CAN ANYONE PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY DEFENCE LETTER DRAFT?

ale8966

Hallo lovely people,
I have received this letter in the post the other day. I think I have seen similar letters in the forum, and your comments said that this is a good sign.. do you think that is the case for me too? 
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Le_Kirk

It's the usual precursor to a discontinuance. 

ale8966

@Le_Kirk, I truly hope that is the case!! Many thanks, will keep you posted if good news arrive!

Le_Kirk

Just look at this thread: -
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6377263/dcb-legal-record-of-private-parking-court-claim-discontinuations/p1

ale8966

Hi, I am continuing on the original thread, as requested.

In the new thread I mistakenly created, 

Gr1pr says:

 

5 November at 11:48PM edited 6 November at 12:17AM

No, not lost, but joining a telephone call mediation hearing is compulsory now , on cases since may 2024

Take the call, offer nothing, tell the mediator that you cannot compromise so want the case to go to a hearing, politely end the call

Then carry on as usual 

Ps, you should have had a letter about the mediation hearing , there are numerous threads on here over the last few months regarding the mediation hearing 

But I wanted to say that I still haven’t received a mediation letter or email. Just a simple text from GOV.UK saying I should read the letter before the appointment. Is this important? Does it make a difference?
Thank you and apologies again

ale8966

Hi all,
I had another look at the 12 steps and I realised where I made a mistake: Point 10 and 11!
I didn’t send the form via email as you suggested AND I did send it via recorded service.AND I didn’t notify the claimant. … all of which because I didn’t have any immediate way to scan the form.
Is this a bad mistake, in term of consequences?
This is probably the reason why I have not received a mail notification, but they should have sent me a written letter.
I have read the threads about the mediation, and I will follow that step closely, I will make sure to revise my whole defence letter in case they ask me for a summary (it’s over a year old at this point!), and will post an update after the call… it’s in two days and I am very nervous about it!
thank you for your help and support!

Gr1pr

No biggies, no consequences, its where you are now, just prior to the mediation stage 

No idea why you are nervous, 5 minute phone call, you offer nothing, they want the full amount. ( Or more than you are prepared to pay. )  , no agreement, your tell the mediator that no agreement can be made so you are stopping the call and leaving it for the court to decide 

Whilst you can review your case to refresh your memory, it won't be required at the mediation call

ale8966

Gr1pr said:

No biggies, no consequences, its where you are now, just prior to the mediation stage 

No idea why you are nervous, 5 minute phone call, you offer nothing, they want the full amount. ( Or more than you are prepared to pay. )  , no agreement, your tell the mediator that no agreement can be made so you are stopping the call and leaving it for the court to decide 

Whilst you can review your case to refresh your memory, it won't be required at the mediation call

Thank you, I’ll make sure I’ll follow the advice this time.. I just hope I don’t have to go to court.. but let’s do one step at time 😁

ale8966

Hi all,
I have just come back from my holiday and found this letter in the post, and I could really do with some help about what to do.
It seems to say that the court has not received or has lost my questionnaire.
First of all I don’t understand how that is possible, since I did receive the call about mediation, and during the call I seem to remember that they referred to some details that were in the questionnaire.
On the other hand, as I mentioned in my previous posts, I DID make the mistake of not sending the questionnaire via email AND I did send it via recorded service.AND I didn’t notify the claimant, which I bitterly regret now.
The problem is that they are asking me to send a copy of the questionnaire, ad I don’t have it, well, I did take screenshots of it before I sent it, I wonder if this could be a valid way to send it… there is no email address for the court they want me to send it to (the one I requested near my address)… how am I supposed to send this now in order to avoid further mistakes? Can I possibly find out the email address for my assigned court and send them the screenshots of my questionnaire ?
It all seems to be getting really odd. I attach copy of the letter after I deleted all possible identification.
Thank you for any help you can provide, I know this is the consequence of not following the steps properly, I am really sorry about this.
Thank you

KeithP

Surely there is a copy of your completed Directions Questionnaire in your email 'sent' folder?