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#Post#: 82305--------------------------------------------------
Re: VCS CN - Stopping in a prohibited zone - Bristol airport - 3
x CNs in 13 minutes
DIR By: benb76
Date: July 23, 2025, 6:29 am
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Thank you, I will wait to receive my N180 form (which I believe
is what you're saying) and then respond using the form online,
as advised. Many thanks again.
#Post#: 82309--------------------------------------------------
Re: VCS CN - Stopping in a prohibited zone - Bristol airport - 3
x CNs in 13 minutes
DIR By: b789
Date: July 23, 2025, 6:50 am
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You don't actually have to wait for your won N180 to arrive in
the post. You can check your MCOL history and as soon as it says
yours has been sent, just follow the advice to submit your own.
#Post#: 82315--------------------------------------------------
Re: VCS CN - Stopping in a prohibited zone - Bristol airport - 3
x CNs in 13 minutes
DIR By: benb76
Date: July 23, 2025, 7:35 am
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Thank you.
#Post#: 90855--------------------------------------------------
Re: VCS CN - Stopping in a prohibited zone - Bristol airport - 3
x CNs in 13 minutes
DIR By: benb76
Date: September 21, 2025, 1:46 pm
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Good evening, I have submitted my N180 and have received an
email from Small Claims Mediation service stating that I will
have a call for a telephone mediation appointment in a couple of
weeks' time, details below, dates redacted.
Any advice would be appreciated please.
Many thanks
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Your telephone mediation appointment
Appointment date: x
Appointment time slot: x
Your confidential
telephone mediation appointment has been
booked for the above date and time slot. This means that the
mediator will call you between the times shown. Your appointment
will last for around one hour from the point at which the
mediator calls.
The mediator will call both parties separately – you will not
talk directly to the other side. They will try to help you both
come to an agreement before the case goes to court.
Where your mediation appointment is mandatory, If you do not
attend the appointment, the judge will take this into
consideration at any court hearing and may issue a penalty. This
could include the judge automatically ruling in the other
party’s favour or ordering you to pay for some or all the other
party’s costs.
Preparing for your appointment
You must make sure you have provided us with, or confirmed, the
name and number of the person who will be conducting the
mediation appointment. If you have not done this, or need to
update your telephone number, you should contact us using the
details at the end of this letter no less than 5 working days
before your mediation appointment. Failure to do so may result
in your mediation appointment not taking place and may result in
a Judge issuing a penalty where the mediation was mandatory.
The mediator will call from a withheld number. Make sure that
withheld numbers are not blocked on your phone.
Be ready to receive a call from the mediator from the beginning
of your time slot. The mediator will call the telephone number
you provided in your application.
If the mediator cannot contact you within 10 minutes of the
appointment start, the appointment will be cancelled and you
may, where mediation is mandatory, face a penalty for
non-attendance.
#Post#: 90869--------------------------------------------------
Re: VCS CN - Stopping in a prohibited zone - Bristol airport - 3
x CNs in 13 minutes
DIR By: b789
Date: September 21, 2025, 4:02 pm
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For the mediation call, the only requirement is for you "attend"
the call. It is not part of the judicial process and no judge is
involved.
This is what I advise you to say when you receive the call from
the mediator:
“Before I set out my position, please confirm from the
claimant’s side:
[indent]• the full name of the person attending for them;
• their role/position at their legal representative’s firm; and
• whether they hold written authority to negotiate and settle
today.[/indent]
Please relay that back to me before we continue.”
After the mediator calls back...
If identified and authority confirmed:
[indent]“Thank you. I’m content to proceed on that basis. My
settlement offer is £0, or I invite the claimant to discontinue
with no order as to costs.”[/indent]
If no/unclear authority:
[indent]“Please record that the claimant’s attendee has not
confirmed settlement authority. My position remains that
liability is denied and my offer is £0, subject to prompt
approval by an authorised solicitor if they choose to
discontinue.”[/indent]
All you need to know is the name and the position of the person
acting for the claimant and report that back to us. It will be
over within minutes.
#Post#: 90872--------------------------------------------------
Re: VCS CN - Stopping in a prohibited zone - Bristol airport - 3
x CNs in 13 minutes
DIR By: benb76
Date: September 21, 2025, 4:24 pm
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Thank you, much appreciated as always.
#Post#: 92998--------------------------------------------------
Re: VCS CN - Stopping in a prohibited zone - Bristol airport - 3
x CNs in 13 minutes
DIR By: benb76
Date: October 6, 2025, 5:20 am
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Further to previous correspondence, I have had the call from the
mediation service today. I was advised that the claimant would
like to settle and that this could be done for a relatively low
amount.
As per your advice, I asked the name and position of the person
attending for them, she did not know and called back to say she
could not provide this information. I explained that liability
is denied and my settlement offer was £0.
She said she would record that no mediation / settlement was
possible (and I have since had an email to confirm this). She
said to expect a letter in the post and the case would be
assigned to a local court to me and I would receive details of
the date and time in due course. It was a very short call.
I will update further once a letter is received but if you have
any advice on anything further I should do in the meantime, it
would, as always, be appreciated.
#Post#: 93045--------------------------------------------------
Re: VCS CN - Stopping in a prohibited zone - Bristol airport - 3
x CNs in 13 minutes
DIR By: b789
Date: October 6, 2025, 8:30 am
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Nothing much more you can do for now except send the following
email to DCB Legal at info@dcblegal.co.uk and CC yourself:
--- Quote ---
> Subject: Claim [CLAIM NO] — urgent: identity and settlement
authority of attendee at SCMS mediation on [DATE]
>
> To: DCB Legal
> Date: [DD Month YYYY]
>
> Dear Sirs,
>
> I write in relation to the SCMS mediation in the above claim
held on [DATE]. During the mediation I asked the mediator to
confirm, for the record, the full name, role/position and
written authorisation to settle of the person attending on
behalf of your client. The mediator was unable to provide these
details.
>
> For the avoidance of doubt and on an open basis (not without
prejudice), please provide the following information within 7
days of this email:
> [indent]1. The full name and job title/role of the individual
who acted for your client on the SCMS call on [DATE].
> 2. Whether that individual is an authorised person for the
purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007 (i.e. a solicitor,
regulated conveyancer or other authorised litigator), an exempt
person, or an unregulated employee/paralegal. If an exempt
person or unregulated employee/paralegal, state the legal basis
for the exemption and identify the supervising authorised
person.
> 3. Whether that individual had express written authority to
negotiate and to bind the claimant to settlement, or whether any
settlement decision required further approval; if the latter,
state the mechanism and timescale for such approval.
> 4. Confirm who within your firm or the claimant’s organisation
holds the authority to approve any settlement or discontinuance
and provide a contact name and position for that
person.[/indent]
>
> Please be aware of the following:
> [indent]a) The giving of settlement terms and the taking of
steps to discontinue or compromise claims are acts that, when
done as part of an adversarial process, may amount to the
conduct of litigation. If the person on your side who engaged in
mediation was not an authorised person and was purporting to
carry out acts that fall within the reserved activity of
conducting litigation, that raises serious regulatory concerns.
> b) If you do not confirm the identity and status of the
individual who attended the mediation within 7 days I reserve
the right to make a formal complaint to the Solicitors
Regulation Authority (and any other relevant regulator) on the
basis that an unauthorised person may have been put forward as
your representative and may have acted in a way which crosses
the boundary of conducting litigation.
> c) I will also rely on your response (or failure to respond)
when making any application or submissions to the court on costs
as to whether your conduct amounted to unreasonable conduct
which frustrated mediation (see CPR 27.14(2)(g)).[/indent]
>
> I have retained the SCMS confirmation note and a
contemporaneous file note of the exchange for my records. I
trust you understand the seriousness of this request and will
respond promptly.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> [Your full name]
--- End Quote ---
Eventually, you will receive a postal notification from the
court that the claim has been allocated to you local county
court and then another letter with 'directions' from a
procedural judge with various dates and deadlines.
#Post#: 93058--------------------------------------------------
Re: VCS CN - Stopping in a prohibited zone - Bristol airport - 3
x CNs in 13 minutes
DIR By: benb76
Date: October 6, 2025, 9:39 am
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Thank you, I have sent that to them and will let you know when I
hear further from them.
#Post#: 100495--------------------------------------------------
Re: VCS CN - Stopping in a prohibited zone - Bristol airport - 3
x CNs in 13 minutes
DIR By: benb76
Date: December 1, 2025, 6:05 am
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Good morning, I have today received the attached notice of
allocation to Small Claims Track (Hearing) and Notice of Trial
Date. It states I must send my defence by 12th December and I
would be grateful of any advice please. Many thanks.
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