5 year old "fine"

FlatTyre

So I got an email regarding the mediation phase. I chose to make myself available while overseas instead of delegating to someone else, which by the way included filling out a form. The mediation process seems straightforward, but the attached descriptive document only talks about "Developing options", "Building agreement", "Settlement Options", etc. Am I going to be coerced into a deal? Because I don't want to pay these bloodthirsty thieves anything and I am happy to defend my case in court.

Gr1pr

Mediation is dealt with in the newbies sticky thread or the 12 steps in the defence template thread 

A quick no compromise, no agreement, and you are done with mediation, 5 minutes call. ( Mediation is rarely suitable in private parking claims, those categories relate more to rent arrears or phone contracts etc. )

Fruitcake

FlatTyre said:

So I got an email regarding the mediation phase. I chose to make myself available while overseas instead of delegating to someone else, which by the way included filling out a form. The mediation process seems straightforward, but the attached descriptive document only talks about "Developing options", "Building agreement", "Settlement Options", etc. Am I going to be coerced into a deal? Because I don't want to pay these bloodthirsty thieves anything and I am happy to defend my case in court.

Mediation goes like this.

Claimant: Pay us some money 
You: No. See you in court.
Mediator: Okay then. 

End of mediation

All you have to do is keep saying no to everything except cancellation of the charge.

Coupon-mad

You to the Mediator:

I don't want to pay these bloodthirsty thieves anything and I am happy to defend my case in court. Can I just add: I sincerely hope the penny is dropping with the compulsory Mediation scheme that it isn't appropriate for scam private parking claims?  Did you realise they always discontinue before hearings? No? Please provide that as feedback at your next team-meeting and stop telling victims to pay.

Goodbye!

FlatTyre

So... Just 2 weeks before the hearing, they withdrew their case. Over the last months, they sent me settlement offers going up to 50%. They wanted "only" 50% of imaginary money, which I should never have been asked to pay anyway. I checked if I could counter-sue them for the emotional distress they caused me, but it seems that it is unlikely to succeed.

Anyway, I would like to thank the people here who guided me through a stressful time. And the knowledge I gained is immense. May you all live happily ever after.

Coupon-mad

FlatTyre said:

So... Just 2 weeks before the hearing, they withdrew their case. Over the last months, they sent me settlement offers going up to 50%. They wanted "only" 50% of imaginary money, which I should never have been asked to pay anyway. I checked if I could counter-sue them for the emotional distress they caused me, but it seems that it is unlikely to succeed.

Anyway, I would like to thank the people here who guided me through a stressful time. And the knowledge I gained is immense. May you all live happily ever after.

Great! You won - congrats!

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST!

But we can't count your success until you show us the attached NoD from DCB Legal. See the thread by @Umkomaas and add it!