Cam Chain snapped on new van after 20 months / 114k miles

[Frank1]

Provided the defendants have checked their willingness and availability, that still leaves 12 days until 24 June for assessment and appointment.
If you can't agree on a suitable inspector, your application made on 25 June will create delays to the directions regarding the expert report, questions etc. July could be a busy time as the directions state witness statements should be exchanged in this month.

You should be aware that cpr states that emailed submissions to the court:
only one email per step (your application must be covered on one email)
a maximum of 50 single sides of A4 when printed.

I suspect that if you count up the pages including
the email or letter to the court
N244 application form
your witness statement
the inspectors reports
all emails concerning requests to obtain the reports, the email you are sending today and subsequent emails

you will have more than 50 pages. This would mean you have to send a hard copy to the court to arrive by 25 June.

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[WhiteVanMan5]

Ok, understood.

[WhiteVanMan5]

I should still send the email today?

[WhiteVanMan5]

I have today received an N24 "General form of Judgement or Order" through post, dated 5th June 2026.
I have been through it line by line and it is virtually identical to the previous N157 "Notice of Allocation to the Small Claims Track (Hearing)", dated 26th March 2026.

The only difference I can see is a correction to a typo in the numbering (7, 8, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 9, 10 has become 7, 8, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9, 10).

No response yet from the defendants on my proposal for the SJE. No response yet from the court on my request to be able to rely on the report of my inspector.

With respect to my second vehicle which has had a very similar problem (but with the supposed fixed 8mm chain rather than the admitted faulty 7mm chain) - I have had a final response from Peugeot - my case has been "reviewed again at the highest possible level within Peugeot UK, and I am sorry to advise that our position will remain due to your vehicle being outside of warranty.". They go on to say "I have requested the details from the garage as to what condition your vehicle is in at this time, along with a quote for a rebuild if required so that I can review this for you as a goodwill gesture.". So the broken engine that they dismantled, they might put back together still broken, as a gesture of goodwill. Lol. I see this going to court now in the same way as the first vehicle - just weighing up my options about which complaints processes to go through. One big difference with vehicle 2 is that it was purchased through a Stellantis owned dealership rather than an independent dealership. Another big difference it is was fully over serviced with main dealers (9 services in 130k miles over 2 years 4 months). The deposit was paid with the same credit card as Vehicle 1. There seems no benefit to going down the Section 75 route this time though, given their seeming unwillingness to consider the matter on the facts and determination to defend, with lawyers, regardless. They can't settle on vehicle 2 whilst fighting the case on vehicle 1 I would imagine!