Received a Claim Form for an ANPR "fine" for £260.00, and don't think there's much of a defense?

go-on-then

Mediation is never recommended on here. Remember they only want your money. 

Umkomaas

mylampisonthetable said:

I have today received the DQ and an offer for telephone mediation was included in the same envelope. Would that be a good option in this case or should I proceed onwards as usual?

 Each and every step you need to take take in the court process has been carefully drafted for you in the NEWBIES FAQ Announcement, second post.  We cannot keep answering the same questions multiple times. We have recently lost 2 prolific, highly active regulars, and those very few of us that are left, are buckling.

Please use that checklist, it will allow us to help more people.

D_P_Dance

As Umko says please read the newbies. r

Snakes_Belly

Mediation is not suited to this type of claim. The PPC will not reduce the amount of the claim by much and you will reach an impasse. It will be a waste of your time. 

Mediation is more suited to an insurance claim whereby liability has been admitted by the insurance company and an offer has been made but the amount is in question.

mylampisonthetable

BW Legal have sent me their copy of the Directions Questionnaire, in which they have answered "0" to question D3 ("How many witnesses, including yourself, will give evidence on your behalf at the hearing?"). I'm curious as to what this means and if - well it's a long shot - if this helps me somehow?

KeithP

mylampisonthetable said:

BW Legal have sent me their copy of the Directions Questionnaire, in which they have answered "0" to question D3 ("How many witnesses, including yourself, will give evidence on your behalf at the hearing?"). I'm curious as to what this means and if - well it's a long shot - if this helps me somehow?

It means that neither BWL nor the Claimant will be present at any hearing.
However, it is entirely possible, even likely, that an advocate will attend on their behalf. An advocate is not a witness and cannot be questioned at the hearing.

mylampisonthetable

Despite sending the DQ to the CCBCAQ email address over a week ago, MCOL is not showing that they have received it. I've sent them another email, but do I need to do more? I wouldn't want to have a judgement by default.

Umkomaas

mylampisonthetable said:

Despite sending the DQ to the CCBCAQ email address over a week ago, MCOL is not showing that they have received it. I've sent them another email, but do I need to do more? I wouldn't want to have a judgement by default.

Call the CCBC to enquire if you're getting towards a critical date, but be prepared for a lengthy wait 'on hold'.

Le_Kirk

mylampisonthetable said:

Despite sending the DQ to the CCBCAQ email address over a week ago, MCOL is not showing that they have received it. I've sent them another email, but do I need to do more? I wouldn't want to have a judgement by default.

Did you receive an "auto-reply" when you sent the e-mail?  Did you use Hotmail?  Did you send it outside of working hours?  It has been noted that the CCBC servers are sometimes not accepting e-mail after 16.00 and before 09.00 and also there is a problem using Hotmail.

mylampisonthetable

I received a letter telling me about an online hearing taking place on the 27th May, and I need to get my witness statement in by 5th May. I will endeavour to start working on one. I am curious as to how much impact a WS will have on the case, considering that a defence has already been filed? And I also have a second question - what sorts of things should NOT be done when putting together a WS? As I said, I have not started one yet but will post some updates over the coming days.