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Thank you - they did inform me, albeit only after I asked but, as the notice of discontinuance was dated today, they would just say they were going to inform me. I think I've got the result I wanted, which is that the claim won't go ahead. Thank you for your helpful guidance all this time.

Success! I wrote to Moorside Legal and they wrote back today confirming they have filed a notice of discontinuance with the court (link below).

Please let me know if I need to do anything else - I assume not but just in case.

Thank you for all your help.

https://imgur.com/a/f9ngifD

Thanks again, I hope it will be struck out too but in the meantime I'm apparently to act as though it continues. I think the only evidence I would have to submit would be the photo showing the blank section between two sections of double yellow line, and perhaps the correspondence I had with the claimant's solicitors, so that shouldn't take long.

Do you see any harm in emailing the claimant's solicitors to seek confirmation of whether they have indeed paid the fee or requested payment? I agree with your point but the backlog in the court system isn't the claimant's fault so the court would honour the payment if it had been requested before the deadline.

Best wishes

Hello again! I called the court this morning and it appears no payment has been logged on the system. However, they mentioned that some companies may request payment to be taken from an account by email and that, if the email was received in time, it would still be processed. So I have emailed the court for confirmation on an urgent basis. Not sure when I'll hear back but the evidence is due in by 17 July if the case does continue. Would you recommend awaiting the court's response?

Best wishes

Thanks for this tip, I'll try calling. I'm in Hendon, NW London, and I think Hendon Magistrates Court is serving as an extension to Wood Green County Court, which would be my nearest. Other than that, my nearest would be Barnet or Willesden.

I'm still hoping Moorside will drop the case, of course, or that the court will throw out the claim before it gets to hearing stage. I haven't replied to Moorside on their last email.

Hello! A reply from Moorside to the drop hands settlement offer (which is slightly ridiculous as it's more than they offered to settle for originally!) - most grateful, as always, for your advice.

The message from Moorside:

"Without Prejudice Save As To Costs

Dear

Thank you for your email.

Whilst our Client is willing to proceed to Court, similarly, we are open to avoiding unnecessary judicial time and costs.

Although we can't accept a drop-hands order, I appreciate the open offer made.

As such, we are instructed to settle the matter.

The current outstanding balance is £460.16.

As a one-off, we will reduce the balance to £250.00. This would cancel any hearing, and the matter will be closed.

I have updated our system."

Hello! I have received the following from the claimant's solicitors - do I just email back to decline?

"Without Prejudice Save as to Costs
Dear Sirs,
We email to propose a settlement offer.
Whilst we are willing to present our evidence to the Court, as a gesture of goodwill and to put this matter at rest, we propose a settlement.
The current outstanding balance is £460.16
Our final offer is £200.00
Should you decline this offer, we will present our evidence to the Court, requesting the full outstanding balance and further costs including hearing fee expenses.
This offer cannot be accepted at Court.
Please confirm by replying to this email, and we will update our systems."

Thank you and best wishes

Hi I have my mediation call tomorrow, is there anything I need to be aware of, or is it literally just saying "£0 offer" and that will be it? Sorry for the question, nervous for it as I've not done this before! Thank you as always