Evidence of further problems after the filing of small claim

[ALI2024]

Hello again. Our claim is against a car dealer for the cost of repairs for a car. We are in the process of putting our witness statement and documents together. After the date we filed the claim the car went wrong again costing another £750. We are not claiming for this (as we had already filed out claim and started the process, and this second issue happened beyond the 6 month point). However, it feels like it would be good to make the point that even after the repairs the car was still not roadworthy in counterbalance to any potential argument made on the day about what we should have expected from the car (we think the defendant will argue that as the car was older then faults are to be expected, whilst our argument is that a £2850 car should not then cost £1600 within 5 months - the amount of the claim). So, do we include a line to this effect and a copy of the invoice or will that annoy the judge and confuse things? Many thanks

[Pezza54]

Include this latest car breakdown in the witness statement, the date, fault and cost of repair (provide the repair invoice in the evidence)