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Need My Witness Statement Checking Over

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  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,731 Forumite
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    No, sorry, no time. The NEWBIES thread already explains the difference.

    Please please please go back there.
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  • iffy_jiffy
    iffy_jiffy Posts: 108 Forumite
    Coupon-mad wrote: »
    No, sorry, no time. The NEWBIES thread already explains the difference.

    Please please please go back there.


    Ok understandable. Thanks,
  • nosferatu1001
    nosferatu1001 Posts: 12,961 Forumite
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    I explained it as well.
    Facts - Witness Statement
    Legal Arguments - Defence
  • iffy_jiffy
    iffy_jiffy Posts: 108 Forumite
    nosferatu1001 wrote: »
    I explained it as well.
    Facts - Witness Statement
    Legal Arguments - Defence

    Thanks. Will look at the following and others too as advised on the Newbies thread..

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/74031275#Comment_74031275

    Thanks again all. All this legal jargon is confusing!
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,830 Forumite
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    So now you know the difference, are you going to let us see your Defence please?
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

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  • iffy_jiffy
    iffy_jiffy Posts: 108 Forumite
    Umkomaas wrote: »
    So now you know the difference, are you going to let us see your Defence please?

    Hi Umkomaas. I've not written it up yet and not filed it with the court. I'm looking at the thread which has an example of a defence:

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/74031275#Comment_74031275


    In terms of the legal arguments i can relate to the above thread (i'm not blindly copying and pasting here!).

    ES have filed their witness statement/defence with the court and sent me a copy which includes pictures of car being vacated after being parked also when the the car is driven off with passengers getting in.

    In terms of facts, the car was not present at the time claimed by ES. It's an hour out on both claims! I have copies of most of the letters abd was guided by BMPA all the way up to this point but which is not shutdown.


    I will be writing my defence up shortly and putting what i can in there.


    Apologies for lack of informative and detail here. Dont mind talking to someone informally to get up to speed (crash course!) but guess it's not possible.

    I'll try and come back as soon as with the defence, get it sorted and file it with the witness statement as ES have done.

    Thank you.
  • Umkomaas
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    But you can't possibly have had a court date without having submitted your defence prior to the date being allocated.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • iffy_jiffy
    iffy_jiffy Posts: 108 Forumite
    Umkomaas wrote: »
    But you can't possibly have had a court date without having submitted your defence prior to the date being allocated.

    All i did was i said i was going to challenge the full claim via the court filing that ES made. The defence is yet o be sent it.

    I can ring to explain if you want? This is what i discussed with BMPA.
  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 41,296 Forumite
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    edited 4 June 2018 at 3:46PM
    Did you put anything at all in the Defence and Counterclaim box when you said you were 'going to challenge the full claim'?

    If so, that will have been taken as your Defence.
  • iffy_jiffy
    iffy_jiffy Posts: 108 Forumite
    KeithP wrote: »
    Did you put anything at all in the Defence and Counter Claim box when Acknowledging Service?

    If so, that will have been taken as your Defence.


    No as BMPA advised dont do anything until they pay the claim fee - ring after a certain and check if they have paid the hearing fee, if yes, then start the work.

    Is talking not an option? Apologies, not the usual way this.
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