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Yes. The St Helens hearing would be a telephone hearing if it were to go ahead. Check the allocation order you received. Does it mention anything about requiring to provide your contact phone number a couple of days before the hearing date?

Morning b789, bullet point 3 on Notice of Allocation states.

3.Both parties must supply to the Court by 4.00pm two working days before the hearingdate, by email/letter, the contact number upon which they can be contacted. The email advising the court of contact telephone numbers must state in the title the case number and the date of the hearing.

Thanks 

Update I called court yesterday 02/06/25 to ask why no response to my emails or my previous call, I didn't disclose I had received letter confirming hearing date & time in St Helens.

They also said that due to copying in multiple emails that some departments would think the others had dealt with it, and it may not have been actioned, but they still had a few more days within their timescale to respond to email?

They also basically stated judge had looked at case & decided St Helens was where it was being heard, though they did say to try and get an amendment via N244 but could not guarantee this would be successful etc.

This was the route I decided to go down over the weekend.

This morning 03/06/25 I received an email from DCB saying their client would settle for full and final settlement upon payment of £100

I have not acknowledged this or made any contact with them as per your previous advices etc.

So plan is to complete N244 and pay £15 and see how that goes, I will await your further advice if this is still relevant after reading the above.

Thanks again 

Why telephone?
Did your N180 DQ specify in-person and why?
And still Saint Helens.

It still looks like a complete ****-up by the courts.

Emailed & Telephoned as advised.

N180 DQ specified in person and reason as below

I wish to question the Claimant about their evidence at a
hearing in person and to expose omissions and any
misleading or incorrect evidence or assertions.
Given the Claimant is a firm who complete cut & paste
parking case paperwork for a living, having this case heard
solely on papers would appear to put the Claimant at an
unfair advantage, especially as they would no doubt prefer
the Defendant not to have the opportunity to expose the
issues in the Claimants template submissions or speak as
the only true witness to events in question.

And still St Helens even though local court to myself was requested, looks like they haven't done anything in response to my email or telephone call!

That's positive. Did you also get a promise that they'll confirm in writing?

No promises but hopefully, they will when they respond to email once read etc

Hi b789,

Email has now been sent to all addresses as per your advice, generic Automated responses received.

Your message wasn't delivered to customerservicesnorth@justice.gov.uk because the address couldn't be found or is unable to receive email.

Happy to call CNBC up also, if you think it's advisable etc?


Thanks again 

next will be allocation to your local court and further orders.

Ok thanks for reply 

Update

Received email this morning from SCMS as below.

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.