DCBL Letter of claim

Coupon-mad

May? Then you have to attend a Mediation call.  Discussed already in other threads.

NorthWalian

Coupon-mad said:

May? Then you have to attend a Mediation call.  Discussed already in other threads.

Sorry for the late reply

I found an old form online that got me out of the mediation call thankfully (might have been better to agree in hindsight as DCBL might not have bothered to attend)

I have now had a letter that sets a date and time for a hearing and a deadline for a witness statement

What do I need to do at this stage and how far before it inevitably gets dropped?

NorthWalian

NorthWalian said:

Coupon-mad said:

May? Then you have to attend a Mediation call.  Discussed already in other threads.

Sorry for the late reply

I found an old form online that got me out of the mediation call thankfully (might have been better to agree in hindsight as DCBL might not have bothered to attend)

I have now had a letter that sets a date and time for a hearing and a deadline for a witness statement

What do I need to do at this stage and how far before it inevitably gets dropped?

I assume that my trick worked as the form give states that mediation is not suitable

Umkomaas

The 12 steps in the Template Defence Announcement will cover where you are now. Before too long you will likely receive an 'offer to settle' which is normally the precursor to discontinuation. But ... you must crack on with your WS in case they continue to push forward. Take nothing for granted. 

Coupon-mad

To read about WS and find the standard a-f list of recommended exhibits, go back to the second post of the NEWBIES thread and read the second half of the info in that post.

Posters need to search the forum for a recent Witness statement example or ten. I'm not posting exemplars as things change and people copy old stuff.

NorthWalian

Umkomaas said:

The 12 steps in the Template Defence Announcement will cover where you are now. Before too long you will likely receive an 'offer to settle' which is normally the precursor to discontinuation. But ... you must crack on with your WS in case they continue to push forward. Take nothing for granted. 

How different is the WS to the defence I had to make a few months back?

KeithP

NorthWalian said:

Umkomaas said:

The 12 steps in the Template Defence Announcement will cover where you are now. Before too long you will likely receive an 'offer to settle' which is normally the precursor to discontinuation. But ... you must crack on with your WS in case they continue to push forward. Take nothing for granted. 

How different is the WS to the defence I had to make a few months back?

Totally different. Read the guidance. See what others have done.

NorthWalian

Coupon-mad said:

To read about WS and find the standard a-f list of recommended exhibits, go back to the second post of the NEWBIES thread and read the second half of the info in that post.

Posters need to search the forum for a recent Witness statement example or ten. I'm not posting exemplars as things change and people copy old stuff.

I have now received an email with a £150 offer of settlement.

Does this mean that they are on their way to dropping the case and should I reply to reject the offer?

Gr1pr

Reject, or ignore and wait for the next development, but its a typical last ditch attempt to get the money before they discontinue

NorthWalian

Coupon-mad said:

To read about WS and find the standard a-f list of recommended exhibits, go back to the second post of the NEWBIES thread and read the second half of the info in that post.

Posters need to search the forum for a recent Witness statement example or ten. I'm not posting exemplars as things change and people copy old stuff.

I saw what I should include but I am not really sure which of them apply to this case considering how my circumstances are quite unique.

As my defence mentioned the location of the keypad should I include that too?