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#Post#: 91715--------------------------------------------------
Re: CLAIM FORM received -DCB Legal ltd- Feltham -Please Help!
DIR By: b789
Date: September 27, 2025, 7:04 am
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No need to panic. That letter is a useless debt recovery letter.
Debt collectors are powerless to do anything except to try and
intimidate the low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree into
paying up out of ignorance and fear. You can safely ignore any
debt collector letter and it can be safely shredded and used as
hamster bedding.
Until you receive a Letter of Claim (LoC) from the claimant or
their legal representative (DCB Legal for example) then there is
nothing for you to do. DCBL are powerless to do anything. They
are a third party with no connection to the contract allegedly
breached by the driver.
For information, are any of those outstanding PCNs for the same
vehicle at the same location? There is a good defence of
estoppel if they are.
#Post#: 91767--------------------------------------------------
Re: CLAIM FORM received -DCB Legal ltd- Feltham -Please Help!
DIR By: bluebell
Date: September 27, 2025, 2:08 pm
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Hi b789,
Thank you so much for always coming to my rescue!!
'You can safely ignore any debt collector letter, and it can be
safely shredded and used as hamster bedding.'-you made me really
laugh here, with these letters I might consider a hamster..:-)
''For information, are any of those outstanding PCNs for the
same vehicle at the same location?'' Yes, the letter I received
today, 'Final reminder', is all for the same location, parking
(overstaying)in the local supermarket, 3 charges for the
following dates:
12/6/23;
27/6/23;
22/05/24
Do you think I could try to speak to the store manager,to see if
these could be cancelled, even though I don't have the parking
charge notices,as I've thrown them away a long time ago?
Did you manage to view it via the link I shared in my previous
post?
Thank you
B.
#Post#: 91799--------------------------------------------------
Re: CLAIM FORM received -DCB Legal ltd- Feltham -Please Help!
DIR By: b789
Date: September 28, 2025, 5:18 am
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You can try and ask the store manager to get their agent to
cancel the other PCNs.
In this case the claimant is splitting the claim. These other
PCNs all relate to the same site, the same terms, and the same
alleged breach pattern. They could and should have been brought
together. Issuing serial claims is wasteful and oppressive and
amounts to an abuse of process. If the try and issue another
separate claim for those PCNs, I would ask the court to strike
out or stay the subsequent claim(s), or at least to consolidate
them and consider costs consequences.
#Post#: 91818--------------------------------------------------
Re: CLAIM FORM received -DCB Legal ltd- Feltham -Please Help!
DIR By: bluebell
Date: September 28, 2025, 8:51 am
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Hi B789,
Thank you so much for your response.
If they try to pursue the previous (old) charges, will you help
me draft the response for the courts?
And, concerning the original parking charge- how do I prepare
for a hearing?
#Post#: 91826--------------------------------------------------
Re: CLAIM FORM received -DCB Legal ltd- Feltham -Please Help!
DIR By: b789
Date: September 28, 2025, 10:12 am
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Of course we will assist. As for a "hearing", I will eat my hat
if this ever gets as far as a hearing. The most likely outcome
is a strike out or a discontinuation.
#Post#: 91905--------------------------------------------------
Re: CLAIM FORM received -DCB Legal ltd- Feltham -Please Help!
DIR By: bluebell
Date: September 29, 2025, 2:44 am
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Hi,
Your help is greatly appreciated, and I am grateful for your
time and the advice you give!! It means a lot.
#Post#: 92960--------------------------------------------------
Re: CLAIM FORM received -DCB Legal ltd- Feltham -Please Help!
DIR By: bluebell
Date: October 6, 2025, 3:23 am
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Hi again,
I received an email for the mediation call for tomorrow morning.
Please can you advise what to do? I also want to add that the
mediation call is for the Fetlham charge, which has now been
cancelled by the original issuer, after I contacted them. The
charge was cancelled on 1/10/25 via email confirmation here :
''I’m writing to confirm that the Parking Charge Notice (PCN)
relating to your vehicle xxxxxxx has been cancelled on this
occasion.
Please note that this has been cancelled as a gesture of
goodwill. However, we kindly remind you to always check the
signage at the car park carefully before parking and not to
assume that parking is free, as future PCNs may not be
cancelled.''
So, technically, I have no case to answer? I have an email
confirming this.
My questions are:
1. I have a mediation call scheduled tomorrow. How do I need to
prepare?
2 Do I need to attend the mediation call at all-and tell them
that the charge was cancelled?
3. Do I need to contact the CNBC and tell them that the PCN was
cancelled?
I'd be grateful for your advice. Thank you!
#Post#: 93009--------------------------------------------------
Re: CLAIM FORM received -DCB Legal ltd- Feltham -Please Help!
DIR By: b789
Date: October 6, 2025, 5:53 am
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Lovely... you have them over a barrel here. You must immediately
send the following email to info@dcblegal.co.uk and CC yourself:
--- Quote ---
> Subject: OPEN CORRESPONDENCE – Claim [claim no.] – PCN
cancelled 01/10/2025 – Immediate N279, vacation of mediation,
and £114 costs
>
> Dear Sirs,
>
> Claim [claim no.] – [Claimant] v [Defendant]
>
> Your client cancelled the underlying PCN on 1 October 2025
(copy attached). There is no live cause of action. The claim
must be discontinued today.
>
> Required by 4:00pm today, 6 October 2025:
> [indent]1. File and serve N279 (Notice of Discontinuance).
> 2. Notify the Small Claims Mediation Service and the Court
that mediation is vacated as the claim is extinguished.
> 3. Confirm payment of my costs for your unreasonable
continuation post-cancellation, totalling £114.00, within 14
days.
>
> Costs schedule:
> Basis: CPR 27.14(2)(g); Litigant-in-person rate £19/hour
> [indent]• Time spent post-cancellation identifying mootness
and reviewing pleadings: 1.5h — £28.50
> • Drafting and sending pre-4pm discontinuance demand (with
evidence): 1.0h — £19.00
> • Preparing brief mediation position (discontinuance + costs
only): 1.0h — £19.00
> • Preparing court/SCMS notice re strike-out invitation (CPR
3.3/3.4) and bundling exhibits: 2.0h — £38.00
> • Admin (file management, printing, scanning): 0.5h — £9.50
>
> Total: £114.00[/indent][/indent]
>
> For the avoidance of doubt, I will not be attending mediation
to discuss any payment to your client scheduled for tomorrow 6
October 2025. I expect your firm to deal with the SCMS.
>
> The only outstanding issue is your discontinuance and my
costs. If you fail to comply by 4:00pm, I will invite the Court
to act under CPR 3.3/3.4 and will pursue costs under CPR
27.14(2)(g), including any application fee if forced to issue an
N244.
>
> Separately, your use of an unauthorised individual to conduct
litigation (including signing the N1SDT Claim Form under a
Statement of Truth) is noted. Supervision does not confer
entitlement. I will be reporting this to the SRA, together with
your failure to discontinue after the PCN was cancelled.
>
> Please confirm compliance today.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> [Name]
> [Address]
> [Email]
> Defendant
>
> Attachments:
> PCN cancellation email dated 01/10/2025 (with headers)
--- End Quote ---
#Post#: 93028--------------------------------------------------
Re: CLAIM FORM received -DCB Legal ltd- Feltham -Please Help!
DIR By: bluebell
Date: October 6, 2025, 6:53 am
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Hi,
Thank you so much for your time, help, and advice!!-I sent an
email with the attachment as you advised. I received a standard
acknowledgement 'automatic email response' from DCBL. Do I need
to do anything else?
#Post#: 93046--------------------------------------------------
Re: CLAIM FORM received -DCB Legal ltd- Feltham -Please Help!
DIR By: b789
Date: October 6, 2025, 8:42 am
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I hope you mean DCB Legal and not DCBL!
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