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I have no idea, all they told me on the phone was that the hearing is happening as scheduled as it was paid for, so thats what im going with.

Take copies of your defence, WS and exhibits with you. Ideally one for you, one for the judge, and one for the claimant's representative (they should both have them already, but reduces the chance of any shenanigans if not).

It can feel daunting the first time but the thing to remember is, you're not on trial at the Old Bailey, and you know the details of your case better than either of the other two parties - the claimant's representative has likely barely had time to read the details of the case before turning up to represent them. Be polite and speak in plain English.

Thanks guys. In the end I just took my evidence (bank statement) and this was enough as I won.

Anyway, here's what happened for those interested.

The judge said that the witness statement given was fairly copy + paste and some of it was not relevant (basically she knew I hadn't written it and it wasn't done by a lawyer). I am not blaming you guys as it was better than anything I could have came up with. However, she didn't go into any further details.

However, it was pretty evident that she slammed their statement much harder and said it was confusing and 'strange'. In other words, she wasn't really disappointed with mine but was with theirs.

In fact, it's almost like the lawyer didn't really understand the assignment either. In the end, they tried claiming I'd entered the wrong reg but had no proof. Not only this but because I'd used the car park before and after on other dates, she could see I was not doing anything malicious even if I did enter in the wrong registration.

Overall it was a pretty big waste of time all things considered but I'm glad I won and wanted to say thanks for helping me through the entire process.

I'm disappointed that she thought the your WS was a copy and paste

The OP can correct me if I'm wrong, but my reading of this is that she probably (a) knew the OP had not written the WS himself, and (b) knew he had not engaged a lawyer, and put those together To conclude it had been copied and pasted from somewhere.

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I'm disappointed that she thought the your WS was a copy and paste

The OP can correct me if I'm wrong, but my reading of this is that she probably (a) knew the OP had not written the WS himself, and (b) knew he had not engaged a lawyer, and put those together To conclude it had been copied and pasted from somewhere.

Yeah, that is probably my understanding of it. I can't remember her name either. It wasn't a harsh criticism from her either, just a general observation that it was fairly generic. Obviously though, it's better than anything a regular person could write up so I'm not complaining!

Thanks again.