Defending a Private PCN in County Court

bohomark

JerryJ64 said:

You are urgently advised to file your N180 DQ. If you believe that you have already filed your DQ, do you have evidence of such? If you sent it as a pdf attachment by email, did you receive an automatic acknowledgement by email from the CNBC? If not, your DQ was never received by them.

Resend your completed DQ now and you must receive an auto-acknowledgement email from them. A copy must also be sent to the claimant or their solicitor, if they're using one.

I suggest you send the DQ addressed to both the court and the claimant and also include yourself in the "CC" address line of the email. At least then you have proof of having sent it to both the court and the claimant.

Failure to follow the above advice is likely to lead to you getting a default judgment against you.

That's great. I had filled it, with both the court and the DCBLegal. Apparently, I did not get a response from the court, but fortunately, did get one form DCBL. I filled it again today (four hours before the deadline) thank goodness. This time I got a response from the court and I called them to check. They didn't look for the email, but said, if I have a response, it's fine.

Thanks again.

bohomark

Dear ***** **********, 

 

We act for the Claimant in the above matter.  

 

Our client has instructed us to discontinue Court proceedings and close our file. Therefore, please find enclosed the Claimant’s N279 Notice of Discontinuance for your records.  

The attached has also been filed with the Court. 

We will now proceed to close our file accordingly. 

Kind Regards, 

**** ********** 

DCB Legal Ltd  

Can I apply to the court for costs, since this was a ridiculous claim from the outset and has cost me a lot of time?

Coupon-mad

Costs are already explained in the NEWBIES thread second post, with a link to a case.

But yay - you won! 

As expected from DCB Legal (every case) but great to see it arrive.  So it is over!  Congrats!

I will add you to the DCBLegal discontinuances thread which now records over 320 cases...

bohomark

Coupon-mad said:

But yay - you won! 

We won!!! Thank you for all your help, advice and support.