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34LH89

Redx said:

34LH89 said:

Now received the N180 through the post too - the one I emailed in doesn't appear to have been lodged on MCOL (would it have been?), so shall I just complete and send this postal N180 back to the courts and claimant as well?

You should have received an auto generated email receipt back from the CCBC ! Did you ?

If not , if you used a Gmail account , try an alternative like Hotmail , emailing it again to both the CCBC and claimants lawyer ( or claimant if no lawyer ) , checking for the auto email receipt back from the CCBC

It's ALWAYS important to check for receipt , not just submission , submission does not prove that it was received , the auto email receipt does that !

I did receive the auto-reply from CCBC, you are correct.

I did also receive one from DCBL however their reply says "thank you for contacting DCB Legal" not that they confirm receipt, so is that good enough or should I also be chasing them to confirm receipt?

Redx

34LH89 said:

Redx said:

34LH89 said:

Now received the N180 through the post too - the one I emailed in doesn't appear to have been lodged on MCOL (would it have been?), so shall I just complete and send this postal N180 back to the courts and claimant as well?

You should have received an auto generated email receipt back from the CCBC ! Did you ?

If not , if you used a Gmail account , try an alternative like Hotmail , emailing it again to both the CCBC and claimants lawyer ( or claimant if no lawyer ) , checking for the auto email receipt back from the CCBC

It's ALWAYS important to check for receipt , not just submission , submission does not prove that it was received , the auto email receipt does that !

I did receive the auto-reply from CCBC, you are correct.

I did also receive one from DCBL however their reply says "thank you for contacting DCB Legal" not that they confirm receipt, so is that good enough or should I also be chasing them to confirm receipt?

Both are good enough , I don't understand why you didn't volunteer this information earlier

34LH89

Hello again

While I was on holiday, I received a letter to say it was referred to one court track, followed by another referring it to a different court. Both local, so no issue there, but I assume I now just await receiving the Judge's Directions?

I've had nothing further since, and those letters were dated about two weeks ago.

Redx

34LH89 said:

Hello again

While I was on holiday, I received a letter to say it was referred to one court track, followed by another referring it to a different court. Both local, so no issue there, but I assume I now just await receiving the Judge's Directions?

I've had nothing further since, and those letters were dated about two weeks ago.

Yes , but check both sides for any deadline instructions , such as exchanging or submitting witness statements etc ( because that letter usually contains that information )

34LH89

Redx said:

34LH89 said:

Hello again

While I was on holiday, I received a letter to say it was referred to one court track, followed by another referring it to a different court. Both local, so no issue there, but I assume I now just await receiving the Judge's Directions?

I've had nothing further since, and those letters were dated about two weeks ago.

Yes , but check both sides for any deadline instructions , such as exchanging or submitting witness statements etc ( because that letter usually contains that information )

Thanks - nothing else about dates, further info etc.

Just one letter assigning it to one court, followed by another letter moving it to the other court.

Will let you know when I hear further

34LH89

Hello!

So it continues - I've now had the notice of allocation to small claims track.

It says the claimant must pay the £27 trial fee by 24th March, otherwise it'll be thrown out, although I assume that's pretty much a given right? How do I confirm they have paid it and the trial is going ahead?

The hearing is due to take place on the 21st April so how long have I got to file evidence, witness statements etc? I'll re-ready the sticky post too, to understand how to actually go about doing that.

It says it is in a block list, so is that significant or just normal practice?

thanks again

KeithP

You should assume that the Claimant will pay the fee and be working now as if that is going to happen.

Look again at your Notice of Allocation. The Notice that gives the hearing date.

Is there not a paragraph something like:

Each party must deliver to every other party and to the court office copies of all documents on which he intends to rely at the hearing no later than [ . . . ] [14 days before the hearing].

Might be on the back.

Those documents you intend to rely on are your Witness Statement and evidence.

34LH89

Sorry, there is indeed, as soon as I pressed post I noticed it, so my apologies.

Jenni_D

34LH89 said:

It says it is in a block list, so is that significant or just normal practice?

It's becoming more common - it means the same judge will be hearing a number of cases contiguously, so depending on where your case is on the list then there's a chance yours might not get heard on that date.

bargepole

Jenni_D said:

34LH89 said:

It says it is in a block list, so is that significant or just normal practice?

It's becoming more common - it means the same judge will be hearing a number of cases contiguously, so depending on where your case is on the list then there's a chance yours might not get heard on that date.

What a block listing actually means, is there are a number of cases listed to be heard by more than one Judge, normally two or three.

You won't know until the day which of those Judges will hear the case, or what order they will take them in.