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Gladstone / ES Parking - Court Claim Email
Nerfo
Posts: 10 Forumite
Hey,
I have put together a defence and submitted it to the court on the HM Courts and Tribunals Service on Thursday. I got an email from Gladstone personally to my email address today, and I don't know how to respond or are they trying to do me over because I don't understand the law/courts system.
I would appreciate some advice on how to respond this email.
Regards,
Dan
I have put together a defence and submitted it to the court on the HM Courts and Tribunals Service on Thursday. I got an email from Gladstone personally to my email address today, and I don't know how to respond or are they trying to do me over because I don't understand the law/courts system.
I would appreciate some advice on how to respond this email.
We act for the Claimant and have notified the Court of our Client’s intention to proceed with the claim.
Please find attached a copy of our Client’s completed Directions Questionnaire, which will be filed with the court upon their request. You will note we intend to request a special direction that the case be dealt with on the papers and without the need for an oral hearing
This request is sought simply because the matter is in our Client’s opinion relatively straightforward and the costs incurred by both parties for attending an oral hearing would be disproportionate.
You will note our Client has elected not to mediate. Its decision is not meant to be in any way obstructive and is based purely on experience, as mediation has rarely proven beneficial in these types of cases. Notwithstanding this, our Client would be happy to listen to any genuine payment proposals that you wish to put forward. """
Regards,
Dan
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all explained in the NEWBIES sticky thread as this comes up daily
dont bother with the GLADRAGS one, wait for the one from the court0 -
The best advice for you is to read post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread.
In there you will find a link to Bargepole's walkthrough of this court process.
He explains exactly how to deal with this letter that you have received.0 -
"We act for the Claimant and have notified the Court of our Client’s intention to proceed with the claim.
Please find attached a copy of our Client’s completed Directions Questionnaire, which will be filed with the court upon their request. You will note we intend to request a special direction that the case be dealt with on the papers and without the need for an oral hearing
This request is sought simply because the matter is in our Client’s opinion relatively straightforward and the costs incurred by both parties for attending an oral hearing would be disproportionate.
You will note our Client has elected not to mediate. Its decision is not meant to be in any way obstructive and is based purely on experience, as mediation has rarely proven beneficial in these types of cases. Notwithstanding this, our Client would be happy to listen to any genuine payment proposals that you wish to put forward."
Typical Gladstones rubbish, they want you to believe that this
case will go in their favour :rotfl:
YOU SAY NO TO PAPERS AND YOU WANT THIS IN FRONT
OF A REAL JUDGE
This little wheeze from Gladstones means they are unsure
of their case and don't want to be whooped again in court.
Next thing will be a "special" offer and when they see it is
going nowhere with you, they will probably discontinue.
These letters from this incompetent solicitor are so
predictable, just like a dirty bog brush.
Stick to your guns and get all the help you need here0 -
Thanks for the advice. You can get lost in all the legal jargon and browsing through pages and pages of threads when your dyslexic can be an effort.
I'll stick to my guns and wait for the courts outcome.0 -
No, you are not waiting for the court's ''outcome''.
You need the court version N180 first, for you to complete and send to the relavant parties, then there is more work to do, well before any hearing (as set out in any other court thread you care to read, as well as explained in the NEWBIES thread post #2).
Please search Google for 'Gladstones relatively straightforward parking letter' before I self-combust from the stress of reading about this same old letter, every single day (twice today already) from posters who haven't Googled the obvious 'unusual' words from it.PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD0 -
If you dont yet havea copy of the N180 from teh court, check on MCOL and see if one was sent. Or just go download a copy for yourself. Easy.
You have not read post 2 thoroughly enough. You are not, at any point, "sitting back".0 -
Hello, I have been given an option for mediation and a court date has been set. I am preparing my defence at the moment. Do I submit this to the court before the hearing or just turn up on the day with my detailed defence?0
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As nosferatu1001 has said "You have not read post 2 thoroughly enough".
Again I need to refer you to post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread.
Your answers are there.
The whole point of that NEWBIES thread is to save people having to repeat the same answers again and again.0 -
I think I've messed this up. Is it possible to redo my defence and submit a better more detailed version?0
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Have you already filed your Defence with the County Court Business Centre?
Does MCOL show your Defence as filed?0
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