73 year old pensioner - QDR Solicitors taking me to court

MLalami50

Gr1pr said:

You should be writing and submitting your own witness statement bundle, especially because you have now received theirs. The newbies sticky thread that you read has this stage in a section 

When is the witness statement due by. ?  Your court order from your local civil court tells you this , its the same deadline as the claimant ECP and QDR had

When is the hearing date. ?

It's on the 11th November. I plan on submitting mine early next week. I never received any communication from the court with a deadline date.

Thanks,
Maria

Gr1pr

You did, that court order will have a paragraph about it, stating that it should be no later than 2 weeks before, so its definitely due, possibly on Monday , especially because you have received theirs, meaning that they read the court order and acted on it regarding the deadline 

MLalami50

Gr1pr said:

You did, that court order will have a paragraph about it, stating that it should be no later than 2 weeks before, so its definitely due, possibly on Monday , especially because you have received theirs, meaning that they read the court order and acted on it regarding the deadline 

Ahh I see, I am currently working on it today and will have it ready by Monday, however I feel like I've already lost after reviewing their defence 😢

Coupon-mad

They haven't issued a defence.

They've supplied their usual template witness statement. This is the same as every case.

Is it even signed by the parking firm employee?

Are the signage photos dated (relevantly)?

Is the landowner authority in date? Is it signed by the actual landowner?

MLalami50

Coupon-mad said:

They haven't issued a defence.

They've supplied their usual template witness statement. This is the same as every case.

Is it even signed by the parking firm employee?

Are the signage photos dated (relevantly)?

Is the landowner authority in date? Is it signed by the actual landowner?

They have provided a copy of the Standards of Service Agreement between. I don't think it is signed by the landowner. 

Coupon-mad

What does all the rest of that agreemrnt say?

MLalami50

Coupon-mad said:

What does all the rest of that agreemrnt say?

I have sent you a private message with the full document attached as it contains sensitive information.

Thank you :-)

Gr1pr

Your court order should state something like 

 "each party must send to the court and each other, such documents as they wish to rely on, at least 14 days before the hearing date"?

MLalami50

Is there a template to use for the Witness Statement? I'm struggling to find a template on the forum. Apologies

Gr1pr

No, no templates, each case is different, so templates don't help, just recent cases that have excellent witness statements, some of which have just concluded or been discontinued