VCS Parking Charges (3) - Resulted In County Court Claim Form

KimmyHrunt

So. They have just spoken to me. They are going to ask the judge to adjorn it because of the wealth of evidence i have provided and they have not seen this information until now!!

KimmyHrunt

They said i was to submit this at the time of the ws not this late!!!

Loadsofchildren123

1. You submitted a defence and your ws on time.
2. There was no express provision for a Skeleton: however, this is commonly used in cases and it is simply a convenient means of summarising your case and your response to theirs, in one simple document.
3. It is intended to assist and save court time.
4. There is nothing new in it, save for legal authorities which you are perfectly entitled to produce and rely upon on the day.
Consequently no grounds for an adjournment

Loadsofchildren123

Also, they are a professional parking company which pursues 100s of these cases against motorists. They should be fully conversant with the facts of this case, as set out in their claim/ws and your defence/ws. The legal arguments developed in your Skeleton should be nothing new to them and nothing they can't handle.
You are a LiP. You've had to take a day off work. This is extremely stressful for you.
No adjournment.
They should know the law and be familiar with the cases you are relying on as they all concern the issues the court has to decide in a parking ticket case.

Loadsofchildren123

Be quite bullish about this.
Your mantra: there is nothing new in this document, it's just a summary.
The only new thing is the legal authorities and this does not justify an adjournment.

Lamilad

Loadsofchildren123 wrote: »

1. You submitted a defence and your ws on time.
2. There was no express provision for a Skeleton: however, this is commonly used in cases and it is simply a convenient means of summarising your case and your response to theirs, in one simple document.
3. It is intended to assist and save court time.
4. There is nothing new in it, save for legal authorities which you are perfectly entitled to produce and rely upon on the day.
Consequently no grounds for an adjournment

Agreed. Object to the adjournment saying there is nothing in your skeleton that the claimant isn't already aware of and no reason why they can't deal with it now. It is merely a summary of your defence and WS as already filed and direct rebuttal of their WS which was necessary due to their woeful, vague particulars not setting out the nature of the claim in sufficient detail for you to formulate a coherent defence/ WS previously. You were not aware of the vast content of the claimants case until receipt of their bundle. Therefore you have included your rebuttals and supporting evidence in your skeleton which you had not planned to submit originally due to there being no requirement to do so and you already filing a WS based on the info you had.

DoaM

Things have been quiet for a while, so I guess Kimmy is in the hearing?

Lamilad

DoaM wrote: »

Things have been quiet for a while, so I guess Kimmy is in the hearing?

Was thinking the same thing. It must have gone ahead.

Loadsofchildren123

It's like waiting for a baby to be born

KimmyHrunt

No adjournment, it went ahead. Judge has asked for some time to consider, which was nearly 45 mins ago. Currently sat in the waiting room.