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Court date issued

Hi All
I received a claim form from DCB Legal in April this year for an alleged parking charge from 25.02.2020!! I followed all the procedures set out by this forum and have now received a Notice of Trial Date for 15th December.  I am asking for advice on how to set out my witness statement as I have no recollection of this event from over 5 1/2 years ago. I do not have any of the original paperwork such as the NTK (if I ever received one) or subsequent hassling letters from the debt collectors as I have moved house at least twice since then. Thanks

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  • Nellymoser
    Nellymoser Posts: 1,778 Forumite
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    See NEWBIES thread Post 2 Small Claim. Scroll down to WITNESS STATEMENT - EASY STAGE - YOUR 'STORY' & EVIDENCE
  • Gr1pr
    Gr1pr Posts: 10,257 Forumite
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    Which parking company   ?

    What is their deadline date to pay the hearing fee to that court   ?

    Bear in mind that DCB Legal are likely to discontinue the case by email just before the hearing fee is due 
  • 1505grandad
    1505grandad Posts: 4,008 Forumite
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    " I followed all the procedures set out by this forum and have now received a Notice of Trial Date for 15th December."

    Can you post a redacted copy of the claim form and the added/amended paras if you used the Template Defence.

    If the Template was not used a verbatim copy of the Defence filed.
  • Piggy66
    Piggy66 Posts: 5 Forumite
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    Gr1pr said:
    Which parking company   ?

    What is their deadline date to pay the hearing fee to that court   ?

    Bear in mind that DCB Legal are likely to discontinue the case by email just before the hearing fee is due 
    Parking company is G24 limited.  The deadline date for them to pay the fee is 17th November.  
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,731 Forumite
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    Everyone gets a hearing date. They'll discontinue before that!

    Show us the NoD when it arrives (NOT the covering email).

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