county court defence please help- Due 25/10/22

95Rollers

Coupon-mad said:

Just cancel it...your own words.

I just dug out mine from 2021 - you don't need to go into this much detail, but here was mine after a bad day lol

Dear Sirs,
I wish to decline the offer of the Mediation process due to not answering yes to any of the 3 criteria questions.

I was initially open to the prospect of mediation but when I previously suggested it to the claimants legal representatives Direct Collection Bailiffs Legal - I was told that the client (Parking company) would not be accepting anything less than what was on their claim form which I dispute.

The staff member I spoke to was rude and confrontational ending the call with a curt “Looks like we’ll be seeing you in court then”. Based on this rigid one sided narrative and that of the parking company I accepted that there was no room to open any kind of dialogue with them, and therefore set about to prepare to defend this claim in court.

I have since spent countless hours researching legislation, political debates/ motions, stated cases, relevant court reports, industry codes of practise and various other sources of relevant information which I have raised with the claimants legal representatives.

I feel that my findings need to be heard in court and I would welcome the opportunity to put forward my case and hear the claimant accounting for these.

The claimant and their legal representatives (who are also their debt recovery contractor) were not open to mediation, discussion and for the last 2 years have been harassing me with threats of court action, CCJs, muddying the water with misinformation and personally telling me I will lose in court and likely to be visited by bailiffs - even making indirect threats of being humiliated on national TV due to their notoriety of being the featured bailiff firm on Channel 5’s “Can’t Pay Take It Away” which is the focal point of ALL their correspondence.

This has caused me to feel stressed and needlessly anxious.  I feel the reason they are now open to mediation is because I have not succumbed to their unreasonable threatening correspondence and not paid their disputed amount then on receiving notification of court proceedings. I feel they are only considering mediation with a view to save themselves money as this would be a cheaper option for them and their contractors rather than the cost of pursuing the matter to court.  But as I have told them I dispute their claim and await further communication from the court who will have my full cooperation.