Witness Statement

Svendaf

Good afternoon,

I have court date following the process on this thread. MCOL, Defence, mediation etc.

I have received a witness statement from the Claimant, where they counter all of the points made in my defence based on standard defence template and state they won't be turning up pursuant to CPR 27.9.

What do I write in my witness statement, do I attempt to counter their witness statement points or just write my view of events.

Thanks

Le_Kirk

Your witness statement is "in support of your defence as already filed" and therefore should be ............... in support of and back up whatever you put in your defence.  It is a narrative of what happened on the day and subsequently, written in the first person in your own words.  It happened to you so no one on here can write it for you.  If you have received the claimant's witness statement, you can refer to it and use it to reduce the impact of anything negative and emphasise the impact of anything positive. It is also your chance to attach any evidence that you wrote about in your defence.  Read other witness statements to see what those posters wrote - particularly successful ones.
These are some from recent posters, which you can use as examples of format and style: -

@busymerchbee73, @Feyla, @Char27, @aza123 which includes includes Chan & Akande only IF you used that in your defence.

Coupon-mad

Svendaf said:

Good afternoon,

I have court date following the process on this thread. MCOL, Defence, mediation etc.

I have received a witness statement from the Claimant, where they counter all of the points made in my defence based on standard defence template and state they won't be turning up pursuant to CPR 27.9.

What do I write in my witness statement, do I attempt to counter their witness statement points or just write my view of events.

Aren't you just describing a bog standard Gladstones WS?! Same stage as this one:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6593447/help-defending-a-very-silly-pcn-from-uk-car-park-managment-limited/p7

A recent WS by @aza123 is recent & has the Chan & Akande judgments that you also rely upon. Click & read their thread.

Also search the forum for the name of the signatory of the Gladstones WS. Loads of WS examples recently tear apart their rubbish!

A Gladstones fresh-faced paralegal kid is not a witness. Your evidence will prevail. Don't forget to ask for your costs at the end of the hearing before you leave.

Svendaf

Thank you for the steer.

Coupon-mad

Svendaf said:

Thank you for the steer.

And a nudge to do this too:

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See this thread:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6617396/parking-code-of-practice-consultation-now-extended-closes-friday-26th-september/p1

We understand that you may need some pointers. It looks laborious, we get that. It doesn't matter; no knowledge is needed except re your own experiences so you can call out a scam industry and you'll protect millions of motorists and help change the law. 

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