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Note that the deadline for submitting Witness Statements was 11 June, but if the claimant has not submitted one either that’s good for you. But the claimant had to pay the court fee by 28 May and you need to find out whether or not this has been done.

Worst case is that the fee has been paid and the claimant has filed a Witness Statement.
Best case is that the fee has not been paid and the case has been struck out.

You first of all need to find out the status of your case.

Then, if you need to file a Witness Statement the courts are usually lenient on defendants if they’re only a day or so late. But, hopefully, you won’t need to, so get the status first.

If the fee has been paid and the claimant has submitted a Witness Statement then (a) you need to complain that you weren’t sent a copy (b) you need to get a copy and rebut anything you disagree with in it and (c) you do this by submitting your own Witness Statement.

Above all, you’ve got to ensure you don’t get a default judgement made against you because you didn’t follow the court’s instructions.

Worth doing, but I think MCOL stops being updated once the case has been transferred to a specific court.

Nothing of note there as jfollows predicted.

When can you ring the Court?

I spoke to them, they said no fee has been paid and no documents have been submitted, but it may be that the court hasn’t updated it? I should check again at the end of next week?