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Re: Small claim court letter received. Observed leaving site
UKCPS Sheff
DIR By: b789
Date: September 19, 2025, 4:50 am
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--- Quote from: disgruntchelt link ---
>
> Who sent the notice of discontinuance? The court or moorside
legal. Did they actually discontinue or just tell you they were
so you didn’t turn up today to argue your case?
>
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--- Quote from: Pauly436 link ---
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> Notice of Discontinuance Was sent to me by email 24hours and
15 minutes before the court hearing.
>
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The NoD is sent by the claimant or their legal representative.
An N279 is not issued by the court.
On a separate note, there has been a very recent High Court
appeal decision, which will be binding, that could affect every
single one of these bulk litigators, especially Moorside Legal
who are one of the most incompetent of them all.
Mazur & Stuart v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341
(KB), Sheldon J (16 Sept 2025)
HTML https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/avemaaeatg8znf97gix8m/Mazur-and-Ors-v-CRS-LLP.pdf?rlkey=ijv0ibxmz7ok6vrgwcvfdqpob&st=t7kweh3l&dl=0<br
/>is a high-authority clarification that paralegals/non-admitted
staff cannot conduct litigation merely because their firm is
authorised; they may only support an authorised litigator.
In these types of cases, you can target any paralegal-signed
formal steps (claim issue, SoTs, WS purporting to take
responsibility) and seek regularisation plus costs. In this
particular case, the N1SDT is signed by an Ibrar Ahmad. Whilst
Mr Ahmad is listed as an SRA regulated solicitor, it shows him
as employed by Osbourne Pinner Ltd, not Moorside Legal. The only
SRA regulated employees of Moorside Legal are Adam Edward
Peacock who is not an SRA-regulated lawyer, working as
Compliance officer for finance and administration (COFA),
Rebecca Horton-Grainger who is an SRA-regulated solicitor and is
Compliance officer for legal practice (COLP) and a Thomas Oliver
Clough who is an SRA-regulated solicitor.
Given that Moorside Legal’s SRA entry lists only Rebecca
Horton-Grainger (COLP) and Thomas Oliver Clough as its
solicitors, if the N1SDT claim is signed “for Moorside Legal” by
Ibrar Ahmad whose SRA record shows he “works at Osbourne Pinner
Ltd”, there’s a clear authority mismatch.
A statement of case/SoT may be signed by the party or their
legal representative (CPR 22; PD22). The legal representative
must be the lawyer acting for the claimant through the firm on
the record. A practising solicitor (like Mr Ahmad) is personally
authorised to conduct litigation, but if he signs on behalf of
Moorside Legal, he must have a proper practising
relationship/authority with Moorside
(employee/partner/consultant/secondment).
Unless Moorside can evidence that Mr Ahmad was acting
through/for Moorside when he signed, this is a solid authority
defect and will affect their liability for costs.
I suggest you send the following email to Rebecca
Horton-Grainger at Moorside Legal:
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> Subject: Claim [Claim No.] – Confirmation of Mr Ibrar Ahmad’s
authority (March 2025)
>
> Dear Ms Horton-Grainger,
>
> Re: UKCPS Ltd v [Defendant’s name] — Claim No. [____]; issued
13 March 2025]
>
> For the purpose of a pending costs application following the
Claimant’s late discontinuance, please confirm the following in
relation to the above claim:
>
> [indent]1. Whether Mr Ibrar Ahmad was employed by, seconded
to, or acting as a consultant for Moorside Legal as at 13 March
2025; and
> 2. Whether Mr Ahmad was authorised by Moorside Legal to sign
N1SDT claim forms and/or statements of truth on that
date.[/indent]
>
> A brief yes/no to each point (or a short confirmation on
letterhead) will suffice.
>
> This request is made to clarify authority at the material
time, in light of the recent High Court guidance on conduct of
litigation by authorised persons.
>
> I would be grateful for your reply within 7 days from today.
If no response is received by that date, the Court may be
invited to note the absence of confirmation when considering
costs.
>
> Yours faithfully,
>
> [Full name]
> Defendant
> [Email] | [Telephone]
> [Postal address]
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Re: Small claim court letter received. Observed leaving site
UKCPS Sheff
DIR By: Pauly436
Date: October 2, 2025, 2:09 pm
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Hi all.
Had a reply from the courts on my request to claim fees from
moorside for unfair practice.
“This matter has been brought to an end by the Claimant’s notice
of discontinuance. The Defendant has not applied to have the
notice of discontinuance set aside (CPR 38.4) and therefore this
matter is no longer ongoing, so he cannot make a claim under
it.”
Feels like the end of the road as I don’t feel in the position
to spend funds fighting for the fees.
Still extremely happy that the support from this group got the
case dropped.
Pauly
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Re: Small claim court letter received. Observed leaving site
UKCPS Sheff
DIR By: DWMB2
Date: October 2, 2025, 5:01 pm
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Your original aim was to avoid paying UKCPS any money. You have
succeeded in that aim. I'd count that as a win.
--- Quote ---
> I don’t feel in the position to spend funds fighting for the
fees.
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Entirely sensible.
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Re: Small claim court letter received. Observed leaving site
UKCPS Sheff
DIR By: b789
Date: October 3, 2025, 4:41 am
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Have you had a response from Moorside Legal?
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