UKPC & Debt letter DCBL

[Vic46]

Hi
New to the forum but inspired to seek advice after receiving a letter today from DCBL.
The debt amount is associated with parking in my husbands space which he owns and not displaying a permit. The date was 10/042016.
I challenged the fine based on the fact that the space I parked in was my partners which he owned and that the permit was in the vehicle but faded with the sun. I heard nothing.
Fast forward to today...five years on and I received this letter stating I owed them £160 and that I was no longer able to appeal but that I could dispute the charge if the matter was taken to court.

I have read other forum threads about both UKPC and DCBL and a general consensus is not to engage with this debt collection threat. Another suggested speaking to the management company about this and we do still own the flat but my now husband doesn’t reside in the flat anymore. Could this end up in court ?

I’m stunned that all these years on I receive this out of the blue and have had no correspondence prior to this letter. I no longer have a copy of my challenge as it’s so long ago, so cannot provide this evidence.

Advice gratefully received

[ostell]

So get out the lease and see what it says about parking. There is already a contract to park and you have no need of the contract they were offering by the signs. Your lease makes no mention of having to display a permit nor pay a third party stranger.

They are trespassing on your property and running a business on it without your permission. They do not have the permission of the landholder to operate, as required by their Code of Practise.

[charitynjw]

Google 'laches'.

Also

"Equity aids the vigilant not the indolent"

Vigilantibus non dormientibus aequitas subvenit.

A person who has been wronged must act relatively swiftly to preserve their rights. Otherwise, they are guilty of laches, an untoward delay in litigation with the presumed intent of denying claims. This differs from a statute of limitations, in that a delay is particularized to individual situations, rather than a general prescribed legal amount of time. In addition, even where a limitation period has not yet run, laches may still occur. The equitable rule of laches and acquiescence was first introduced in Chief Young Dede v. African Association Ltd^[10]

Alternatives:

• Delay defeats equity
• Equity aids the vigilant, not those who sleep on their rights"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxims...t_the_indolent