Defendants solicitor issued N434 incorrectly

[lafeeney71]

Hi
I have issued an online claim and the day before the deadline received an email from gov.uk that the defendant has legal representation and I now have to deal directly with their solicitor via post and not online
An email received from said solicitor, has a copy of form N434 which shows as me as the defendant and the defendant as the claimant
Apart from the obvious I’m presuming this has been done to delay - I have not received notification of either N9A or N9B
I also specifically chose the online procedure as I have problems with post and I am regularly in hospital - I do not want to correspond this way - guidance on gov.uk is that the post option is valid if the defendant doesn’t have access to online facilities but the fact the solicitor sent me notification via email , I’m presuming, contradicts this

any advice gratefully received on how to proceed

[atticus]

N434 is notice of change of solicitor. If acknowledgement of service has not been filed, then serving notice of change appears to be a mistake.

You should carry on as usual.

Take steps to ensure that any post received at your home address is brought to your attention promptly.