They take you to court because they want to frighten you into paying, you didn’t fall for that.
They take you to court because they hope you will ignore the court, and then they apply for a judgment in default, you didn’t fall for that.
They discontinue but don’t tell you, are you going to fall for that?
You can turn the tables on them and threaten them with a court hearing for not informing you, which you will discontinue for £hundreds, because they won’t want their cost of £hundreds to attend.