Gladstones court claim received - help please

kgirl123

And cost schedule:

Costs of attending Court

1. Mileage to/from court. 3 miles at £0.45 per mile. £1.35
2. Parking for 3 hours. £3.70

SUBTOTAL: £5.05


Time spent on documents

Reading:
Statement of Claim 30 minutes 0.5h
Directions Questionnaire 15 minutes 0.25h
Court order (allocation and timetable) 15 minutes 0.25h
Vine V Waltham Forest 1 hour
POFA Schedule 4 30 minutes 0.5h
Beavis V ParkingEye 1 hour
IPC Code of Practice 1 hour
Ferguson V British Gas 1 hour
Vidall-Hall V Google 1 hour
Halliday V Creation 1 hour
Data Protection Act 1998 1 hour
Total: 8.5 hours

Drafting:
Acknowledgment of Service Form 30 minutes 0.5h
Defence 4 hours
Directions Questionnaire 30 minutes 0.5h
Witness statement 4 hours
Case summary 1 hour
Admin (printing, scanning, assembling documents) 2 hours
Total: 12 hours

TOTAL TIME: 20.5 hours at £19.00 per hour = £389.50

Costs
Stationery/printing costs £25

Other
Visiting court to deliver/file documents 15 minutes
Site visit to take photographs and collect evidence 30 minutes

TOTAL TIME: 0.75 hours at £19 per hour = £14.25

21 hours 25 minutes at £19 per hour = £403.75
plus £30.05 in costs
Total: £433.80

KeithP

Will you have to take time of work to attend the hearing?

Four hours at £19 per hour might be appropriate in your Costs Schedule.

Under the heading 'Costs of attending Court'.

Coupon-mad

I would object to the new WS served just days before the trial, and ask Slough Court - as soon as the hearing starts and it's ''your turn'' - to disregard the late WS which adds nothing, was far too late and is not excused by any rule in the CPRs.

These are matters to be covered at the hearing and you can then lead on to object to the Judge that the Claimant is not there, and the witness is not there to cross examine. With some Judges (although you can't tell) this might get them more favourably leaning towards your side, from the off.

Assuming a legal 'rep' is the only person who shows up, as per usual.

nosferatu1001

If you have loss of leave or loss of earnings then you can claim a HALF DAY capped at £95 total.
Indeed I would object to such a late WS - especially fi the witness then fails to turn up, as is expected.

kgirl123

I'm not back to work yet since losing my job in June, so no loss of earnings

Thanks for the advice re late additional WS, I will raise this at the hearing
Do I just bring 3 copies of the skeleton on the day with me?

Coupon-mad

Best to file & serve them today. The Skelly and costs schedule together.

kgirl123

I need to get them printed first so will serve in the morning. Just to confirm, do I not need copies of anything on the day?

KeithP

kgirl123 wrote: »

I need to get them printed first so will serve in the morning. Just to confirm, do I not need copies of anything on the day?

On the contrary. You need copies of everything on the day.

kgirl123

KeithP wrote: »

On the contrary. You need copies of everything on the day.

Will do, thanks KeithP

mrrobinson88

Sorry to randomly throw my issue into this thread (couldn’t find anywhere else on Forums to put it!)...

I randomly received a text from Gladstones, of which I have never heard of them before, nor had correspondence from them (ever).

The text reads as follows:

Due: £160.00
You have not responded to our Pre-Action Letter. Please visit !!!!!!/gsl-pay or call 01565 755088 to avoid court action. Quote Ref: xxxxx-xxxxx

Is this a scam? What should I do? Any advice??