Claim transferred to local court

[PuckledEgg]

Good Afternoon,

A claim was issued against us - we have a lot of evidence to contest the claim. (we had paid the balance before the claim was issued for a start, minus an outstanding invoice from us to them)

Both sides agreed to mediation in the DQ and it has been quiet for months. I realise the courts are very busy and running massively behind at the moment.

I logged on to MCOL just out of curiosity to see if there had been any updates and the claim has been transferred to our local court. What does this mean? Will the local court deal with the mediation or is it going to court without mediation?

Lots of love x

[atticus]

The local court will deal with case management matters, including whether the claim is to be stayed (put on hold) for mediation.

[PuckledEgg]

Thank you Atticus x

[PuckledEgg]

Okay, so I have received a letter today to say that they were not able to arrange mediation at this time and so it has been transferred to a hearing centre. I guess this means we're off to court?

The letter says to await direction for the judge.

I'm a bit confused.

[MIKE770]

await court instructions they are trying to unsettle you maybe? tactics of the local desk jockey??

[PuckledEgg]

await court instructions they are trying to unsettle you maybe? tactics of the local desk jockey??

Yeah, or the other side decided against mediation after all.

To be honest, I would like to see them in court. I don't think they really have a leg to stand on. I'm pretty good at making sure I have a paper trail of everything I do and every time I called them to try to sort the issue I would follow up with an email. The E in email stands for evidence after all!

Thanks Mike, will see what happens next x

[echat11]

It's already been transferred to a Hearing Centre (Court), they sent the Directions Questionnaire, both sides agreed to 'mediation', I'd get on to the Court to find out exactly what's going on, what's changed?, as Mike says some 'local desk jockey'.

You won't be able to say, 'we didn't get an opportunity at mediation'.