UKPN is making a clam against me at the small claim court. 5yrs 10months ago, I came back from work to find out that there was not electricity at my house. My house mate said he was putting up a fence in the front garden of the house when there was a power cut. picked up the phone and called UK power networks that evening to tell them that we have had a power cut. They sent electrician who came that night and fixed it. The stated that there was a live cable at the front garden and that it was damage because it wasn't low enough in the ground.
A letter came through the post stating that they will shortly be forwarding the invoice for the damages to the cable to me and that if i had insurance I might need to inform them. I then sent an email to UK Power network stating and this was what i said in the email. (Am writing to let you know that the invoice needs to be directed or sent to Wealden district council Hailsham, reason being is that we were given written permission stating that we are able to put up any fencing that was within our boundary, however we were not warned about any electrical cables nor were we told to check for them. So at no point were we aware that we would cause any damage to electrical cables building a fence, that we have written permission for.)
I then got a response back from UK power networks on 24/10/2013 stating this: Further to your email dated 12th August 2013 and we note your comments. We have written to Wealden district council and have received no response. However, it is our policy to send the invoice to the party that damaged the cable directly and therefore we hold you vicariously liable and we will forward our invoice to you shortly. Should you still feel the council have been negligent in the information they provided you, then again, our policy is for you to take up the matter directly to them.
Since the last email i have had no communication with UK power network because i realised they were trying to hold me liable due to the fact that I called up to report a power cut which I did not cause.
I moved away from the property which the damage occurred in 2014 to where i live now. On the 4th of april 2019 which will make this matter over 5yrs and almost 6years now. I received a small claims court letter stating that a claim has been flied against me in court for the cost of repairs to a low voltage underground cable owned by the claimant at the address i was living at the time. Please find attachment of the country court claim form and reasons for the claim.
The only reason they are holding me liable is because I informed them that there was a power cut but I did not actually do any damage and I was only not there when my house mate was building the fence and my wife at the time can be a witness to this matter that I was not at home when the power cut occurred or when he was building the fence which they claimed might have caused the damage to the cable.
I have been giving until 16/04/2019 to respond to the small claims court.
I intend to defend the claim. But i need advice on how to write my defence and ask for court to struck off the case. And i have been trying to acknowledge the claims form but is it normal that you might be able to do this online?
Anyone experienced anything like this before. Please advise.
A letter came through the post stating that they will shortly be forwarding the invoice for the damages to the cable to me and that if i had insurance I might need to inform them. I then sent an email to UK Power network stating and this was what i said in the email. (Am writing to let you know that the invoice needs to be directed or sent to Wealden district council Hailsham, reason being is that we were given written permission stating that we are able to put up any fencing that was within our boundary, however we were not warned about any electrical cables nor were we told to check for them. So at no point were we aware that we would cause any damage to electrical cables building a fence, that we have written permission for.)
I then got a response back from UK power networks on 24/10/2013 stating this: Further to your email dated 12th August 2013 and we note your comments. We have written to Wealden district council and have received no response. However, it is our policy to send the invoice to the party that damaged the cable directly and therefore we hold you vicariously liable and we will forward our invoice to you shortly. Should you still feel the council have been negligent in the information they provided you, then again, our policy is for you to take up the matter directly to them.
Since the last email i have had no communication with UK power network because i realised they were trying to hold me liable due to the fact that I called up to report a power cut which I did not cause.
I moved away from the property which the damage occurred in 2014 to where i live now. On the 4th of april 2019 which will make this matter over 5yrs and almost 6years now. I received a small claims court letter stating that a claim has been flied against me in court for the cost of repairs to a low voltage underground cable owned by the claimant at the address i was living at the time. Please find attachment of the country court claim form and reasons for the claim.
The only reason they are holding me liable is because I informed them that there was a power cut but I did not actually do any damage and I was only not there when my house mate was building the fence and my wife at the time can be a witness to this matter that I was not at home when the power cut occurred or when he was building the fence which they claimed might have caused the damage to the cable.
I have been giving until 16/04/2019 to respond to the small claims court.
I intend to defend the claim. But i need advice on how to write my defence and ask for court to struck off the case. And i have been trying to acknowledge the claims form but is it normal that you might be able to do this online?
Anyone experienced anything like this before. Please advise.
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