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You can safely ignore Trace and any other debt collector. They are powerless to do anything. Never, ever try and communicate with a useless debt collector.

It is far too late to try and appeal anything now. What you are waiting to see is if Alliance Parking decide to try and initiate litigation to try and recover the alleged debt.

There is no debt unless a judge says so, so don't feel as though you are indebted to them, you aren't.

So, ignore all debt collector letters. If/when you receive a Letter of Claim (LoC) either from Alliance themselves or one of a number of bulk litigators, come back and show us.

Anything that only gives you 14 days to pay is a debt collection letter. An LoC will give you 30 days to pay.

Wrong! You do not want a SAR until after any claim has been issued. The biggest mistake most of these operators make is screwing up the Particulars of Claim (PoC). Whilst it is no excuse, they do try and argue that the defendant should have known what it was all about, especially if they can show that they answered a SAR at any stage before a claim was issued.

A SAR now, will not prevent any possible future litigation. Let them issue a claim that fails CPR 16.4 and you have a very strong chance that it will be struck out before it ever gets anywhere near a hearing.

If you desperately want to know all the details, submit a SAR after a claim has been issued.

You should contact the DPO of Alliance and serve a Data Rectification Notice on them to update their records with your current address for service and to erase your old address (that would have been on your V5C at the time of the alleged contravention). Also tell them to advise any third parties that they may have passed your details on to.

Alliance Parking Data Protection Officer contact details: info@alliance-parking.co.uk

No, in fact it's the wise thing to do. You don't want to leave open the possibility of a court claim being served to your old address.

I'm aware of that - it would still be sensible to ensure the alleged creditor (Alliance Parking) has been made aware of your new address though.

If they hold two possible addresses for you, they could decide to send serve any court documents to the old address which then go unanswered and you end up with a CCJ by default. It is undoable but a PITA.

Ignore 'em - it's a Letter of Claim from Alliance or their solicitors that you're keeping an eye out for.