URGENT: Court letter Parallel Parking- please help!

star1800

Umkomaas said:

No need to file anything ahead of the hearing. Just inform the clerk that you'll be the LR (your daughter must be present for the hearing) and ask them to inform the Judge. Have a copy of the Lay Representatives (Rights of Audience) Order 1999 handy. 

By the way, I notice you have another thread open adjacent to each other on the first page - are they about exactly the same incident?

No. This threads about my grandmas ticket, the other thread is about my ticket. We both received tickets in same car park on same day. 

Ok thank you will let them as per your advice. Thanks 

star1800

Hey guys just an update. So my grandma received a letter informing her of the court date. Its in December face to face. Unfortunately she is going away in October 2022 until next year feb 2023 for personal reasons. She cannot delay her trip so What options do we have? 

DE_612183

If the hearing is via Teams or Zoom you can still attend - I think a lot of these are virtual now rather than in person?

star1800

its face to face

ab2000

Someone with better knowledge than me will pipe up soon, but unless you excluded those dates on your DQ you have to attend. If not the C wins by default.(I think)

KeithP

star1800 said:

Hey guys just an update. So my grandma received a letter informing her of the court date. Its in December face to face. Unfortunately she is going away in October 2022 until next year feb 2023 for personal reasons. She cannot delay her trip so What options do we have? 

Why weren't those dates blocked out on the Directions Questionnaire that she filed earlier?

Your Grandmother has already effectively told the court that she is available on those dates or has the court made a mistake here?

star1800

it asked which unavailable dates within the next 6 months so she didn't put these dates down as its after 6 months of filling the  DQ

Le_Kirk

She might try writing to the court where the hearing is due to take place and asking for a rearrangement, since she did comply with the request to give days she was unavailable within the next six months but they, the court, decided to ignore that or have been so delayed in their response that the dates she gave now fall outside of the six months.

Coupon-mad

Yep, she needs to copy in the Claimant's rep and ask the local court by email, if the hearing can be postponed OR changed to a phone hearing (if she will be in a country where she can be telephoned).

Attach proof of her flights and point out that the N180 DQ failed to ask for date availability this far forward in time.

TBH though, the Defendant may not get this agreed because she should have thought of this.  It was obvious this was likely to clash and she should have emailed the local court proactively with her lack of availability for 5 months. This was no surprise.

The only good thing is, maybe Grandma qualifies for help with fees(?) and could complete a formal N244 application to ask for an Order for the date to be moved. Possibly at no cost.  Otherwise it's over £100 to apply.

Fruitcake

If she doesn't attend, she will lose, and the claimant will be awarded every penny they have claimed, and possibly awarded costs for unreasonable behaviour.

She has three choices. Attend, or get the hearing date changed, or lose.

I'm sorry to be blunt but I believe those are your grandma's only options.