County Court Claim form defence

Coupon-mad

Surely they said they were unavailable for a hearing for a month before and the month after, at least.

MissA123

So my court date is Friday, i dont even know what to say, will they take into consideration it was a free car park where i had swimming lessons? Does the judge just make decisions based on the defence we submitted?

bn06ash

I also have my court case this week and keen to understand what I should expect, do I just reaffirm my written defence?

Coupon-mad

This is a normal stage and hearings are already covered in NEWBIES PLEASE READ THESE FAQS FIRST.

I really hope you both read the second post of it earlier this Summer and DIDN'T just stop at sending a defence months ago (a Witness Statement/evidence is required, as was directed in your respective Hearing Orders).

If either of you hasn't done a WS bundle, do it TODAY or you are effectively not a witness and can't speak at the hearing unless the Judge is very accommodating.

Read the WS & evidence examples in the NEWBIES thread, open a Word doc now and copy & paste an example in and amend it to suit your case. Today. It can be emailed (and obviously not to the CNBC at Northampton).

Hopefully you both already did your WS bundles and I'm worried about nothing!

bn06ash

Coupon-mad said:

This is a normal stage and hearings are already covered in NEWBIES PLEASE READ THESE FAQS FIRST.

I really hope you both read the second post of it earlier this Summer and DIDN'T just stop at sending a defence months ago (a Witness Statement/evidence is required, as was directed in your respective Hearing Orders).

If either of you hasn't done a WS bundle, do it TODAY or you are effectively not a witness and can't speak at the hearing unless the Judge is very accommodating.

Read the WS & evidence examples in the NEWBIES thread, open a Word doc now and copy & paste an example in and amend it to suit your case. Today. It can be emailed (and obviously not to the CNBC at Northampton).

Hopefully you both already did your WS bundles and I'm worried about nothing!

Thanks, I've submitted my defence now - I sent to the 

CCBCAQ@justice.gov.uk email address and also the county court email address - I imagine that is ok?

LDast

bn06ash said:

Coupon-mad said:

This is a normal stage and hearings are already covered in NEWBIES PLEASE READ THESE FAQS FIRST.

I really hope you both read the second post of it earlier this Summer and DIDN'T just stop at sending a defence months ago (a Witness Statement/evidence is required, as was directed in your respective Hearing Orders).

If either of you hasn't done a WS bundle, do it TODAY or you are effectively not a witness and can't speak at the hearing unless the Judge is very accommodating.

Read the WS & evidence examples in the NEWBIES thread, open a Word doc now and copy & paste an example in and amend it to suit your case. Today. It can be emailed (and obviously not to the CNBC at Northampton).

Hopefully you both already did your WS bundles and I'm worried about nothing!

Thanks, I've submitted my defence now - I sent to the 

CCBCAQ@justice.gov.uk email address and also the county court email address - I imagine that is ok?

You haven’t answered the question… did you send a WITNESS STATEMENT and EVIDENCE to the local court AND the Claimant/solicitor?

Your defence was submitted to the CNBC.  If you’ve been allocated a hearing date at your local court, you should have followed the advice in the Defence Template thread. Did you?

I can see why @Coupon-mad is worried. The defendant ought to be worried even more.

bn06ash

LDast said:

bn06ash said:

Coupon-mad said:

This is a normal stage and hearings are already covered in NEWBIES PLEASE READ THESE FAQS FIRST.

I really hope you both read the second post of it earlier this Summer and DIDN'T just stop at sending a defence months ago (a Witness Statement/evidence is required, as was directed in your respective Hearing Orders).

If either of you hasn't done a WS bundle, do it TODAY or you are effectively not a witness and can't speak at the hearing unless the Judge is very accommodating.

Read the WS & evidence examples in the NEWBIES thread, open a Word doc now and copy & paste an example in and amend it to suit your case. Today. It can be emailed (and obviously not to the CNBC at Northampton).

Hopefully you both already did your WS bundles and I'm worried about nothing!

Thanks, I've submitted my defence now - I sent to the 

CCBCAQ@justice.gov.uk email address and also the county court email address - I imagine that is ok?

You haven’t answered the question… did you send a WITNESS STATEMENT and EVIDENCE to the local court AND the Claimant/solicitor?

Your defence was submitted to the CNBC.  If you’ve been allocated a hearing date at your local court, you should have followed the advice in the Defence Template thread. Did you?

I can see why @Coupon-mad is worried. The defendant ought to be worried even more.

I have attempted to file my Witness statement and exhibits.

I've been back through my paperwork and the letter from the court did not stipulate a deadline from this (the original court date was moved) - it was almost as if a page was missing - I've been back through my paperwork and double checked this.

The WS and Exhibits have been sent to CCBCAQ, the local court at Leeds and the VCS legal team.

KeithP

bn06ash said:

I've been back through my paperwork and the letter from the court did not stipulate a deadline from this (the original court date was moved) - it was almost as if a page was missing - I've been back through my paperwork and double checked this.

Look again at your Notice of Allocation. The Notice that gives the hearing date.

Is there not a paragraph something like:

Each party must deliver to every other party and to the court office copies of all documents on which he intends to rely at the hearing no later than [ . . . ] [14 days before the hearing].

Might be on the back.

Those 'documents on which you intend to rely' are your Witness Statement and evidence.

I note that you say the hearing date has been moved, but if there is nothing to say your filing deadline has also changed, then that information on your Notice of Allocation remains good.

bn06ash said:

The WS and Exhibits have been sent to CCBCAQ, the local court at Leeds and the VCS legal team.

The CNBC lost all interest in the case once it was transferred to the hearing court.

bn06ash

Case was today and I'll put comments in the relevant thread to avoid confusion.

My defence wasn't considered as I'd missed the deadline, the Judge accepted my candid apologies - I did however manage to make the necessary defences (admittedly pretty much on the fly) in the hearing.

MissA123

Oh i didnt even complete a witness statement. Il try and email one now.