Euro Parking Limited - Gladstone Solicitors County Court Business

CCPECP

Sorry I am entirely new to this, what practice do they follow so I know what to look out for?
I have made changes to the original post accordingly

CCPECP

I have changed the title and is it not a CCJ if it is issued from County Court Northampton?

Coupon-mad

No, a CCJ happens if a person LOSES and then REFUSES to pay and it affects their credit rating. None of that is true in your case.

You have a bog standard claim to defend, like half the posters here!

CCPECP

OK Cheers for clarifying.

CCPECP

Hi, i gave my defences in in alignment with the deadline.
On the 15th (15/12/18) I received the following letters for all three court cases individually:

“I acknowledge receipt of your defence. A copy is being served on the claimant (or the claimants solicitor). The claimant may contact you direct to attempt to resolve any dispute. If the dispute cannot be resolved informally, the claimant will inform the court that he wishes to proceed. The court will then inform you of what will happen.

Where he wishes to proceed, the claimant must contact the court within 28 days after receiving a copy of your defence. After that period has elapsed, the claim will be stayed. The only action the claimant can then take will be to apply to a judge for an order lifting the stay.”

• What are the chances with the claimant / claimant solicitor proceeding with the court?

• If the claimant / claimant solicitor contacts me informally outside of court with a dispute, am i obliged to comply and pay fees not backed by the court or can i ignore?

• Is there a chance that i won’t receive a reply within 28 days and that the cases are stayed and put to bed?

Would mean a lot if someone could assist me by answering my questions.

Thank you

nosferatu1001

1) Nearly 100%
2) Of course not, you are only obliged (as in, they can force you to pay if you dont) to comply with court orders. Informal out of court offers are just that - an offer you can turn down
3) YOU dont get a reply, the court does. Very small chance

CCPECP

Hi, i’ve received the directions questionnaire from gladstone solicitors. They have filled it all out accordingly and it’s their copy, not mine to fill out.
They have suggested that i do an paper hearing rather than actually appearing at court (oral) for all three claims, with the reason that they believe the matter is straightforward, and that the costs incurred by both parties for attending an oral hearing would be disproportionate.

The following boxes were ticked on their copy of the questionnaire.

A1 = Say NO to mediation (they want the whole amount, you want to pay them nothing, so no scope for mediation. This will not go against you). Mediation is run by a commercial company on behalf of the courts and their success is measured by how many cases are kept out of court. They are not interested in the merits of the case, only whether you will pay or not. So say No.

B = fill in all the details, your name, your address, etc. This is the address that all the paperwork will be sent to. If you are moving home within 6 months make sure you have mail redirection in place. You will get a default CCJ if the paperwork doesn't get to you as the Courts see it as your responsibility to give a correct address.

C1 = YES to small claims track – this is the limited costs track for claims up to £10,000 in value

D1 = name of your local County Court – unless you are a Limited company, the case files will be transferred there. They will ask for theirs but protocol dictates it is your court. For example, MIL Collections always asks for Truro and Devere Parking always ask for Bournemouth. You, literally, do not want to go there.

D2 = NO to expert evidence (this relates to medical negligence cases and suchlike)

D3 = 1 witness (that’s you) (or more if you are going to get another person to provide a statement)

D4 = Put down the dates of any pre-booked holidays, NO to interpreter (unless you need one)

You send a copy to the courts and another copy to the Claimant company. Keep a copy for yourself. As mentioned before, there is a long delay (20+ weeks) between this form and an actual day in court.


I CAN DISAGREE
At the back i must fill out if i want it to be a paper hearing or an oral hearing.

What do i do?

Thanks

KeithP

CCPECP wrote: »

What do i do?

You re-read post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread.

In particular, bargepole's 'what happens when' post linked from it.

CCPECP

Does anybody know how long i have to respond to the Questionnaire and where i’m supposed to send it back to?? Neither is specified and is extremely unclear.

Redx

has the court sent the questionnaire yet ? OR just gladrags ?

if you havent received the DQ from the court, then reread that post #2 and if necessary download your own from their website and then email it as a pdf to the same place you emailed the defence

its all there if you look, it even tells you about not filling in the gladrags toilet paper that is sent out in order to deceive you , which is why its unclear