They never sent any “fine” so please stop calling it one. If you can find the word “fine” anywhere in any of the paperwork you ever received about this, I will pay you £100 for each occurrence.
Also, there was never any chance that anyone could just “send round bailiffs”. These companies rely on the low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree to believe all this cr@p they have been watching on TV or social gossip from keyboard warriors who are talking out of their backsides with zero idea of the legal process or their consumer rights.
What you received at the time was a Parking Charge Notice (PCN), most likely in the form of a postal Notice to Keeper (NtK), which is nothing more than a speculative invoice from an unregulated private parking company. It is not a “fine” which is associated with a statutory matter.
The Keeper has now received another attempt from a useless debt collection company, DCBL, with a fake £70 added to the original invoice. You can safely ignore any and all debt collectors. They are powerless to do anything, especially sending bailiffs around. Ignore them. Never, ever, ever communicate with a useless debt collectors.
G24 have up to 6 years from the date of the alleged contravention to issue a claim for debt in the county court. Before they can issue a claim, they must send a Letter of Claim (LoC) which is different from the debt collector rubbish because it will give you 30 days to pay, not the usual 14 days.
If/when you receive an LoC, come back and show us. We do not need to know about the useless debt collector letters.
As they are now using DCBL, it is likely that they will use their sister company, bulk litigator DCB Legal to send an LoC and they will issue the N1SDT Claim Form through the CNBC. Very easy to defend and I can say with greater than 99% certainty that if that is the scenario that plays out, they will eventually discontinue as long as the claim is defended and the advice we provide is followed.
