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Coupon-mad

No, that's a standard letter - DO NOT use Mediation.

dalew007

Ok, the mediation time is limited to 1 hour.


According to the letter i dont have to do anything regards the mediation, the letter states, the following directions apply to this claim:


Each party must deliver to the other party and to the court office copies of all documents on which that party intends to rely at the hearing no later than 28 days before the hearing.



On the reverse of the letter it says the hearing of the claim will take place on DATE TO BE FIXED.


Do i just wait for the Claimant to do what they do now and see what court date i get?


Thanks

Le_Kirk

Each party must deliver to the other party and to the court office copies of all documents on which that party intends to rely at the hearing no later than 28 days before the hearing.

Well that's going to be easy isn't it due to the following!

On the reverse of the letter it says the hearing of the claim will take place on DATE TO BE FIXED.

Maybe a call to the court is in order to see, a) if they have a date and b) if they are intending to advise you later, will there be 28 days after the date of advice and before the hearing.

dalew007

Good point, ill give them a call asap.

dalew007

I have spoken to the court and they have advised that no date has been set yet and a letter will be sent out in accordance.



Am I worth calling the Mediation centre and advising like RedX says and offering zero pounds for them to drop it or just not contact them at all ?

Redx

It's your choice , I offered an opinion on complying with the court order , CM said ignore it as mediation will fail unless you made an offer of higher than zero pounds

If you can ignore and await a court date then that may well be best

But the choice is yours , because later on you may be asked why you didn't go for mediation like the order said , hence my reply

Asking for black or white answers is foolish , several options exist , you must decide

nosferatu1001

Offer a drop hands, both absorbing costs to date, if the discontinue. Nothing else is sensible for you.
You really need to get clarity from the court. If they set. A date 29 days away how will you comply?

dalew007

Thank you for your replys.



At the bottom of the letter the directions that apply to this claim is the each party will deliver to the other party and to the court office copies of all documents etc etc no later than 28 days before the hearing.



I will call the mediation service tomorrow and offer zero pounds and we both walk away.

dalew007

Quick update.

I did not take mediation, I have since had my letter for my court date.



I now need to sort my witness statement to present as my defence.



Do i need to address anything else or do i just need to find failings in the claimants NTK and how it was applied and use this in the court hearing ?


Thanks

Le_Kirk

Your witness statement (WS) is not your defence, it is "in support of my defence as already filed" and is there to support, back up, expand on and provide evidence of everything you claimed in your defence. It is a narrative, written in the first person, and is the story of what happened on the day and subsequently. Check out the forum (by searching) or the NEWBIE sticky for examples or WSs.