DCB Legal Letter of Claim for 3-4 year old PCN

hitman126

@Coupon-mad thank you very much. Will tidy it all up and submit the defence first thing in the morning.

hitman126

By the way, when submitting my defence by email, do I have to merge all pages (4 in my case) into a single document, or is it acceptable to attach all four pages individually?

nosferatu1001

Why would you not just follow the instruction, which in the nebwies thread tells you to save as a PDF? Obviously a PDF includes all pages...

hitman126

Scanning and converting single pages of a Word document (e.g. the four pages of my defence statement) into pdf, results in multiple pdf pages..........unless the scanned document was only a single page file in the first place.
 
The question therefore asked was whether it was acceptable to attach those multiple pdf pages to my email to CCBCAQ, or whether to merge all 4 into a single file. Anyway, in the end I opted to merge all of them into one single pdf file and have now submitted the defence.

Thanks for all the help and will keep everyone posted on any further developments.

Jenni_D

Single file in PDF format is correct.

nosferatu1001

Why are you scanning multiple pages?! 
You insert a photo of your signature and convert to PDF...

hitman126

All, 

So here are the latest updates on my case:

[DCB Legal]

On the 2nd of this month, I received an email from DCB Legal (with a completed N180 Directions Questionnaire attached)

informing me that having reviewed the content of my defence, their client had confirmed their intention to proceed with the claim against me.

The next paragraph of the email then informed me that the Court would direct both parties to file directions questionnaires in due course and in anticipation of that, a copy of the client's completed questionnaire was attached. 

They then went on to add that without prejudice to any of the above and in order to assist the Court in achieving its overriding objective, their client may be prepared to consider a mutual settlement of the case and should I wish to discuss this further, contact them on a given phone number.

[County Court Business Centre]

A few days after the DCB Legal email, I received a letter from the Northampton CCBC dated 5 March 2021, titled "Notice of Proposed Allocation to the Small Claims Track". The letter instructs me to complete the Small Claims Directions Questionnaire (N180) and file it with the court office by 22 March 2021, also serving copies on all other parties. Also attached to the letter is an HM Courts and Tribunals Service form inviting me to consider an out-of-court mediation.

[What Next?]

Would greatly appreciate advice on how best to proceed next, following the above updates.

Coupon-mad

What next is you read the IMPORTANT - KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN (red heading, it is meant to stand out!) section of the NEWBIES thread that answers all about this stage.  Everything you said is fully covered.

hitman126

So there's been some further development on my case and it's all good news.

I got contacted by DCB Legal a few weeks ago, informing me that they and/or Highview Parking had finally decided to throw in the towel and that they'd also advised the court as such. The case therefore is now completely dead!!

Jenni_D

Great news ... check with the court that it actually has been cancelled, (Whilst rare, it has been known for PPCs to inform the D that the claim is cancelled but they've proceeded anyway and got a default judgment).