Double Parking Charge Notice for "Not displaying a valid permit"

nosferatu1001

As above

Your friend CANNOT rep you in a hearing, unless they are a lawyer. They can attend but only alongside you. 

D_P_Dance

There is no vat,  Diplomatic missions do not pay  a local taxes.  

https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/9_1_1961.pdf

pastacolg

Good to know. Thanks, nosferatu.

I'll send the DQ now anyway as the deadline is approaching and while providing BW Legal a copy of it I will attach a letter stating my costs so they'll have a chance to pull the case.

Umkomaas

pastacolg said:

Good to know. Thanks, nosferatu.

I'll send the DQ now anyway as the deadline is approaching and while providing BW Legal a copy of it I will attach a letter stating my costs so they'll have a chance to pull the case.

Head it up 'DRAFT SUMMARY COSTS ASSESSMENT' - and don't hold back on the £££ (but be sensible - you can't go claiming for bringing your family/relatives/dog/cat with you for example!)

nosferatu1001

Show us your costs assessmen before sending. 

pastacolg

DRAFT SUMMARY COSTS ASSESSMENT
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 £400.00 - Return flight economy class tickets on Gdansk (GDN) - London Heathrow (LHR)
           LOT Polish Air Lines        
  £30.00 - Transport to and from an airport (Home - Gdansk - 15 miles)
 £120.00 - Transport from and to an airport (Heathrow - Basingstoke - 35 miles)
  £50.00 - single night stay at Premier Inn in Basginstoke
 £425.00 - missing a billable working day for one of my company's clients
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£1025.00 - TOTAL

EDIT: the last item is probably irrelevant and they can say it would be cheaper to hire a lawyer in the UK and I would have agreed. I'll send the DQs ASAP and later provide them with the costs assessment.

nosferatu1001

Hence we want d to see it

Ordinary costs - travel and time for hearing - is limited to half a day capped at £95 for your time off work, including loss of leave. 
You woudl of course add on a section for 
Unreasonable behaviour costs
THis is a seperate tally of time spent to write defence, WS, time spent travelling back, all at £19 an hour (LiP rate)
Search other costs assessments to save us explaining this all again

D_P_Dance

 proving jurisdiciton would be trivial 

Not if domicile is involved.  Domicile can be extremely complicated   

pastacolg

I can 100% state as of 6th April 2020 that my domicile is my Poland's address. It already has and will affect my taxes for 2019-2020 years both in the UK and Poland.

Returning to the N180 (DQ) form. Should I state the hearing venue as Basingstoke County Court then or leave that field empty?

nosferatu1001

D_P_Dance said:

 proving jurisdiciton would be trivial 

Not if domicile is involved.  Domicile can be extremely complicated   

The OP has already accepted jurisdiction, so its pretty easy in this case.