County Court letter

maycowan

DE_612183 said:

Am I missing something simple here that the driver could in fact have been May's husband who is now sadly deceased?

It could have been but I've no proof. I don't know where to start with the witness statement. I think if I could do that and send in the relevant documents I would then just relax. Its the getting the evidence and statement together that's panicking me. I thought because the claimant didn't show the Judge might have dismissed the case. The fact that he didn't scares me.

DE_612183

yes, it's a shame that you didnt turn up as it probably would have been dismissed.

on the upside if they didn't turn up first time, they may not second time.

The people here will guide you through the evidence and statement stuff - it's mostly cut and paste from templates then adding your own info - an hour or so work possibly a bit longer if you're not tech savvy!

Don't Panic!   

maycowan

Yes if someone could send me templates and I can add my own bits. The thing is I hadn't submitted anything for today's hearing as I didn't get the email. Maybe the claimant didn't either. Fingers crossed they don't turn up next time. Do I need to send the evidence to the claimant and the court
Thanks

Le_Kirk

Read this below about witness statements: -

Your witness statement is "in support of your defence as already filed" and therefore should be ............... in support of and back up whatever you put in your defence.  It is a narrative of what happened on the day and subsequently, written in the first person in your own words.  It happened to you so no one on here can write it for you.  Reduce the impact of anything negative and emphasise the impact of anything positive. It is also your chance to attach any evidence that you wrote about in your defence.  Read other witness statements to see what those posters wrote - particularly successful ones.

Recent examples of good WSs to use for format and style are @aphex007 @Daiapolon2021 and @anged