Claim Form Received

HairyPrincess

Gr1pr said:

Its not discontinued,  definitely not 

It will continue down the small claims track in the usual manner,  so to your local civil court that you nominated in your N180, for further processing.  That court will write to both parties in due course,  once the case is transferred there from the CNBC in Northampton 

Hi all. By way of update, I now have the date for my hearing. It's a telephone hearing which I wasn't expecting. This includes a para "The parties must file at Court and serve on each other the written evidence upon which they proposed to rely, which must include statements form the parties themselves if they wish to give evidence".
I'm sure this is standard, but does this mean a physical copy of earlier defence? excuse my ignorance

Gr1pr

Did you get the court you asked for   ?  Which court is it   ( some do have telephone hearings  )

Email is the usual option, not written hard copies, but keep yours under 50 pages,  as a pdf document 

Comply with the court order,  by the deadlines,  as a defendant 

HairyPrincess

Yes, it's the court I asked for. St Helens. 
WRT to the evidence, is this the same as my defence document? again, apologies for the ignorance

Gr1pr

I believe that St Helens do phone hearings 

Your Witness Statement plus Exhibits bundle is not your defence,  your defence is already logged and with St Helens civil court,  so definitely do not duplicate it 

Your bundle supports your defence 

I believe that coupon mad explains it in the newbies sticky thread in announcements,  or in the defence template thread in announcements,  have you studied her advice   ?

HairyPrincess

Yes, I will go back and study it now. Thanks for your responses.

HairyPrincess

p.s. DCB legal have literally just emailed me offering a WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAVE AS TO COSTS of £60 in full and final settlement. I think I may just try my luck in court.......

Gr1pr

It wont get to court,  it's following the same pattern as the over 600 in the discontinuations tally thread byUmkomaas 

An N279 discontinuation email will follow soon, so keep checking your inbox and spam folder for it, typically just before the hearing fee is due 

HairyPrincess

Hope so! thanks for your help pal

Coupon-mad

HairyPrincess said:

p.s. DCB legal have literally just emailed me offering a WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAVE AS TO COSTS of £60 in full and final settlement. I think I may just try my luck in court.......

Yes but you MUST send your WS bundle in time and cc in DCB Legal.

Please show us the attached NoD when it arrives with DCB Legal's next email.

HairyPrincess

Coupon-mad said:

HairyPrincess said:

p.s. DCB legal have literally just emailed me offering a WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAVE AS TO COSTS of £60 in full and final settlement. I think I may just try my luck in court.......

Yes but you MUST send your WS bundle in time and cc in DCB Legal.

Please show us the attached NoD when it arrives with DCB Legal's next email.

Thanks, yes I will do. I'm just back from a family funeral in Scotland and need to look at this Witness Statement. I need some advice on how to do this, so I'll have a mooch around this site. Mine is a really simple defence so not sure I can write too much, but any help would be appreciated.