Lease car defence

Le_Kirk

Beatie_HL said:

Hi KeithP,
the issue date was 16 April 25. I filed Acknowledgement of Service on 19th April. Why is that important?
thanks

Because @KeithP can now tell you your deadline for submitting your defence by email.

KeithP

With a Claim Issue Date of 16th April, and having filed an Acknowledgment of Service('AOS') in a timely manner, you have until 4pm on Monday 19th May 2025 to file a Defence.

That's one week away. Plenty of time to produce a Defence but please don't leave it to the last minute.

To create a Defence, and then file a Defence by email, look at the second post in the NEWBIES thread.

Don't miss the deadline for filing a Defence.

Do not try and file a Defence via the MoneyClaimOnline website. Once an AOS has been filed, the MCOL website should be treated as 'read only'.

Le_Kirk

There you are, I told you he would!

Beatie_HL

Hello again. Update - I have now received the below email from DCB Legal. Am I right to assume I just need to wait for my N180 questionnaire from the court, and not reply to this email? Thanks. 

“Having reviewed the content of your defence, we write to inform you that our client intends to proceed with the claim.In due course, the Court will direct both parties to each file a directions questionnaire. In preparation for that, please find attached a copy of the Claimant's, which we confirm has been filed with the Court.Without Prejudice to the above, in order to assist the Court in achieving its overriding objective, our client may be prepared to settle this case - in the event you wish to discuss settlement, please call us on 0203 434 0433 within 7 days and make immediate reference to this correspondence. If you have provided an email address within your Defence, we intend to use it for service of documents (usually in PDF format) hereon in pursuant to PD 6A (4.1)(2)(c). Please advise whether there are any limitations to this (for example, the format in which documents are to be sent and the maximum size of attachments that may be received). Unless you advise otherwise, we will assume not.”

Coupon-mad

Yes but no assumptions are needed. 

This is already in the first 12 steps in the first post of the Template Defence thread, which don't need checking on every thread ... otherwise I may as well not have put the steps in one place!