Notice of Debt Recovery

Stop looking at the Claimants N180 DQ for. It is outdated. If you download the form as linked to, you should have the up to date version where there is no choice for mediation.

Hi

I have received a telephone mediation date as pasted below. Please can I request some advice :

Your telephone mediation appointment
Appointment date: 29/08/2025

Appointment time slot: 13:30 to 16:30

Your confidential telephone mediation appointment has been booked for the above date and time slot. This means that the mediator will call you between the times shown. Your appointment will last for around one hour from the point at which the mediator calls.

The mediator will call both parties separately – you will not talk directly to the other side. They will try to help you both come to an agreement before the case goes to court.

Where your mediation appointment is mandatory, If you do not attend the appointment, the judge will take this into consideration at any court hearing and may issue a penalty. This could include the judge automatically ruling in the other party’s favour or ordering you to pay for some or all the other party’s costs.

Lots of examples on this forum.

Offer £0 to settle, the mediator will go away and come back to tell you that the claimant does not accept this.

Do not discuss your defence, point to the words submitted, if the mediator tries to talk about it report them after the call.

Tick in the box for someone. Lucky if it lasts 3 minutes, not 3 hours.

Hi JFollows

Thank you for your quick reply.   Forgive my confusion, but I'm a little unclear about your  reference to tick someone. At what point will this apply?

Many thanks

Nominating a different representative
If you want someone else to represent you at mediation (like a trusted friend, relative or a solicitor) you must contact the mediation team

If you want to choose someone to attend your mediation appointment on your behalf who is not a part of the claim or is not a legal representative, you will also need to complete a delegated authority form. You can find out more about this on GOV.UK.

Your representative must know the facts of the case, understand how far you’re willing to compromise and have full authority to act on your behalf. You’re legally bound to any settlement agreements your representative makes on your behalf.

Hi JFollows

Thank you for your quick reply.  Forgive my confusion, but I'm a little unclear about your  reference to tick someone. At what point will this apply?

Many thanks

“Tick in the box” just means mediation is a piece of bureaucracy which some people running the court service want to see observed, for these sorts of cases it’s a meaningless exercise only conducted because the process says it has to be.

Arrrh thank you for clarifying. It was the section on the mediation notice about delegatimg to a representative that threw me.

Just take the call and offer £0 and it will be over in minutes. Don't enter into any discussion about your defence and make complaint if the non-legally trained mediator tries to offer any advice.

Understood. Thank you B789.

Hi

Jusr to provide an update, my mediation took place this afternoon and I have since received mediation not settled communication from the mediator.

I guess it's now a case of sitting tight?

Thank you

Correct, keep your eye on your post and email.

Ok and thank you