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BW Legal Britannia MCOL Claim - Need to write a defence

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  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,823 Forumite
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    Put yesterday's date?
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

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  • nosferatu1001
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    Its a foot race
    Filing it late only matters IF the claimant has already requested judgement. 
  • Redx
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    edited 15 December 2020 at 9:44PM
    No they won't care about it being late , they will log it as filed unless the claimant has asked for judgment , so it's important to get it in first

    Your emails have metadata in the header so don't falsify any dates , hopefully they will log it tomorrow , so check mcol every day 
  • nosferatu1001
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    At no point do you ever tell anything but truth 
    You do not need to tell the total story, but what you do tell must be true
  • Defence emailed, kept it as today's date. Will keep checking MCOL, hopefully Britannia/BW haven't filed for judgment yet.
  • Thank you all, you have no idea how much stress this was causing me. Even if a day late, hopefully it's in time, huge relief. Now the hard work begins I guess!
  • nosferatu1001
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    No need to guess - newbies thread has the complete process for you. 

    All of it. All questions you have - go there

    You MUST keep on top of this; you need to know what to expect and roughly when. If something doesn't turn up and you don't realise - you lose.  Simple as. 
  • Noted, thank you. Just checked MCOL:

    Your acknowledgment of service was submitted on 22/11/2020 at 14:55:29

    Your acknowledgment of service was received on 23/11/2020 at 01:17:29

    Your defence was received on 16/12/2020


    Defence receipt acknowledged and no mention of judgment so I think I got in, in the nick of time, phew!
  • N180 form received by court and filled in and has to be returned to court and also to claimant. Anyone know if this can be emailed or does it have to be posted?
  • Redx
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    Either , but ideally emailed , especially emailed to the ccbcaq email address in Northampton , instead of posting it

    Email to the claimant if possible , or post with a free certificate of posting from the post office counter as proof of posting
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