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Re: Court claim - Euro Car Parks (Hull) - N1SDT received
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: December 9, 2024, 2:57 pm
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Yes it's a typo - mailto:info@dcblegal.co.uk
info@dcblegal.co.uk
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Re: Court claim - Euro Car Parks (Hull) - N1SDT received
DIR By: Dandalf
Date: January 16, 2025, 10:52 am
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Hello again,
Happy New Year, is it too late to say that?
The defendant has now received a mediation appointment from HMC
and Tribunals for the end of this month.
Needless to say they're panicking a fair bit about what this
means, how likely it is to be dropped etc.
Any general do's or don'ts apart from admitting fault/guilt and
saying they'll pay the fine of course ;D
Many thanks as always,
Dan
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Re: Court claim - Euro Car Parks (Hull) - N1SDT received
DIR By: b789
Date: January 16, 2025, 11:06 am
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Nothing to panic about. The mediation call is not part of the
judicial process and there is no judge or solicitors involved.
The only requirement is to "attend" the call. You offer £0 and
it is over in minutes. It has no bearing on anything going
forwards.
The mediator is not legally trained and if they ask about your
defence or offer any opinion, tell them that the claimant has a
copy of the defence and ask them what their legal qualification
is that allows them to give an opinion if they're offering one.
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Re: Court claim - Euro Car Parks (Hull) - N1SDT received
DIR By: Dandalf
Date: February 9, 2025, 1:49 pm
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--- Quote from: b789 link ---
>
> Nothing to panic about. The mediation call is not part of the
judicial process and there is no judge or solicitors involved.
>
> The only requirement is to "attend" the call. You offer £0 and
it is over in minutes. It has no bearing on anything going
forwards.
>
> The mediator is not legally trained and if they ask about your
defence or offer any opinion, tell them that the claimant has a
copy of the defence and ask them what their legal qualification
is that allows them to give an opinion if they're offering one.
>
--- End Quote ---
Thanks, defendant followed the advice above.
Are we likely to see the claimant drop this now, or are they
likely to pursue with several more 'reduced rate offers' of
settlement?
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Re: Court claim - Euro Car Parks (Hull) - N1SDT received
DIR By: b789
Date: February 10, 2025, 4:31 am
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This will either be struck out at allocation stage which is
after it is transferred to your local county court or around a
month before the hearing date when the hearing fee becomes due.
It will depend on how busy or backlogged your local county court
is.
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Re: Court claim - Euro Car Parks (Hull) - N1SDT received
DIR By: Dandalf
Date: February 24, 2025, 9:25 am
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--- Quote from: b789 link ---
>
> This will either be struck out at allocation stage which is
after it is transferred to your local county court or around a
month before the hearing date when the hearing fee becomes due.
>
> It will depend on how busy or backlogged your local county
court is.
>
--- End Quote ---
Thanks, the defendant has received a "Notice of transfer of
Proceedings" today in the post to say it's been transferred to
the local court for allocation.
I presume it's when they (the local court) come to review at
this stage they may opt to strike out based on your above
message?
Thanks as always,
Dan
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Re: Court claim - Euro Car Parks (Hull) - N1SDT received
DIR By: b789
Date: February 24, 2025, 9:58 am
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Once the case management judge reviews the case, they will
either order that the claim is struck out or for the claimant to
submit further PoC which you will then be able to submit an
amended defence or simply allocate a hearing date with deadlines
for Witness Statement (WS).
Please let us know when the allocation judge sends you a letter
with the order.
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Re: Court claim - Euro Car Parks (Hull) - N1SDT received
DIR By: Dandalf
Date: March 13, 2025, 3:42 pm
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--- Quote from: b789 link ---
>
> Once the case management judge reviews the case, they will
either order that the claim is struck out or for the claimant to
submit further PoC which you will then be able to submit an
amended defence or simply allocate a hearing date with deadlines
for Witness Statement (WS).
>
> Please let us know when the allocation judge sends you a
letter with the order.
>
--- End Quote ---
Nothing from the courts, yet.
The defendant did receive an email a couple of days ago from
'DCB Legal' offering a settlement of £150. I'm guessing they
anticipate this being struck out and are just trying to get
something from it before that has chance to happen?
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Re: Court claim - Euro Car Parks (Hull) - N1SDT received
DIR By: b789
Date: March 13, 2025, 3:50 pm
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This is a slow process and can take many months because the
courts are overwhelmed with cases. Just ignore all offers of a
settlement from DCB Legal and they will discontinue before they
have to pay a hearing fee if the allocation judge doesn't strike
the claim out first.
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Re: Court claim - Euro Car Parks (Hull) - N1SDT received
DIR By: Dandalf
Date: March 19, 2025, 11:35 am
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--- Quote from: b789 link ---
>
> This is a slow process and can take many months because the
courts are overwhelmed with cases. Just ignore all offers of a
settlement from DCB Legal and they will discontinue before they
have to pay a hearing fee if the allocation judge doesn't strike
the claim out first.
>
--- End Quote ---
The defendant has now received (yesterday via post) a "Notice of
Allocation to the Small Claims Track (Hearing)" after the
district judge has reviewed the statements of case.
The letter goes on to state the claimant must pay a small fee
(£27) by 4th April, otherwise it will be struck out. I presume
they won't actually pay this and it will be struck out?
As today the defendant has received another email with a new
reduced rate of offer to settle for £80 from DCB Legal.
The letter states the defendant needs to submit a statement of
witnesses (including themselves) no later than 14 days before
the court hearing date. So it looks like they'll have to do this
as the deadline for it being struck out and the court date is
only 10 days apart - is there anything 'special' they need to
prepare/send?
Many thanks for all help as always!
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