Help with Defence

Coupon-mad

No, that is all you need at this stage. DCB Legal will discontinue in 6 months.

Le_Kirk

HondaJohn said:

3. The Defendant was a patron at Wilko store in The Meadows Retail Park, was a genuine customer and remained on site throughout their visit. The Defendant asks The Claimant to provide The Claimant is put to strict proof that, during the social distancing measures in place at the time, that any pay and display machine was not only operational but also prominently visible and accessible to those visiting Wilko. Any contract is denied and The Claimant is to put strict proof of all of their allegations.

Normally written as above.  Not sure you need the last sentence unless there are multiple allegations.

Gr1pr

Frankly, as its only a single PCN charge of a maximum of £100 it's almost criminal to falsely inflate the total charge to a sum that high, around £320 instead of the typical £212 once the false costs are removed 

Personally, I think that the England and Wales civil justice system should adopt the £300 or less version in Scotland, so that spurious additions are wheedled out at the start, banned in fact, that would probably reduce the overloaded claims putting less pressure on the CNBC and the civil courts etc

The bean counter paralegals with the faulty calculators should be punished for this malpractice 

HondaJohn

Just to keep people updated, and any other newbies that may come across the thread that this may help:
Defence submitted and acknowledged, and another letter from DCBLegal that they intend to proceed along with their completed questionnaire 

DE_612183

@HondaJohn - all standard stuff - just sit tight and wait..

HondaJohn

Update on the parking fine:
I've received a court date of August through the post. Are DCBLegal likely to proceed or drop the case before it goes to court? 

Gr1pr

Definitely no fine,  but definitely am unpaid invoice private parking company case

Study the Discontinuations thread by Umkomaas for answers 

Coupon-mad

Coupon-mad said:

No, that is all you need at this stage. DCB Legal will discontinue in 6 months.

My prediction above (from August) hasn't changed. Expect frantic phone calls trying to dupe you into settling. Say no. Discontinuance will come. Show us the NoD when you get it.

HondaJohn

Hi all, 

I'm around 11 weeks away from my court date now and no discontinuance from DCB legal, how long should I leave it until I start writing a witness statement? Also, I usually avoid calls from numbers I don't know, should I start answering incase it's DCB legal to tell them I won't be paying anything? 

Coupon-mad

HondaJohn said:

Update on the parking fine:
I've received a court date of August through the post. Are DCBLegal likely to proceed or drop the case before it goes to court? 

What's the deadline for them to pay the court fee?

What's the timeline for you and them to exchange Witness Statements, late July?

No need to answer the phone unless you wanna wind their little baby legal kids up!