Please help - county court notice from vehicle control services

Coupon-mad

The email ref. CBVP invite for a remote trial was sent by someone is the listing section of the county court. 
Sounds like a gap in process - I will call the court on Monday to hopefully rearrange so I have an opportunity to submit my WS.

You can try, but your hearing is on Monday so I reckon it will proceed and you will have to explain to the Judge that you did not receive an Order telling you about the hearing date, and it was only when you suddenly received a WS and evidence from VCS (served late, if they had an earlier Order that you didn't have, because their WS was only served 11 days before) that you found an email from the court listing section in a junk email folder. 

No paper copy of any hearing Order was sent, so you were oblivious to the Directions and have not ignored them, you simply did not receive what the Claimant must have received.  And they must have had something by post (because they don't accept service by email) prior to 15th October, to have caused them to pay the hearing fee and file & serve a WS.

So, for justice to be done you ask the court to use its discretion for an adjournment and to send out paper Directions, and make no order as to costs.

You do realise you had to give your phone number to the court not less than 2 working days before the hearing, as per that CVP email?  You've done that, yes?

KeithP

Have you moved house since April 2019?

Hollyfshaw888

KeithP said:

Have you moved house since April 2019?

Yes I have

nosferatu1001

Did you tell the court and claimant?. You knew back then that you were going to get more paperwork

Hollyfshaw888

No. I had a re-direct on but this has come through over the time limits that extends.
I will ask tomorrow for an opportunity to adjourn to complete my WS. If not, then hopefully all of the re-studying of my defence + your comments + reading through lots of threads on here is enough! 
Thanks again.

Umkomaas

I will ask tomorrow for an opportunity to adjourn to complete my WS.

I have major reservations about this as a strategy. The hearing will be set up for tomorrow, and I don't think a Judge is going to be best pleased, and you might find yourself liable for the Claimant's costs and that of any legal advocate they field. There is also a fee to apply for adjournment. It could be a very costly move. 

Others with legal experience, like @Johnersh, might comment in time. 

Coupon-mad

I'm not a legal but DON'T ask for adjournment due to the costs risk.  Cross your fingers the other side don't attend. 

Have you given the court your phone number last week, to comply with the latest Order?

Snakes_Belly

I would go for it.  I don't believe that the part time judges have that much reading time beforehand so will focus on the defence. 

Redx

So , what happened ?? An update please

Hollyfshaw888

Hi all, apologies for the delay in responding.
Update: The case was adjourned until end of November. Mainly because the claimant did not submit the bundle electronically and I had not submitted any WS due to having the wrong address on file so, the judge had no documentation to base the case on. I am hoping to have my WS completed today. 
Does the claimant have to re-send their bundle to me again before the second hearing?
Something which I am unsure about is how to include that VCS sent me a false notification that they had been awarded a CCJ against me. I received the letter after I submitted my defence so, I could not amend it to add it in. Can I put this in my WS?