Accidental small underpayment

Coupon-mad

You haven't looked at the example WS in the NEWBIES thread yet, which is where you start.  Then you adapt that example with your story.

Jimsnap

Le_Kirk said:

The defendant alone with his wife arrived at the car park at approx 7.20 pm.

Something wrong there; you cannot arrive "alone" and with somebody else "his wife".  Also it is written in the first person so you would say "I" and "my wife" not "the defendant".

Yes, should have read 'along'

Le_Kirk

That makes more sense, first edit as follows: -

On the evening in dispute question, The defendant alone with his I and my wife arrived at the car park at approx 7.20 pm. We were going to go to The Hippodrome. to see the 7.30 pm showing of Swan Lake, a Christmas present from our children.

In my opinion it is irrelevant who bought the tickets and what you were going to see.  Your witness statement should back up and support what you put in your defence, along with evidence.

Jimsnap

I've just received a reply to my defence from DCB Legal.
Am I correct in ignoring this unless I want to settle out of court?
Thanks
J
"Having reviewed the content of your defence; we write to inform you that our client intends to proceed with the claim. The Court will direct both parties to file directions questionnaires in due course. In anticipation of that, please find attached a copy of which has been filed with the Court.

Without Prejudice to the above, in order to assist the Court in achieving its overriding objective, our client may be prepared to settle this case - in the event you wish to discuss settlement, please call us on 0203 434 0433 within 7 days and make immediate reference to this correspondence."

Fruitcake

Yes, ignore it.

D_P_Dance

SCC is more informat than Crown Court, but it is still a court.  Pay no attention to shouty drama queen  Judge Rinder though, that is pure fantasy.  There is a You Tube video you vcan watch.  

Jimsnap

While looking at other cases on the forum I came across this one:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5504705/scs-law-letter-before-claim-for-multiple-pcns-over-1000/p11
He mentions the importance of asking the claimant for proof of their right to create a contract and take him to court.
To quote - "The judge immediately picked up on a passage in their witness statement which said spoke about the contract giving UKPC authority to issue tickets and bring court proceedings in its own name. The passage described the contract which gave them authority and said that it would be available on the day"
Is this something I should do?

Coupon-mad

It's in the template defence, as long as you didn't remove the point about landowner authority?

Jimsnap

Coupon-mad said:

It's in the template defence, as long as you didn't remove the point about landowner authority?

No, I never removed it, forgot it was there, to be honest.  I've just received the N180, need to sort out my WS now.
Thanks

Jimsnap

Does the N180 have to be posted or is it ok to send via email?
Thanks