Court Case for unloading bulky furniture outside own (rented) residence

Le_Kirk

So long as you left in Jopson v Homeguard Services and the case reference number you can point to it and expand with the actual hearing judgment in your witness statement.

UnloadTheShelves

TWO MONTHS ON: An update and a new humble request for advice please, many thanks in advance. 

The long awaited N180 is finally here and I have a question about the D1 question. Of course I will put NO as an answer, but I did get a little lost in the forum with advice raging across many years from 2016 up to 2022 but don't seem to be able to find anything more recent (apologies! I really did try!). Is this still the recommended wording to explain/justify selecting "No", please? 

I am not content for the case to be heard 'on the papers' because that seems to disproportionately give an advantage to a legally represented party.  I feel strongly after all these years of intimidating demands from this aggressive parking firm and their agents, that I need a voice at an attended hearing.  

I wish to question the Claimant about their evidence at a hearing in person and to expose omissions and any misleading or incorrect evidence or assertions. 

Given the Claimant is a firm who complete cut & paste parking case paperwork for a living, having this case heard solely on papers would appear to put the Claimant at an unfair advantage, especially as they would no doubt prefer the Defendant not to have the opportunity to expose the issues in the Claimants template submissions or speak as the only true witness to events in question.

With many thanks and gratitude as always! 

UnloadTheShelves

One more question (forgive me!) that will most definitely sound silly, but I genuinely don't have a clue and can't find pointer either. 

I am aware that I need to send the filled in Form N180 to both the court and the Claimant, but does this have to be by post/registered mail? Because the Court forwarded my Defence to the Claimant, I never actually used their email address and I have no idea what it is (!), and I am worried that if they don't sign for their postal deliveries, I will never have a proof that I sent it and that they received it? The deadline is 29th August so i don't have much time left if I have to use Royal Mail and a postal address? I would be ever so grateful if anyone could advice about how to send to both the Court and the Claimant digitally?? Thank you!!

KeithP

UnloadTheShelves said:

TWO MONTHS ON: An update and a new humble request for advice please, many thanks in advance. 

The long awaited N180 is finally here and I have a question about the D1 question. Of course I will put NO as an answer, but I did get a little lost in the forum with advice raging across many years from 2016 up to 2022 but don't seem to be able to find anything more recent (apologies! I really did try!). Is this still the recommended wording to explain/justify selecting "No", please? 

I am not content for the case to be heard 'on the papers' because that seems to disproportionately give an advantage to a legally represented party.  I feel strongly after all these years of intimidating demands from this aggressive parking firm and their agents, that I need a voice at an attended hearing.  

I wish to question the Claimant about their evidence at a hearing in person and to expose omissions and any misleading or incorrect evidence or assertions. 

Given the Claimant is a firm who complete cut & paste parking case paperwork for a living, having this case heard solely on papers would appear to put the Claimant at an unfair advantage, especially as they would no doubt prefer the Defendant not to have the opportunity to expose the issues in the Claimants template submissions or speak as the only true witness to events in question.

With many thanks and gratitude as always! 

This thread - New Questions on the N180 Form - should help.

KeithP

UnloadTheShelves said:

One more question (forgive me!) that will most definitely sound silly, but I genuinely don't have a clue and can't find pointer either. 

I am aware that I need to send the filled in Form N180 to both the court and the Claimant, but does this have to be by post/registered mail? Because the Court forwarded my Defence to the Claimant, I never actually used their email address and I have no idea what it is (!), and I am worried that if they don't sign for their postal deliveries, I will never have a proof that I sent it and that they received it? The deadline is 29th August so i don't have much time left if I have to use Royal Mail and a postal address? I would be ever so grateful if anyone could advice about how to send to both the Court and the Claimant digitally?? Thank you!!

Remember that checklist you were following when you filed a Defence?
Items 9, 10 and 11 on that list have your answers.

B789

It's not too difficult to find a general email address for PCMUKfrom their website: info@pcm-uk.co.uk

You email the N180 DQ to the CCBCAQ email address and you CC the claimant or their solicitor, if they're using one. You should also CC in yourself which will be an additional form of proof you sent it.

Using snail mail should be an option of last resort and is not necessary for this.

UnloadingShelves

Hello,

I would appreciate people experience with time lines please:

How long does it usually take to get a hearing date once Notice of Allocation to the Small Claims Track is received? 

We got that yesterday (everything is taking much longer than I thought it would) and it says witness statement needs to be in no later than 14 days  before the hearing. ....

Currently dealing with a lot of overwhelming stuff all at once, so hoping this won't need my attention for a while? Or can court date literally arrive any day now so I better start working on it asap? (Even though I can't imagine coping with it for at least 3-4 weeks).

As always - many thanks!!

Coupon-mad

Send in an updated DQ, stating your unavailability for a hearing at the moment.  Cross out whole months if you need to.  Plot it right through until the Autumn and don't forget likely holidays.

Your court won't know unless you tell them!

UnloadingShelves

Oh my goodness- THANK YOU!! Never knew that was an option, this is so hugely relieving that I can't even explain. Thank you so so much Coupon-mad! So grateful!!! 

Le_Kirk

UnloadingShelves said:

Hello,

I would appreciate people experience 

Are you the same poster as @UnloadTheShelves?  If so, you should continue to use your previous name as it is confusing, if not, why are you posting on this thread?  Did you lose/forget your log-in and password?