Good evening all, I received a PCN from Contractual as the registered keeper of the car. The place (Wickes) where the car was parked, use to have a free parking for 90mins, perhaps is the reason the driver parked there. I sent the below response from research:
I have received your Notice to Keeper xxxxx for vehicle VRM xxxx
You have failed to comply with the requirements of Schedule 4 of The Protection Of Freedoms Act 2012 namely, but not limited to, failing to specify the period of parking to which this notice applies as prescribed by section 9 (2) (e) of the Act. You cannot, therefore, transfer liability for the alleged charge from the driver at the time to me, the keeper.
There is no legal requirement to name the driver at the time and I will not be doing so.
I do not expect to hear from you again, or your debt collectors, except to confirm that no further action will be taken on this matter and my personal details have been removed from your records.
They responded with a Rejection letter and soon afterwards, I received another letter from DBCL as against Contractual. which I ignored. I have received two more letters and most recently a Letter of Claim. I will appreciate some advice on how I should proceed on this matter. Thank you
Never heard of an unregulated parking firm named "Contractual". Also, DCBL has nothing, zero, nada to do with any parking firm. DCBL are just a powerless firm of powerless debt collectors and all they can do is try and intimidate the low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree into paying out of ignorance and fear.
So, if you want advice, read the following and then comeback with a netter explanation of which parking firm is DCBLs client.
READ THIS FIRST - Private Parking Charges Forum guidePosting Images
Good evening,
I did ignore the Letter of Claim from DCBL and I have subsequently received a claimed form, saying if I do not respond, the claimant could request a CCJ. I will appreciate an advice on the next step. I have read the link you attached to your last message.
If you’ve received the N1SDT form, please post it here, just the first page, redact your personal details, claim number and password.
Plus the original PCN. As requested in the links you say you have read.
The letter of claim will have been from DCB Legal, not from DCBL. The latter are debt collectors and can be ignored, as advised.
Thank you for your response. I have attached 3 links. The 1st is the first letter I ever received, which is from a company called G24. The 2nd link is the subsequent letter I received from DCBL, after they found out that there was change of address and the 3rd is the N1SDT letter.
https://ibb.co/R4j8nMK0https://ibb.co/gNkpYyQhttps://ibb.co/HDyJgFPB
So,
G24 is the parking company, not “Contractual”.
The notice you posted isn’t the original Notice to Keeper, which was sent in June. Presumably your car’s V5C was not updated when you moved. Update it now if you haven’t already done so.
You need to reply to the N1SDT by 5+14 days from its date, 7 February I think. If you reply with an Acknowledgment of Service you get 14 more days to submit a defence, or you do this on 7 February.
If you do neither, DCB Legal will apply for a judgment in default against you.
You will get help with your defence, but there are lots and lots of responses to DCB Legal’s poor Particulars of Claim on this forum, so I suggest you search the forum also.
You will also see that, if you follow the process, DCB Legal are 99% likely to discontinue the claim before having to pay the court fee. That is a number of months in the future.
Thanks again for the response. I will do that on the 7th of February for maximum time and I will search the forum as advised.
Good morniing everyone, I intend to send the acknowledgment of Service today as advised, and I intend to send the below statement, hope this is okay. Thank you.
I,xxxxxx hereby acknowledge receipt of the Claim Form issued by DBC Legal dated on xxxx
This acknowledgment is submitted within the required timeframe. I confirm that I intend to respond to the claim in accordance with the applicable rules and deadlines.
This acknowledgment is made without admission of liability and without prejudice to my position in respect of the claim.
You need to use form N9, for example
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5c45e568ed915d38a0611a61/n9-eng.pdfWaiting until the last possible day makes no difference to your deadline for filing a defence, which will always remain 5+14+14 days after the date on the N1SDT form. So 21 February once you file the AoS, I think. Perhaps 23 February because of the weekend.
Just tick the box to defend all of the claim and submit it.
Then do your research into your defence, using information already available on this forum.
Thank you. I have filled out and submitted the N9 form.
Is there a reason you're using form N9 and not simply filing your AoS online using the MCOL service?
Is there a reason you're using form N9 and not simply filing your AoS online using the MCOL service?
Simply my bad advice I think, apologies.
That was I did. I filled it out online using the Gateway login. Is that the same thing you are referring to?
That was I did. I filled it out online using the Gateway login. Is that the same thing you are referring to?
Excellent - yes indeed. From the chat above I got the impression you had submitted a paper form by post. Far easier to do so online as you have done.
