Post this back in March 2020 - just got County court claim form (I know i got it wrong last time !)

muppetboy1

"Claimant does not contact the court 28 days after getting a copy of my defence its stayed"

Hi keep checking MCOL website and still just showing Your defence was received on 31/08/2021, will this be update once past the 28 days ? 

KeithP

muppetboy1 said:

"Claimant does not contact the court 28 days after getting a copy of my defence its stayed"

Hi keep checking MCOL website and still just showing Your defence was received on 31/08/2021, will this be update once past the 28 days ? 

Yes, but read again my post of 27 September at 7:21PM.

muppetboy1

KeithP said:

muppetboy1 said:

"Claimant does not contact the court 28 days after getting a copy of my defence its stayed"

Hi keep checking MCOL website and still just showing Your defence was received on 31/08/2021, will this be update once past the 28 days ? 

Yes, but read again my post of 27 September at 7:21PM.

Thanks Keith but how long do you think i have to wait, will they change status at some point if it goes over 28 days 

KeithP

muppetboy1 said:

KeithP said:

muppetboy1 said:

"Claimant does not contact the court 28 days after getting a copy of my defence its stayed"

Hi keep checking MCOL website and still just showing Your defence was received on 31/08/2021, will this be update once past the 28 days ? 

Yes, but read again my post of 27 September at 7:21PM.

Thanks Keith but how long do you think i have to wait, will they change status at some point if it goes over 28 days 

Your guess is as good as mine.

I can only repeat...

KeithP said:

Can I suggest that you keep checking your MCOL Claim History and as soon as you see that the CCBC has sent a DQ to you, you are ready to download a DQ, complete it and fire it back to the CCBC, remembering to send a copy to the Claimant of course.

If it takes, say, another month then perhaps you should ask the CCBC what's going on.

muppetboy1

Thanks for help everyone, the case was stayed on the 4th Oct

I take it I don’t need to worry about them opening it again 

KeithP

muppetboy1 said:

Thanks for help everyone, the case was stayed on the 4th Oct

I take it I don’t need to worry about them opening it again 

I think you do need to consider that possibility.
Keep all your documentation for six years.

muppetboy1

So they ignore my defence and can come back at anytime in the six years. Will I get a warning 

KeithP

muppetboy1 said:

So they ignore my defence and can come back at anytime in the six years. Will I get a warning 

Of course they can object to the Court's decision.
Whether that objection will be accepted remains to be seen.
What we don't appear to know is how justified the Court are in making that decision.
For example, has the Court stayed the claim because the Claimant has failed to respond in some way, or has the Claimant responded correctly but the Court not noticed that? Who knows?

Coupon-mad

muppetboy1 said:

So they ignore my defence and can come back at anytime in the six years. Will I get a warning 

No you won't get a warning and the 6 years runs from the date of PCN.  So, if you move house, tell the court and Claimant/solicitor, to avoid missing a Directions Questionnaire which can arrive out of the blue, years later.  Terrible, isn't it?  You must make sure you see any letter and that's all you need to worry about. 

KEEP ALL THE PAPERWORK AND THE DEFENCE YOU SUBMITTED.