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#Post#: 114164--------------------------------------------------
Hospital issued fine even though i paid/ parking wrong area
(BPA) now DCBL Baliffs are involed, Please Help
DIR By: freedom07
Date: March 23, 2026, 5:48 pm
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here is the link to the picture of the letters (it includes the
original letter/ 2 subsequent letters from DCBL)
HTML https://imgpile.com/p/Fitdgp9
Hi Everyone
I recently was away for a few months and come home to these
letters, my car is currently being used by my son and he is an
insured driver on the car.
am i wrong in thinking that it is easier to argue against
private parking companies because they have different rules/
policies/enforcement powers than the public council ones? but
now it's gone to baliffs
here is all the details i can give you, please can you advise me
how to argue this letter?
-firstly, it shouldnt be my fine, i was not parking or driving
-my son told me that he paid for parking and he parked in that
area because 1. someone else was parked in front of him too and
2. there was not a single space available in the parking lot
that he entered, and as soon as he entered he had to pay for a
ticket due to the cameras, he circled the parking lot several
times before parking there. it did not block anyone.
-he paid for a ticket to park there, hes fined for not parking
in a marked bay
-he was late for a hospital appointment
-he doesnt believe that the signs mention he had to park he
marked bays or theres a fine (but he will check), his area of
parking was in the car park but in an area that had space and
wasnt blocking anyone.
thank you for any help given
#Post#: 114190--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hospital issued fine even though i paid/ parking wrong area
(BPA) now DCBL Baliffs are involed, Please Help
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: March 24, 2026, 5:39 am
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Please show us the original notice. Photos of the signage would
be useful, as your main argument (aside from any 'technical'
ones) would appear to be based on signage.
As a semi-related side note, I notice this comment:
--- Quote ---
> I recently was away for a few months and come home to these
letters
--- End Quote ---
If you are ever away for several months, you need to make sure
you have some sort of method of receiving and responding to post
if someone else is going to be using your vehicle whilst you are
away. As an example, if your son had been caught speeding, and
you had not responded to a subsequent letter from the police,
you would now potentially be facing 6 points on your licence for
failing to provide driver details.
#Post#: 114191--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hospital issued fine even though i paid/ parking wrong area
(BPA) now DCBL Baliffs are involed, Please Help
DIR By: mickR
Date: March 24, 2026, 5:55 am
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the letter you posted is from DCBL they are debt collectors. you
should only be concerned about letters from DCB Legal, who are
the Bailiffs.
read
this...
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/
post all the letters you received and as DWMB2 said photos of
the hospital signage.
have you or your don responded to anything yet? if so we need to
see that as well.
#Post#: 114213--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hospital issued fine even though i paid/ parking wrong area
(BPA) now DCBL Baliffs are involed, Please Help
DIR By: freedom07
Date: March 24, 2026, 8:57 am
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--- Quote from: DWMB2 link ---
>
> Please show us the original notice. Photos of the signage
would be useful, as your main argument (aside from any
'technical' ones) would appear to be based on signage.
>
> As a semi-related side note, I notice this comment:
> [quote]I recently was away for a few months and come home to
these letters
--- End Quote ---
If you are ever away for several months, you need to make sure
you have some sort of method of receiving and responding to post
if someone else is going to be using your vehicle whilst you are
away. As an example, if your son had been caught speeding, and
you had not responded to a subsequent letter from the police,
you would now potentially be facing 6 points on your licence for
failing to provide driver details.
[/quote]
hi thank you for the reply, the original notice is on the link,
if you scroll to the last picture
i do not live in london and he doesnt either anymore, is there
anyway to get the original signage without being there? maybe
google maps street view?
#Post#: 114214--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hospital issued fine even though i paid/ parking wrong area
(BPA) now DCBL Baliffs are involed, Please Help
DIR By: freedom07
Date: March 24, 2026, 8:59 am
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--- Quote from: mickR link ---
>
> the letter you posted is from DCBL they are debt collectors.
you should only be concerned about letters from DCB Legal, who
are the Bailiffs.
>
> read
this...
HTML https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/read-this-first-private-parking-charges-forum-guide/
>
> post all the letters you received and as DWMB2 said photos of
the hospital signage.
>
> have you or your don responded to anything yet? if so we need
to see that as well.
>
--- End Quote ---
hi thank you for the reply, the original notice is on the link,
if you scroll to the last picture
we dont have access to the signage right now, we arent anywhere
near that hospital? do you have any idea on how to obtain it?
the issue right now is the debt collector says that i cant
appeal but we didnt even know about this due to being away, is
there anyway to fight it?
no we havent submitted any reply, we dont contact BPA at all
now, no point in trying?
#Post#: 114215--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hospital issued fine even though i paid/ parking wrong area
(BPA) now DCBL Baliffs are involed, Please Help
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: March 24, 2026, 9:11 am
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--- Quote from: mickR link ---
>
> DCB Legal, who are the Bailiffs.
>
--- End Quote ---
They aren't. DCB Legal are a firm of solicitors.
#Post#: 114226--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hospital issued fine even though i paid/ parking wrong area
(BPA) now DCBL Baliffs are involed, Please Help
DIR By: freedom07
Date: March 24, 2026, 10:16 am
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--- Quote from: DWMB2 link ---
>
> [quote author=mickR link=topic=10337.msg114191#msg114191
date=1774349734]
> DCB Legal, who are the Bailiffs.
>
--- End Quote ---
They aren't. DCB Legal are a firm of solicitors.
[/quote]
im confused, so should i be concerned with DCBL?
#Post#: 114227--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hospital issued fine even though i paid/ parking wrong area
(BPA) now DCBL Baliffs are involed, Please Help
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: March 24, 2026, 10:19 am
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No - DCBL are not acting as bailiffs in this case, for bailiffs
to be involved there first would have to be a confirmed debt,
which given this hasn't yet gone to court, there is not.
If you get a Letter of Claim from DCB Legal, then we can help
with defending the matter. Until then, there's not much to do.
#Post#: 114530--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hospital issued fine even though i paid/ parking wrong area
(BPA) now DCBL Baliffs are involed, Please Help
DIR By: mickR
Date: March 26, 2026, 1:57 pm
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--- Quote from: DWMB2 link ---
>
> [quote author=mickR link=topic=10337.msg114191#msg114191
date=1774349734]
> DCB Legal, who are the Bailiffs.
>
--- End Quote ---
They aren't. DCB Legal are a firm of solicitors.
[/quote]
of course they are, brain fart ???
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