UK Car Park Management Gladstones claim

Gr1pr

Stableintrovert said:

Oh wait, yes it does: each party must deliver to the other party and to the court office copies of all documents on which that party intends to rely at the hearing no later than 14 days before the hearing. Sorry.

That is correct,  it's on almost every standard court order in these cases, so the hearing fee deadline is 4 weeks before   ( put up or shut up  ) and that exchange submission date is 2 weeks before the hearing date 

People tell us this all the time,  yet we know that it's very rarely true

So you could prepare your WS & Exhibits bundle in the meantime,  then check with the court after the payment deadline to see if the fee was paid.  If it was, then its likely to continue to the hearing,  otherwise it's over 

Stableintrovert

Okay so if it's emails - how do I go about using those? Would I print them out in full? Or cut and paste them onto word documents? Do I also use the emails between me and Gladstones where she says it doesn't matter because i didn't tell them within 28 days? Sorry to ask so many questions.

Stableintrovert

Coupon-mad said:

In short: they lied.

Await your Hearing Order then include all of this in your Witness statement and attach the email evidence. We will help you.

There is NO 28 DAY DEADLINE in the POFA. Stop being sucked in!

Please would you be able to help me? I would be really grateful. Thank you. Do I just put what I put originally? And print out the emails, etc?

Gr1pr

No you dont repeat the defence 

Use word

Study the advice in the following thread 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6580701/claim-against-me-by-dcb#latest

Study the exemplar witness statements by the victims named in the reply,  studying each case 

Also read the advice by car1980 below too

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81436607#Comment_81436607

And study the advice given by coupon mad in the newbies sticky thread in announcements near the top of the forum as well 

No printing required,  just email 

Coupon-mad

You can either:

 - screenshot emails and put those images into your word document with an exhibit number at the top

or

- save each full email as a PDF then use a 'merge PDF' online tool to make them into one document.

Stableintrovert

I've read so much and am completely overwhelmed. Harry's defence is 48 pages long. I don't know which bits to copy

Gr1pr

Stableintrovert said:

I've read so much and am completely overwhelmed. Harry's defence is 48 pages long. I don't know which bits to copy

No it wasn't,  it was his witness statement that was nearly the maximum 50 pages , yours should be similar by folliwling the advice given here by coupon mad 

You have plenty of time to start drafting it  ( hint,  we are here to advise you,  but it's your homework  )

Stableintrovert

I meant WS, sorry.  It just doesn't seem to apply to me. I am writing it, but have about 50 tabs open but don't know which bits to keep (parking signage when this isn't about that for me)

Gr1pr

No, you meant witness statement,  no defence is 48 pages, its  typically 2 pages and around 30 paragraphs 

Its your bespoke witness statement that you are drafting in word or as pdfs,  but the final document will be a pdf 

Just so you know,  you will be drafting it, because this is a self help forum, nobody here will write ut for you,  hence why you study good examples to learn from  ( most people here have never drafted a WS, myself included   )

Johnersh

The op may wish to know that correspondence can be collated into date order and attached to the statement as a single exhibit - there is no need for each to be appended separately, so long as everything has a page number.

There is a free tool for collating court bundles which I've not used, but may be worth looking at - buntool.co.uk 

This will not require a statement chock full of template defence if the correspondence shows clearly that a driver's details and address were provided in good time. That is the only real evidence required (plus an account that on the day X borrowed my car etc).