Defence and WS in shight of court day after UK PPO ticket

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Bump.
Any news?

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Redkite22 said:

Hello Everybody
I recently received these 2 letters at home. My understand is that UK Parking Patrol Office has to pay £27 otherwise the court will drop the case and if they do next step will be court in the 3rd of october. Before that I am expecting other letter to how and what kind of document they want to be sent before the hearing, is that right?

Also I want to ask if attendance in the court could be a game changer because that day I am out of the country. 

Did you get consent from the other side? Was the hearing adjourned?

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Redkite22

I tried to call the Court on Monday 8th as suggest but they couldn't tell me if the trial fee was payed, anyway a week later I received the Witness Statement fro the BW Legal Paralegal with all the Paragraph, picture of the parkign ecc, a quite big booklet. Is it now my turn to send the Witness Statement? 

Redkite22

Hearing Date is the 3rd of october

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Redkite22 said:

Hearing Date is the 3rd of October

Right... so your deadline was likely last Friday and you are LATE. You had your deadline on page 2 of the Hearing Order.

Get a WS & exhibits emailed to BW Legal and the local court tomorrow without fail.

I hope you are not out of the country on 3rd because being late with your WS then not turning up to your hearing exposes you to added costs for a course of unreasonable conduct.

Redkite22

I've sent WS to the Courte on the 23rd already and emailed them today that I won't be able to attend due to personal circumstances. I know this puts me in a bad light, but unfortunately I had other importatant thing to deal with in this period of my life. I don't at this point in a bad scenario how much the court could aske me to pay and if my chance of winning tends to 0. I received another letter from the BW Legal that is willing to accept £185 before the 1st octobe to settle. Would be a smart move to pay at this point? I am willing to pay till £250 and go till the end of the matter but if you guys suggest it could be further more maybe is wise to pay. what do you suggest?

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Which court?

Redkite22

Leicester 

Coupon-mad

Hmmm hard to know but by not attending you are completely handing their rep the floor, to speak unchallenged.

But you have emailed to say you can't attend, so you haven't acted too unreasonably (except your WS was late, did you cc in BW Legal to the WS too?).

Up to you if you try to offer settlement or, if you think you put in great evidence pictures of poor signage and a compelling story that you rejected the contract by leaving, you might want to wait and see.

But I am 99% sure you will lose by not attending & speaking in person. And the rep might argue for your late WS to be struck out.

Redkite22

How much could i be ask to pay in total? The claimant is asking £100 for the ticket +  £70 for legal costs. How much is usually court fees?