**DISCONTINUED** County Court Business Centre Letter Received

[charitynjw]

'tis over charitynjw me 'ol chum! Received the attached this weekend. The idiots even sent it to the incorrect address. I swear they've paid no attention whatsoever the entire time this has been going on!

You fought & you won! Good stuff!*

I'll let Kati know for info.

I'd send an email to the court with a copy of the discontinuance attached, just in case.

Are you going to try for costs?

(*That's me being polite with expletives on open forum)

[OliverJames]

CEL court claims are dropping like flies atm. Obviously you can't rely on that happening...it ain't over 'till it's over.

'tis over charitynjw me 'ol chum! Received the attached this weekend. The idiots even sent it to the incorrect address. I swear they've paid no attention whatsoever the entire time this has been going on!

[charitynjw]

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[MENTION=61850]OliverJames[/MENTION]

Some movement at last, then!

Wait for the court directions to come through & we can take it from there.

Basically, a witness statement is pretty much just a timeline of events, with supporting documentation/evidence (eg "As registered keeper of vehicle reg (XXX) I received (YYY) on (date ZZZ) [Exhibit OJ1].......that sort of thing.
A WS shouldn't really contain any intricate legal argument (but the odd bit 'slipped in' won't harm! )
Later on you can do a skeleton argument, if necessary.

CEL court claims are dropping like flies atm. Obviously you can't rely on that happening...it ain't over 'till it's over.

[Amethyst]

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Ahhhh, I was wondering why it wasn't mentioned in your defence, as I was misunderstanding your first few posts on the thread ( before you had the situation figured out) that will be why - carry on...

[OliverJames]

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The Car Registration quoted was that of a Car you scrapped before the parking infringement in 2015.

The car was scrapped in 2016, a year after the alleged infringement.

That car was never registered at your parent's address in any case.

The car had always been registered at my parents address. I have moved house a lot with my wife and kids over the last 6yrs while we were saving to buy our own place. It made sense to keep the car registered at my parents as the reminders were always sent there and they would tell me the second something came through so i wouldn't get fined by the DVLA

They have not provided a picture of the car or mentioned the make/model of the car in their claim / any other documents

No, nothing mentioning the car in question, just the registration plate

[Amethyst]

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Okay maybe stupid questions here I had a look back through the thread so have probably missed some stuff or made stuff up in my own head...

The Car Registration quoted was that of a Car you scrapped before the parking infringment in 2015.
That car was never registered at your parent's address in any case.
They have not provided a picture of the car or mentioned the make/model of the car in their claim / any other documents ?

[Amethyst]

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Yes next stage will be exchange of witness statements and documents to rely on. Normally the directions are for these to be exchanged 14 days before the hearing, but check the letter carefully when it arrives, it is usually stated on the second page.

There's some basic examples of Witness Statements here - > http://legalbeagles.info/forums/show...ness-Statement -> just so you can see the kind of content and way they are set out.

[OliverJames]

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They seem to be digging themselves a deep hole.

[MENTION=5553]charitynjw[/MENTION] i just got off the phone to the court. They have given me a hearing date: 27th April @ 11:30am!

So I think the next stage is to get my witness statement drafted? I have got the paperwork coming out to me over the next few days apparently? Not really sure what the next steps are haha!

Glad they have given me a date now through...its taken forever to get to this point!

[Pipsy]

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Hi charitynjw...ooops yes I did mean the witness statement....... yes I'll phone the court see whats happening and let you know ... ..many thanks again pipsy

[charitynjw]

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[QUOTE=Pipsy;772106]

Still nothing but will keep checking @charitynjw

Will remain positive haha![/QUOTE





Fingers crossed for you...... did you do your defence and should i do mine ....should i phone the court to see if they've paid the hearing for my case ....pipsy

Hi Pipsy

I'm guessing you mean the Witness Statement.....I believe you've already filed your defence to the claim?

Keep your finger on the pulse, yes.

Try & contact the court for a status update. (In all likelihood you will have to be persistent).

No harm in starting to draft the WS, but no need to submit it to court or send a copy to the other party until the court directions come through.

[Pipsy]

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Still nothing but will keep checking [MENTION=5553]charitynjw[/MENTION]

Will remain positive haha!

Fingers crossed for you...... did you do your defence and should i do mine ....should i phone the court to see if they've paid the hearing for my case ....pipsy

[charitynjw]

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Eventually got through to someone. CEL have not paid a hearing fee, and they said that the judge has still not seen the case and I should hear something this week.

Got to say I'm not feeling overly confident that I will hear anything at all and will STILL be waiting for news this time next week....

They seem to be digging themselves a deep hole.

[OliverJames]

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Yes, they're snowed under.

Eventually got through to someone. CEL have not paid a hearing fee, and they said that the judge has still not seen the case and I should hear something this week.

Got to say I'm not feeling overly confident that I will hear anything at all and will STILL be waiting for news this time next week....

[charitynjw]

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I keep trying to call the court, but they are not answering...so they are clearly very busy. I also emailed them earlier this week with no response, so they are clearly under the pump...

Frustrating!

Yes, they're snowed under.

[OliverJames]

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@OliverJames

Anything yet?
CEL claims are being discontinued in droves just now.

I keep trying to call the court, but they are not answering...so they are clearly very busy. I also emailed them earlier this week with no response, so they are clearly under the pump...

Frustrating!