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Court stage (and pre-action) is fully covered in the second post of the NEWBIES thread that we don't repeat in individual threads (no time, that's why we have the NEWBIES thread).

It includes a section with a heading in red: 'IMPORTANT! Know what happens when!' So it's good you want to be prepared.  That's what you must read.

34LH89

It finally arrived!

I'll have a read through the Newbies section and figure out where we go from there.

Am I okay to ask questions at the very least if I don't understand?

KeithP

I wonder what 'it' is? Care to enlighten us?

34LH89

@KeithP the County Court Claim Form!

Weeks, if not months, ago I was told it was being sent. I thought they had bottled it but apparently not.

I have completed AOS so just working on the defence. Am I as well to post up a redacted defence on here, or should I PM it to someone to overview (assuming they are happy to of course)?

KeithP

What is the Issue Date on your County Court Claim Form?

Upon what date did you file an Acknowledgment of Service?
Your MCOL Claim History will have the definitive answer to that.

34LH89

KeithP said:

What is the Issue Date on your County Court Claim Form?

Upon what date did you file an Acknowledgment of Service?
Your MCOL Claim History will have the definitive answer to that.

Issue date is the 26th November.

Filed today.

KeithP

34LH89 said:

KeithP said:

What is the Issue Date on your County Court Claim Form?

Upon what date did you file an Acknowledgment of Service?
Your MCOL Claim History will have the definitive answer to that.

Issue date is the 26th November.

Filed today.

With a Claim Issue Date of 26th November, and having filed an Acknowledgment of Service in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Wednesday 29th December 2021 to file your Defence.

That's over four weeks away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence, but please don't leave it to the last minute.

To create a Defence, and then file a Defence by email, look at the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Don't miss the deadline for filing a Defence.

Do not try and file a Defence via the MoneyClaimOnline website. Once an Acknowledgment of Service has been filed, the MCOL website should be treated as 'read only'.

Le_Kirk

Now you know your deadline for filing a defence thanks to @KeithP follow the links he posted to the template defence and, of course, you are free to show us your paragraphs 2 & 3 for critique.

34LH89

@Le_Kirk @KeithP

Le_Kirk said:

Now you know your deadline for filing a defence thanks to @KeithP follow the links he posted to the template defence and, of course, you are free to show us your paragraphs 2 & 3 for critique.

Can I just check you mean post on this forum, rather than sending privately?

KeithP

34LH89 said:

@Le_Kirk @KeithP

Le_Kirk said:

Now you know your deadline for filing a defence thanks to @KeithP follow the links he posted to the template defence and, of course, you are free to show us your paragraphs 2 & 3 for critique.

Can I just check you mean post on this forum, rather than sending privately?

You need to be reading a lot more threads to discover exactly how others are dealing with similar issues every day.

Nothing is new here. For example, just this afternoon I have posted guidance on deadlines and how to file a Defence on two other threads apart from yours.