Gladstones court claim received - help please

Coupon-mad

Send a complaint to the Information Commissioner (ICO) online:

https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/your-personal-information-concerns/

The ICO might want you to contact Gladstones to 'give them a chance'
to deal with it first, to get them to erase the phone number if it's the wrong person they've texted. The URL is the real Gs:

https://www.gladstonessolicitors.co.uk/

HTH - if you need more help, start your own thread and we will assist.

KeithP

mrrobinson88 wrote: »

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??

Ignore it and block their number.

If you want to progress your issue further then please start a new thread. Thanks.

kgirl123

Case adjourned by the judge, as not enough time left to be heard

Short report:
2 cases were heard before this one, called in around 10.40am
The judge firstly grilled the Claimant as to why he feels he had a right to submit a second WS, C responded that it was in response to D's WS which was received after they had filed theirs. Judge pointed out that the second WS doesn't address many of the points that the D put them to strict proof for, i.e. signs from the perspective of the driver, signs on the day and in same lighting conditions etc.
Judge took a few minutes to read C's WS bundle as this had got 'lost', then asked if we feel 40mins is sufficient (Judge explained to me what the process looks like) - we agreed it wasn't

C suggested 3h for next hearing, and Judge suggested they may want to file another WS

Coupon-mad

Why did he give them a chance to file a third WS?

An adjournment is not great.

This adjournment seems to help them more than you, and did you even get your costs awarded for the C wasting your time today (or costs reserved in case they now discontinue, having cost you time & money?).

kgirl123

He didn’t say why, but it does seem he wants them to prepare a better response which isn’t ideal.

Nothing was said about costs, the judge just apologised for cases being overbooked etc. Probably my fault for not asking.

Coupon-mad

I would have asked for the case to have been concluded in 40 mins, not adjourned.

bargepole

Coupon-mad wrote: »

I would have asked for the case to have been concluded in 40 mins, not adjourned.

Unfortunately, this sort of thing is a result of the overlisting which occurs in many County Courts.

They cram in more cases than the Judges can possibly hear in the time available, in the hope that some people will settle in the waiting area, or not turn up at all.

When they all turn up and want their cases heard, some Judges will then seize upon any reason to 'kick the can down the road', and adjourn cases to a future date when it then becomes a different Judge's problem.

For example, tomorrow (Monday 24/09) at Clerkenwell & Shoreditch, DDJ McConnell has four cases listed for a 10:00am start, all with a time estimate of 2 hours. Then a further two cases listed for 12:00pm, with 90 mins and 2 hours allowed respectively. (Three of the six cases are to do with parking, and are the last three on the list).

So that's a total of 11.5 hours of hearings, to be squeezed into 5 hours of judicial sitting time, and that's not counting time allowed for pre-reading the case papers. Little wonder that if any aspect of a particular case seems incomplete, the Judge is likely to tell the parties to go away and resubmit proper documents.

System

But the defendant could argue that 3 witness statements prejudices the case against her.

“The Court has to be satisfied that (the party) will not be at risk of prejudice if the new point is allowed because it might have adduced other evidence at trial, or otherwise conduct the case differently.”

Crane t/a Indigital Satellite Services v Sky In-Homes Limited [2008] EWCA Civ 978 at [21]

OP should argue at the outset that there is a risk of hijacking and should check all 3 WS to see if something new has been introduced. Bets are there will be.

The_Deep

They cram in more cases than the Judges can possibly hear in the time available, in the hope that some people will settle in the waiting area, or not turn up at all.

If this is the case, then the persons doing it, Civil Servants I presume, are guilty of maladministration. They are deliberately furthering a course of action which could cause the public inconvenience or damage, and a claim for compensation would be justified.

I have twice been the victim of TCS incompetence. On one occasion the official concern was reprimanded and on the second I was awarded £100.

kgirl123

Coupon-mad wrote: »

I would have asked for the case to have been concluded in 40 mins, not adjourned.

The judge made it very clear he wanted to adjourn the case, unfortunately

IamEmanresu wrote: »

But the defendant could argue that 3 witness statements prejudices the case against her.

Agreed, I guess I will wait to see if they submit a 3rd WS and take action from there

The_Deep wrote: »

If this is the case, then the persons doing it, Civil Servants I presume, are guilty of maladministration. They are deliberately furthering a course of action which could cause the public inconvenience or damage, and a claim for compensation would be justified.

I have twice been the victim of TCS incompetence. On one occasion the official concern was reprimanded and on the second I was awarded £100.

How do you go about filing a compensation claim? I haven't come across this on the forum posts, could you share any further information or point me in the right direction please