Need My Witness Statement Checking Over

Umkomaas wrote: »

Why would I say £95 if it wasn't correct?

Asking for a second opinion throws my advice into doubt. The forum self-regulates if someone gets something wrong.

I'll help elsewhere.

THAT WASNT MY INTENTION, PERIOD. Thought i had read it different elsewhere after checking and scouring thr so many sites/forums.

Apologies if it came across that way. And point taken on the "self-regulates" - get where you're coning from now.

£95 it is. End of that point now. Thanks all.

Loadsofchildren123 wrote: »

It needs to be more detailed I think.


Break it down under headings:


Correspondence
(and then under this heading, correspondence with court, with them, with anyone else you may have written to in relation to the claim)
Next to each party you corresponded with, say number of letters and then the hours/minutes taken. Lawyers break hours down into 10 "units" of 6 minutes, but it might be more convenient to break it down into units of 5 minutes and apply 5 minutes to each letter (more if you spent time writing it)


Telephone calls
(again, as per above)


Documents
(then list each document you drafted and how much time it took, then each document you received and read, including court orders, etc)
So:
Drafting:
AoS
Defence
DQ
WS
SA
Costs application/schedule
Reading:
Claim form
C's DQ
C's WS
Orders (you should have had 2 in your case, the initial one telling you to do the DQ and the second one on transfer to your local court)


Research
(break this down into sub headings and put the time you spent next to each
eg. Part 27 procedure and rules;
pre-action obligations in the new Protocol;
Case law


Other
(include things like site visits if you made any, plus time spent at court for the hearing - allow 3 hours plus travel time)


Costs
Postage and stationery £x
then include here mileage to court, parking


Loss of earnings
£95 [take a payslip to prove how much you earn]

Thank you - makes sense as it was brief and not broken down. Hows this:

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Schedule of Costs
Each unit = 5 mins

Correspondence:
Court (MCOL – registering and filing) – 3 units
Court (Emails) – 2 units
Court (DQ) – 4 units
Claimant (Letter 1) – 6 units
Claimant (Letter 2) – 11 units
LIDL (Email) – 2 units
Total – 2hrs 20mins (28 units)

Telephone Calls:
Court (confirmation of receipt of Defence and Hearing Fee paid) – 2 units
Total – 10mins (2 units)

Documents:
AoS – 1 unit
Defence – 11 units
DQ – 6 units
WS – 88 units
SA – 66 units
Costs application/schedule – 6 units
Total – 14hrs 50mins (178 units)

Reading:
Claim Form – 6 units
C’s DQ – 3 units
C’s WS – 22 units
Orders – 2 units
Total – 2hrs 45mins (33 units)

Research:
POFA 2012 Schedule – 22 units
IPC (International Parking Committee) – 11 units
Practice Direction – 11 units
Pre-Action Obligations in new Protocol – 11 units
Case Laws – 11 units
Total – 5hrs 30mins (66 units)

Other:
Site visits to Car Park of alleged offence (x2) – 11 units
Court visit – 33 units
Total – 3hrs 40mins (44 units)

Costs:
Stationary, printing and binding for WS/SA/POFA Breaches/IPC Breaches - £35
Mileage to court (drop of WS) – 2 miles @45p = 90p
Mileage to court (hearing) – 2 miles @45p = 90p
Total – £36.80

Loss of Earnings
£95


Total Time – 29hrs 15mins
Total – £131.80
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Costs are only for stationary/printing, mileage and loss of earnings. Time is a lot but it reflects time spent on everything including research/reading forums,

Loadsofchildren123 wrote: »

that's better - but name the documents by their full names and not abbreviated (eg DQ and WS), and at the end the total is misleading, you need to say what the 29 hours 15 mins adds up to at Litigant in Person rate of £19 per hour, then add on the other costs at £131.80 to reach a total.

Will put the full names in and update the costs. Didn't want to ask further about the costs in case i got it wrong as i did as per above with Umkomaas :sad:

Loadsofchildren123 wrote: »

You need to look up the rule where the rate allowed is £19. The costs rules are I think 44 and 45, and each has a practice direction to accompany it, so have a quick look at those just so you can say which rule allows that rate.

Costs rule i've found is 46...
https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/part-46-costs-special-cases/practice-direction-46-costs-special-cases

Litigants in person: rule 46.5
3.4 The amount, which may be allowed to a self represented litigant under rule 45.39(5)(b) and rule 46.5(4)(b), is £19 per hour

Is this correct?

I am representing the keeper (tomorrow)...so hopefully it'll all go well.

Thanks!