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DCB LEGAL LETTER OF CLAIM
DIR By: bwolf9999
Date: August 8, 2025, 11:28 am
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Hi all
I parked in a car park a year ago and at the time had 2 cars, i
paid on ringo but used the wrong car on the app.
I got a ticket but have ignored it for a year as I figured they
would go away like the others but got this letter the other week
which makes me think they are about to actually go to court, by
the way the car park has gone now.
I thought about their response link on their website showing my
receipt for parking and playing dumb that I clicked on the wrong
car but then I thought I should ask you guys first before doing
anything.
Any help greatfully appreciated :)
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Re: DCB LEGAL LETTER OF CLAIM
DIR By: b789
Date: August 9, 2025, 3:38 am
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Easily dealt with and if you follow the advice given here, you
will not be paying a penny to ECP. For now, all you have to do
is respond to the Letter of Claim (LoC) by email to
info@dcblegal.co.uk and CC yourself with the following:
--- Quote ---
> Dear Sirs,
>
> Your Letter Before Claim contains insufficient detail of the
claim and fails to provide copies of evidence your client places
reliance upon and thus is in complete contravention of the
Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims.
>
> As a firm of supposed solicitors, one would expect you to be
capable of crafting a letter that aligns with paragraphs
3.1(a)–(d), 5.1 and 5.2 of the Protocol, and paragraphs 6(a) and
6(c) of the Practice Direction. These provisions do not exist
for decoration—they exist to facilitate informed discussion and
proportionate resolution. You might wish to reacquaint
yourselves with them.
>
> The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Pre-Action Conduct and
Protocols (Part 3), stipulate that prior to proceedings, parties
should have exchanged sufficient information to understand each
other’s position. Part 6 helpfully clarifies that this includes
disclosure of key documents relevant to the issues in dispute.
>
> Your template letter mentions a “contract”, yet fails to
provide one. This would appear to undermine the only foundation
upon which your client’s claim allegedly rests. It’s difficult
to engage in meaningful pre-litigation dialogue when your side
declines to furnish the very document it purports to enforce.
>
> I confirm that, once I am in receipt of a Letter Before Claim
that complies with the requirements of para 3.1 (a) of the
Pre-Action Protocol, I shall then seek advice and submit a
formal response within 30 days, as required by the Protocol.
Thus, I require your client to comply with its obligations by
sending me the following information/documents:
>
> [indent]1. A copy of the original Notice to Keeper (NtK) that
confirms any PoFA 2012 liability
> 2. A copy of the contract (or contracts) you allege exists
between your client and the driver, in the form of an actual
photograph of the sign you contend was at the location on the
material date, not a generic stock image
> 3. The exact wording of the clause (or clauses) of the terms
and conditions of the contract(s) which is (are) relied upon
that you allege to have been breached
> 4. The written agreement between your client and the
landowner, establishing authority to enforce
> 5. A breakdown of the charges claimed, identifying whether the
principal sum is claimed as consideration or damages, and
whether the £70 “debt recovery” fee includes VAT[/indent]
>
> I am clearly entitled to this information under paragraphs
6(a) and 6(c) of the Practice Direction. I also need it in order
to comply with my own obligations under paragraph 6(b).
>
> If your client does not provide me with this information then
I put you on notice that I will be relying on the cases of Webb
Resolutions Ltd v Waller Needham & Green [2012] EWHC 3529 (Ch),
Daejan Investments Limited v The Park West Club Limited (Part
20) Buxton Associates [2003] EWHC 2872, Charles Church
Developments Ltd v Stent Foundations Limited & Peter Dann
Limited [2007] EWHC 855 in asking the court to impose sanctions
on your client and to order a stay of the proceedings, pursuant
to paragraphs 13, 15(b) and (c) and 16 of the Practice
Direction, as referred to in paragraph 7.2 of the Protocol.
>
> Until your client has complied with its obligations and
provided this information, I am unable to respond properly to
the alleged claim and to consider my position in relation to it,
and it is entirely premature (and a waste of costs and court
time) for your client to issue proceedings. Should your client
do so, then I will seek an immediate stay pursuant to paragraph
15(b) of the Practice Direction and an order that this
information is provided.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> [Your name]
--- End Quote ---
Eventually, a claim is going to be issued. However, it is easily
defended with our advice and there is the 99.9% likelihood that
it will be struck out or discontinued before they have to pay
the £27 trial fee. You can do a search of the forum for other
DCB Legal issued claims. Their M.O. is to hope that you are
low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree and will pay up out of
ignorance and fear.
Keep us informed with progress and we will advise further when
the claim is issued.
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Re: DCB LEGAL LETTER OF CLAIM
DIR By: bwolf9999
Date: August 18, 2025, 8:31 am
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Awesome, thanks so much, and I sure will.
#Post#: 87476--------------------------------------------------
Re: DCB LEGAL LETTER OF CLAIM
DIR By: bwolf9999
Date: August 27, 2025, 12:59 pm
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Hi B789
I had this email reply, what would you advise next ? ...
Dear Mr ,
Further to your email dated 18th August 2025.
As the content of the Landowner Agreement is commercially
sensitive, a (redacted) copy of the same will only be released
at the direction of the Court. This is usually, but not limited
to, 14 days prior to the hearing.
Please see attached evidence pack for your records.
In accordance with our Letter Before Claim, payment is required
on or before the 3rd September 2025 to avoid further action.
Please make payment to the bank account details below quoting
104273.42439
Amount Due: £170.00
Failure to make payment will result in the issue of legal
proceedings without further recourse to you. Should it become
necessary to issue legal proceedings, we recommend you follow
the steps on the claim form upon receipt of the same.
Kind regards
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Re: DCB LEGAL LETTER OF CLAIM
DIR By: b789
Date: August 27, 2025, 3:40 pm
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Respond with this:
--- Quote ---
> Dear Sirs,
>
> Re: Your reference 104273.42439
>
> I refer to your recent response.
>
> Your refusal to provide the landowner contract until 14 days
before a hearing is a clear breach of the Pre-Action Protocol
for Debt Claims and the Practice Direction on Pre-Action
Conduct. The contract is a key document which must be disclosed
now, not deferred until litigation.
>
> By deliberately withholding this information, you are
frustrating the Protocol’s stated purpose of enabling parties to
understand each other’s position and avoid unnecessary
proceedings. Issuing a claim without first complying will be
premature and unreasonable.
>
> For the avoidance of doubt, until you provide a compliant
Letter Before Claim with the requested documents, the 30-day
period to respond has not begun. Any claim issued beforehand
will be met with an application for a stay, a request for costs
sanctions, and a formal complaint to the Solicitors Regulation
Authority regarding your conduct.
>
> I invite you to reconsider your position.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> [Your Name]
--- End Quote ---
#Post#: 87644--------------------------------------------------
Re: DCB LEGAL LETTER OF CLAIM
DIR By: bwolf9999
Date: August 29, 2025, 3:58 am
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Thank you very much, do you think I will end up having to pay
this ?
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Re: DCB LEGAL LETTER OF CLAIM
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: August 29, 2025, 4:16 am
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How have you come to that conclusion based on the thread so far?
#Post#: 87957--------------------------------------------------
Re: DCB LEGAL LETTER OF CLAIM
DIR By: bwolf9999
Date: September 1, 2025, 5:03 am
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I dont know I am just nervous.
Also, I have made a massive mistake.
I had 2 private tickets, the one in this thread, and another
with Gladstones, in my work i do work for estate agents and have
to visit lots of properties, they never have permits and so much
of london now is private parking, I parked at this block of
flats 2 years ago for 15 minutes and ignored all their letters.
They wrote to me around the same time as DCB and I used B789
template to reply to them too.
I am getting a bit muddled as a bit stressed with this now, the
reply I got via email that I posted above was from Gladstones re
this separate ticket, so I will reply to them as B789 suggests.
However DCB (what this post was about )didnt ever reply to my
email and now today I have had a letter from the county court ,
it says its a a claim form and now i am very concerned, what
would be the best next step ?
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Re: DCB LEGAL LETTER OF CLAIM
DIR By: jfollows
Date: September 1, 2025, 6:20 am
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Post what you’ve received so we can see it, but if you get
un-muddled and follow the advice you’ll get here you won’t pay a
penny.
#Post#: 87990--------------------------------------------------
Re: DCB LEGAL LETTER OF CLAIM
DIR By: bwolf9999
Date: September 1, 2025, 8:35 am
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Ok thanks, will post later, sorry bit stressful
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