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DCB legal letter of claim for private parking charges
By: aland Date: November 19, 2025, 4:56 pm
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Hi,
Looking for some advice regarding how to handle a letter I
received recently.
Got this ‘letter of intent’ from dcb legal acting on behalf of
euro car park for 2 parking charges I received back in 2022. I
had letters on and off around then, then they stopped for a
while and recently got this letter.
Thoughts on best way to respond? Should I ignore them, or do I
have to reply back? And if so, any advice on how to respond?
Chances of winning this if it goes to court?
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Re: DCB legal letter of claim for private parking charges
By: DWMB2 Date: November 19, 2025, 4:58 pm
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[quote author=aland link=topic=8843.msg98898#msg98898
date=1763593011]
Chances of winning this if it goes to court?
[/quote]
Given that DCB Legal are involved, your chances of them
discontinuing just before it reaches a hearing are very high.
However, you've given us almost no information upon which to
base our advice. Please show us this letter.
#Post#: 98903--------------------------------------------------
Re: DCB legal letter of claim for private parking charges
By: aland Date: November 19, 2025, 5:28 pm
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sorry i couldnt see how to attach the letter initially.
here is a link to the letter.
HTML https://ibb.co/Jwb4qZzG
HTML https://ibb.co/svKdJtZL
#Post#: 98937--------------------------------------------------
Re: DCB legal letter of claim for private parking charges
By: b789 Date: November 20, 2025, 4:42 am
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Send the following email to DCB Legal at info@dcblegal.co.uk and
CC yourself:
[quote]Subject: Response to your Letter of Claim Ref: [reference
number]
Dear Sirs,
Your Letter Before Claim contains insufficient detail of the
claim and fails to provide copies of the evidence your client
places reliance upon, putting it in clear breach of the
Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims.
As a supposed firm of solicitors, one would expect you to comply
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 exist to facilitate informed discussion and
proportionate resolution. You may wish to reacquaint yourselves
with them.
The Civil Procedure Rules 1998, Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols
(Part 3), require the exchange of sufficient information to
understand each other’s position. Part 6 clarifies that this
includes disclosure of key documents relevant to the issues in
dispute.
Your template letter refers to a “contract” yet encloses none.
That omission undermines the only foundation upon which your
client’s claim allegedly rests. It is not possible to engage in
meaningful pre-litigation dialogue while you decline to furnish
the very document you purport to enforce.
I confirm that, once I am in receipt of a Letter Before Claim
that complies with para 3.1(a), I shall seek advice and submit a
formal response within 30 days, as required. Accordingly, please
provide:
[indent]1. A copy of the original Notice to Keeper (NtK) and any
notice chain relied upon to assert PoFA 2012 liability.

2. A copy of the contract you allege exists between your client
and the driver, being an actual photograph of the sign(s) in
place on the material date (not a stock image), together with a
site plan showing the sign locations.

3. The precise wording of the clause(s) allegedly breached.

4. The written agreement between your client and the
landowner evidencing standing/authority to enforce and to
litigate.

5. A breakdown of the sums claimed, identifying whether the
principal sum is claimed as consideration or damages, and
whether the £70 “debt recovery” add-on includes
VAT.
[/indent]
I am entitled to this information under paragraphs 6(a) and 6(c)
of the Practice Direction, and I require it to meet my own
obligation under paragraph 6(b).
If you fail to provide the above, I will treat that as
non-compliance with the PAPDC and Pre-Action Conduct and will
raise a formal complaint to the SRA regarding your conduct. I
reserve the right to place this correspondence before the Court
and to seek appropriate sanctions and costs (including, where
appropriate, a stay and/or other case management orders).
Until your client complies and provides the requested material,
I am unable to respond properly to the alleged claim or to
consider my position. It would be premature and a waste of costs
and court time to issue proceedings. Should you do so, I will
seek immediate case management relief pursuant to paragraph
15(b) of the Practice Direction and an order compelling
provision of the above.
Please note, I will not engage with any web portal; I will only
respond by email or post.
Yours faithfully,
[Your name][/quote]
If you follow all the advice you receive here, you will not be
paying a penny to ECP. I suggest you also do a search of the
forum and follow other similar ECP claims issued by DCb Legal to
understand the process.
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Re: DCB legal letter of claim for private parking charges
By: aland Date: November 22, 2025, 12:48 pm
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That’s great, thank you for that.
Just out of interest - what is the benefit in replying at all?
Does dcblegal not usually just ignore the reply in any case?
Also, some of the other websites suggest writing to the merchant
at the shopping park eg M&S, Sainsbury’s etc. is there any point
in doing that at this stage?
#Post#: 99349--------------------------------------------------
Re: DCB legal letter of claim for private parking charges
By: aland Date: November 22, 2025, 12:57 pm
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Also interestingly, the letter from dcblegal has a mis-spelling
of my surname. Looking at the v5c, it looks like the dvla has
mis read my writing when I filled in the ownership form and
misread ni for m. So this has transferred to the letter dcblegal
have sent to me.
Obviously I will contact dvla to correct the v5c. But the
question is, should I correct dcblegal when I sign off the reply
letter above?
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Re: DCB legal letter of claim for private parking charges
By: jfollows Date: November 22, 2025, 2:06 pm
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Not replying to a formal Letter of Claim could be viewed badly
by the court. You need to play the game properly, be seen to do
so, and be able to show that you have done so. For a few minutes
of your time it’d be stupid not to do so.
#Post#: 99373--------------------------------------------------
Re: DCB legal letter of claim for private parking charges
By: b789 Date: November 22, 2025, 9:00 pm
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They will issue a claim. Their LoC is a boilerplate template. It
does not comply with the PAPDC and this can be used against them
when they eventually discontinue.
DCB Legal have no intention to litigate all their way to a
trial. They will issue an N279 Notice of Discontinuance just
before they are required to pay the trial fee.
You are many months away from that point. For now, just go
through the advised process.
#Post#: 99405--------------------------------------------------
Re: DCB legal letter of claim for private parking charges
By: aland Date: November 23, 2025, 9:12 am
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Thank you, I have submitted the email above and will keep you
updated of any response
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Re: DCB legal letter of claim for private parking charges
By: aland Date: January 7, 2026, 2:38 pm
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I have now received the email response below from DCB legal.
They have included the evidence as attachment
HTML https://ibb.co/Cq3Sz9y
(please click on load full resolution to
see the file properly)
Any advice on best way to proceed? Should I respond? Or wait it
out until the letter of claim? Or settle with them?
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We write in response to your correspondence received in our
office dated 23/11/2025.
We now respond to the same as follows.
Please find evidence requested attached. 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.
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. However, in Parking Eye
Ltd v Beavis, it was found, both at County Court and Court of
Appeal level, that appealing a Parking Charge on the basis that
the amount is not a genuine pre-estimate of loss is, in fact,
not a successful legal defence.
WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAVE AS TO COSTS
To assist the Court in achieving its overriding objective, our
Client may be prepared to settle this case. I can confirm our
Client would be agreeable to your offer of £200.00 in full and
final settlement of this Claim. The current outstanding balance
is £340.00
Should you be agreeable to this offer, please confirm the same
within 30 days. Failure to make payment may result in the matter
progressing to the next stage.
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 and email address, 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
HTML https://dcblegal.co.uk/response/pay-online/.
Kind Regards,
Litigation Support Team
DCB Legal Ltd
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