Re: Claim discontinued, Cabot now claiming.
I would ignore letter 1 as it is the bog standard response, letter 2 is a sincere non template response under part 18 trying to sort out the issues so I would reply to that as requested with the correct details. Well as its under Part 18 you should anyway. You can check the procedure and rules of part 18 here >
Part 18 - Further Information
Practice Direction 18
I would ignore letter 1 as it is the bog standard response, letter 2 is a sincere non template response under part 18 trying to sort out the issues so I would reply to that as requested with the correct details. Well as its under Part 18 you should anyway. You can check the procedure and rules of part 18 here >
Part 18 - Further Information
Practice Direction 18
Responding to a Request
2.1
A response to a Request must be in writing, dated and signed by the second party or his legal representative.
2.2
(1) Where the Request is made in a letter the second party may give his response in a letter or in a formal reply.
(2) Such a letter should identify itself as a response to the Request and deal with no other matters than the response.
2.3
(1) Unless the Request is in the format described in paragraph 1.6(2) and the second party uses the document supplied for the purpose, a response must:
(a) be headed with the name of the court and the title and number of the claim,
(b) in its heading identify itself as a response to that Request,
(c) repeat the text of each separate paragraph of the Request and set out under each paragraph the response to it,
(d) refer to and have attached to it a copy of any document not already in the possession of the first party which forms part of the response.
(2) A second or supplementary response to a Request must identify itself as such in its heading.
2.4
The second party must when he serves his response on the first party serve on every other party and file with the court a copy of the Request and of his response.
Statements of Truth
3
Attention is drawn to Part 22 and to the definition of a statement of case in Part 2 of the rules; a response should be verified by a statement of truth.
2.1
A response to a Request must be in writing, dated and signed by the second party or his legal representative.
2.2
(1) Where the Request is made in a letter the second party may give his response in a letter or in a formal reply.
(2) Such a letter should identify itself as a response to the Request and deal with no other matters than the response.
2.3
(1) Unless the Request is in the format described in paragraph 1.6(2) and the second party uses the document supplied for the purpose, a response must:
(a) be headed with the name of the court and the title and number of the claim,
(b) in its heading identify itself as a response to that Request,
(c) repeat the text of each separate paragraph of the Request and set out under each paragraph the response to it,
(d) refer to and have attached to it a copy of any document not already in the possession of the first party which forms part of the response.
(2) A second or supplementary response to a Request must identify itself as such in its heading.
2.4
The second party must when he serves his response on the first party serve on every other party and file with the court a copy of the Request and of his response.
Statements of Truth
3
Attention is drawn to Part 22 and to the definition of a statement of case in Part 2 of the rules; a response should be verified by a statement of truth.
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