online at https://dcblegal.co.uk/response/pay-online/ .

Kind Regards,"

Where do i go from here? Any information would be greatly appreciated as I feel I have to pay this now.

Kind regards