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Today i got a letter from dcb legal "without prejudice save as to costs"


It says I can call them as a settlement at this stage would avoid further costs. Then they ask me to call them.

Does this mean they are desperate to settle for any amount? (I won't because I'm in the right and I actually paid for parking that day as previously mentioned).

All part of their standard procedure. Leave them to it. Don't phone them.

Absolutely. DO NOT respond to them in any way. It is all part of a very well rehearsed dance they play. If they have not managed to squeeze as little as £25 out of you by the time they must pay the trial fee, they will discontinue and move on in search of easier prey.

The letter from DCB Legal is normal and expected. Nothing to do but file it.

For claims issued after 22nd May 2024, mediation is not optional any more. It is no big deal and is not part of the legal process. It is not a trial and no judge or lawyers are involved.

The only requirement is to "attend" the phone call. You do not have to agree to anything in the mediation and you should offer £0. It will be over in less than 5 minutes. You will have "attended" the call and that is all that was required.

The mediator is not a person with legal training. They will have had a days course on how to mediate over the phone and that's about.

You are waiting for your N180 DQ. Download one from here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a8b019ce1fd0da7b592f43/N180_0724.pdf

Fill it out and sign it by typing your name for the signature and keep it handy for. when yours arrives by post. You won't use the paper one. The one you download and complete will be emailed as a PDF attachment to dq.cnbc@justice.goc.uk AND to info@dcblegal.co.uk AND CC in yourself.

Don't send it until your MCOL history says that one has been sent to you. No need to wait for the postal one, just send the one you have already filled in as above.

Do you not go through your Government Gateway ID? I’m not sure you had to “register” for your own MCOL “customer number”.

Just wait for your DQ to arrive by post if you can’t access MCOL. When it arrives in the post, just email the one you downloaded and have completed to DQ.cnbc@justice.gov.uk AND the claimant or their solicitor, if they’re up using one, and CC in yourself.

Do you not go through your Government Gateway ID? I’m not sure you had to “register” for your own MCOL “customer number”.

Just wait for your DQ to arrive by post if you can’t access MCOL. When it arrives in the post, just email the one you downloaded and have completed to DQ.cnbc@justice.gov.uk AND the claimant or their solicitor, if they’re up using one, and CC in yourself.

Sent this to the claimant/solicitor - DONE

DC.cnbc - keep getting this error - have tried twice now and idk if I'm running out of time.

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ty, thats the price I pay for being a moron I'm afraid

It is very much normal procedure. Mediation is just that, an attempt to solve the matter without a hearing, which, as you want to pay nothing, and they want you to pay something, is never likely to succeed.