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Yes that makes sense, glad I found the site at the top of a google search! I'll share the result as soon as I have it.
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Ok, so I have received the attached letter from DCBL. Advice and feedback as to what I need to do next is appreciated.

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Bog standard boilerplate response as expected.

Please refer to them as DCB Legal and not their useless debt recovery business, DCBL.
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I have now received a letter from the Court itself and a 'Directions Questionnaire' (see attached). Please advise?

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Having received your own N180 (make sure it is not simply a copy of the claimants N180), do not use the paper form. Ignore all the other forms that came with it. you can discard those. Download your own here and fill it in on your computer. You sign it by simply typing your full name in the signature box.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673341e779e9143625613543/N180_1124.pdf

Here are the answers to some of the less obvious questions:

• The name of the court is "Civil National Business Centre".

• To be completed by "Your full name" and you are the "Defendant".

• C1: "YES"

• D1: "NO". Reason: "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.."

• F1: Whichever is your nearest county court. Use this to find it: https://www.find-court-tribunal.service.gov.uk/search-option

• F3: "1".

• Sign the form by simply typing your full name for the signature.

When you have completed the form, attach it to a single email addressed to both dq.cnbc@justice.gov.uk and info@dcblegal.co.uk and CC in yourself. Make sure that the claim number is in the subject field of the email.
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Following the above, the Court has now emailed to notify me of a 'Mediation Appointment' Here's how the email starts:

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.

I'm not sure if this is the normal course as I didn't request this as far as I know. What is the advice please?

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Attending mediation in these cases is now mandatory, albeit largely pointless in these cases. Don't get drawn into any debate as to the merits of your case, just state that you are prepared to offer £0 in return for them dropping the case against you. Otherwise, you stand by the contents of your defence and are not willing to settle.
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Thank you.

So as I initially stated, my claim is addressed to my wife however I would like to step in myself onto the mediation call as I am handling the process and she is working at the appointment date/time. Is it fine if I represent her on the call?

The email does mention:

Nominating a different representative

If you want someone else to represent you at mediation (like a trusted friend, relative or a solicitor) you must contact the mediation team

If you want to choose someone to attend your mediation appointment on your behalf who is not a part of the claim or is not a legal representative, you will also need to complete a delegated authority form. You can find out more about this on GOV.UK.

Your representative must know the facts of the case, understand how far you’re willing to compromise and have full authority to act on your behalf. You’re legally bound to any settlement agreements your representative makes on your behalf.

So I suppose it's ok and I just wanted to ensure this doesn't affect our position somehow.

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You could just pretend to be your wife. I wouldn't worry about your voice and should the mediator query it. If they do, simply retort with:

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“Are you suggesting I don’t sound like a woman? That seems an odd and rather inappropriate basis for identity verification.”

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“I wasn’t aware that there’s a required way a woman must sound. Is there an issue with my identity or is this about the mediation?”

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“That’s the first time someone’s questioned my womanhood based on my voice — shall we move on to the matter at hand?”

Do you get my point?

Considering that the context of the call is without prejudice and no direct interaction between parties occurs, the situation is low-stakes from a legal standpoint.

If you're still worried about it then you can take the call, tell them that your wife is unavoidably detained and say that she has instructed you to offer £0 and take it from there or to reschedule the call for another date when your wife could be available to offer £0.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about the first option. I do it all the time because our Sky subscription is in my wife's name but I am the one that deals with it and I eventually became fed up at having to have her come to the phone to simply say that she authorises me to deal with the issue. Instead I just started pretending to be her and I have never been queried about whether I am actually her or not.
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Ok, so I have my mediation appointment tomorrow morning and I have looked over the email one more time. In one part it says the follows:

Explaining your position

You will need to briefly explain your claim or defence to the mediator. You should prepare for yourself a brief summary of the main points.


What exactly is advised I should say here and to what level of detail?

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I wouldn't get into any protracted discussion about the merits of your case or the substance of your defence. The claimant has had a copy of your defence, and you can make clear that you stand by the points you made in your defence, and that because you do not believe you owe the claimant anything, you are only prepared to offer £0.
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Thank you
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I received the attached notice from the Court. What should I expect to follow? Thanks



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Has it been transferred to your local county court? We have no idea because you have redacted the name of the county court for whatever reason.

Otherwise, read what it says in the letter... "Details of the judges decision will be sent to you in a notice of allocation".
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Yes it says "transferred to the County Court at Brentford for allocation".

But not received a 'notice of allocation' yet.

What does this imply?
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