DCBL Notice of Debt Recovery

[chrisso]

Hi,

I have received a Notice of Debt Recovery today dated 31st January for 'not parking correctly within the markings of the bay or space' at a car park on the 2nd January.

I will follow all guidance on this site on how to deal with this but I just wanted to ask, shouldn't I have received a letter or a ticket before this letter threatening court action if I don't pay £170 within 14 days? Also, given the timescales, even if they say a letter advising me of the contravention and giving me the right to appeal (which, according to this current letter, I now have no right to do) was sent, I don't see how that would have been possible if the contravention happened on the 2nd January and they sent this letter out on the 31st January. Seems a bit quick to me. I don't know the legalities of this whole process but it just seems like they've skipped a few steps here. And if so, does this enable me to get it thrown out prior to court?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[des8]

First up do not state who the driver was, either when writing to them or on here.
I'll ask admin to amend your first post by deleting the second paragraph (please ULA )

DCBL are only debt collectors and are no problem (DCB Legal are different), but write to them saying the alleged debt is in dispute and so they should cease collection activities.
Write to the parking company, referring to DCBL's letter, and ask for copies of all they have sent you as this is the first you have heard of the incident.
Do it as a Subject Access Request (template in sHORTCUTS panel on right of this page

send bothy letters 1st class with free certificate of posting.

When you get a response revert here

[ULA]

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