Small Claim Now Issued - bwlegal - letter of claim, reply then response, next steps

nosferatu1001

Youre out of time, for sure, but you just need to file a defence before they can file for default judgement. 

Ralph-y

feel 100% safe about the above request

Ralph

samboella

Update: defence marked as received in MCOL on 05/05/20.
Does that still mean I’m out of time?

Umkomaas

samboella said:

Update: defence marked as received in MCOL on 05/05/20.
Does that still mean I’m out of time?

You're out of time for sure, much will depend whether the PPC has already applied for a judgment in default. If they haven't, or don't raise the fact that you have submitted late, you might scrape it.  Only time will tell. I'd check your MCOL portal regularly. Come back if the status of the claim shown on it changes. 

KeithP

Whatever you do, do not miss filing a DQ.
Someone else has just reported doing just that and now has a Default Judgment against them.

Johnersh

If the court has received your defence (even out of time) before it has given a judgment in default you're OK - irrespective of whether the ppc asked for the default judgment before you filed the defence.

Regulars will be amused by this helpful commentary from a well known firm:
hxxps://www.wrighthassall.co.uk/knowledge-base/if-you-file-a-defence-late-you-can-still-avoid-judgment-being-entered-in-default

nosferatu1001

samboella said:

Update: defence marked as received in MCOL on 05/05/20.
Does that still mean I’m out of time?

You ran out of time, but all the meant wa syou were then in a race; if you file before they do, you win. If not, they win. 

You CANNOT miss any further deadlines. You MUST read the newbies thread and ensure you get teh form downloaded yourself and filled in and sent off, as the ewbies thread tells you. no risking post onthis. 

Le_Kirk

https://www.wrighthassall.co.uk/knowledge-base/if-you-file-a-defence-late-you-can-still-avoid-judgment-being-entered-in-default

Umkomaas

Johnersh said:

If the court has received your defence (even out of time) before it has given a judgment in default you're OK - irrespective of whether the ppc asked for the default judgment before you filed the defence.

Regulars will be amused by this helpful commentary from a well known firm:
hxxps://www.wrighthassall.co.uk/knowledge-base/if-you-file-a-defence-late-you-can-still-avoid-judgment-being-entered-in-default

@Johnersh - with 41 posts under your belt you should be able to post live links. The old forum's tipping point was around 15 posts, so I think you should be ok now. 

Johnersh

Thanks @Umkomaas - you'd have thought so, but it didn't like it, so I had to break the link. Will see what happens at 50!