County Court Business Centre

cueball

Thanks


having read Bargepole's advice I do have a couple of questions,
What is the likelihood of the case reaching court ?


And who is the "defendant" as I mentioned in an earlier post #47 I had a problem with the initial defence. It was returned as I was responding as the defendant and the court said that the keeper/addressee is the defendant (which isn't me I was the driver).


So my next question is do both the keeper and the driver (defendant) have to turn up at court

Redx

it is likely to be discontinued just before court, if it is strongly contested , otherwise it will DEFINITELY go before the court

the defendant is the person served with the paperwork by the court - ie:- named on the court papers

this is not being claimed by the parking company , it is a purchased "alleged debt" and MIL are issuing the claim for the purchased debt, not the parking event

cueball

Thanks


so in the DQ section D3 do I put 2 witnesses being the keeper and me the driver in case it does reach court

cueball

Hi an update as to where we are now.
MIL have sent us a letter "Part 36 Offer" of a reduced fee for £100 as a final payment in full.


We have not responded to this and have mow received a "Notice of Allocation to the Small Claims Track (Hearing).


There is a short sentence towards the bottom of this letter that is concerning it says "Part 18 request of the defendant is struck out (see Civil Procedure Rules Part 27.2(1)(f) which provides Part 18 does NOT apply in small claims.


Does this mean that they are now likely to find in favour of MIL


thanks in advance for any info

Coupon-mad

No it doesn't, don't worry about it. And don't accept MIL's offers to pay less. Stick with it.

NikkiP90

Hello advice needed please, I've received a few letters from the 'carpark cowboys' demanding money for a parking fine I got for over staying on private land. I've now received a letter from 'County court business' which I don't think looks genuine. Does anyone know how I upload a photo on here?

Redx

please start a thread of your own , using the red NEW THREAD button , top left of this parking sub-forum

pictures cannot be "uploaded" here , its not a hosting site

if the form is from Northampton Business Centre , its genuine , if in doubt login online to check, or telephone them , read the NEWBIES sticky thread too

cueball

Thanks CM was worried with the strike out by the court of the Part 18.
Do we need to do anything else the date for the hearing is 27 Jan, the letter also says that "each party shall deliver to every party and to the court office copies of all documents (including any experts report) on which he intends to rely at the hearing no later than 14 days before the hearing".

Redx

this is all covered in great detail by CM and especially by bargepole in the NEWBIES sticky thread, post #1

please read it asap

ie:- any "lawyer" who hasnt read those details has a fool for a client"

cueball

I have had a response from MIL in the form of a Notice of Discontinuance, I have had nothing from the courts confirming this though.



Should I phone the court to clarify the NoD and should I still submit my final defence

thanks


Also on Pepipoo a member suggested that I put in a counterclaim, is this an option for me