You probably blew away your best defence by identifying the driver. For future reference, the driver and the Hirer are two separate legal entities and should remain so. The parking company and the lease company have no idea of the drivers identity. As this was a leased vehicle, I can guarantee that the process for passing liability from the Keeper (the lease company) to the Hirer was not followed correctly, meaning that ParkingEye could not have passed liability for the charge from the unknown driver to the known Keeper.
However, if the Hirer has blabbed the drivers identity to ParkingEye, inadvertently or otherwise, then the point is moot.
Your saving grace is that ParkingEye know they are on shaky ground with this charge which is why they have palmed it off to DCBL to try and scare you into paying it. They are hoping you are low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree and will capitulate and pay up out of ignorance and fear.
If you don't pay up, you will eventually receive a Letter of Claim (LoC) from DCB Legal (not DCBL) followed eventually by an N1SDT Claim Form from the CNBC. This is a good thing because it means that as long as the claim is defended, it will ultimately be discontinued and that will be the end of the matter.
For now, as long as you ignore all the useless debt collector threats and follow the advice, you won't be paying a penny. DCBL is not a party to any contract allegedly breached by the driver and so you must ignore their threats. They are powerless to do anything. Use their letters as kindling. Never ever, ever EVER communicate with a powerless debt collector.
FOr now, you wait and tell us when you receive an loC. Eventually, when the claim form arrives, show us the Particulars of Claim (PoC) and make sure that all dates on the form are visible and we will provide instruction on how to submit the Acknowledgement of Service (AoS) and will provide a suitable defence.
I can say with greater than 99.9% certainty that the claim will eventually be discontinued.
