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You have to file a defence or AoS by 20 July.
If you file AoS you have until 3 August to file a defence.

Do not use a boilerplate/template defence, instead construct something which responds to the stated Particulars of Claim (woeful) and specifics to your case and builds on the appeals you have already constructed.

DCB Legal will almost certainly discontinue rather than paying the court fee, but that’s some way down the line and your research will have shown you what’s involved between now and then.

It’s DCB Legal who is handling this, not Parking Eye. Of course Parking Eye is the claimant, but they’ve farmed the work out to DCB Legal.

Hi, I've posted my propsed defence upthread which I need to submit by tomorrow I'd really appreciate and be reassured by any feedback you can give on what I've posted.

Before going further, who is who here?

You refer to 'your' defence, but previously you have stated clearly that you are not the keeper.

Do you have the, now, Respondent's signed authorisation to act on their behalf? I got the impression in earlier posts that you were just 'winging it' and signing as the keeper. That might have worked with PE, but these are now legal proceedings and who's who must be clarified IMO.

Before going further, who is who here?

You refer to 'your' defence, but previously you have stated clearly that you are not the keeper.

Do you have the, now, Respondent's signed authorisation to act on their behalf? I got the impression in earlier posts that you were just 'winging it' and signing as the keeper. That might have worked with PE, but these are now legal proceedings and who's who must be clarified IMO.

Correct, I am not the keeper. The keeper/respondent is a relative. Up to now I have helped them with the responses/appeals and obviously written the defence above. They are in agreement with this, I haven’t got written authorisation but can get it. I didn’t see any option to declare this on the court response other than a ‘legal representative’ which I took to mean a professional, so yes just signed it as the keeper with their knowledge and consent. From my reading on the forum it’s possible to have a friend/relative (I.e. me) act on the respondent behalf at the mediation call. Please correct me if I’m wrong, I’m a bit out of my depth with all this.