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Quote from: settop23 on March 25, 2026, 10:32:58 am

I am self employed so what proof would I need to provide to claim?

The time to ask would have been after the judge made clear their claim had failed - apologies, I completely forgot to mention this when advising on the hearing.

In this particular case as the witness statement was drafted by a paralegal couldn't the OP use the Mazur argument?
Wouldn't that dismiss the case entirely? (Sorry if that sounds as a noob)

For me, this case clearly illustrates a number of 'simple things';

1) No need for a massive 18 page Witness Statement when one or two pages will do - each point clearly and concisely set out and presented in a manner which makes very easy reading for the Judge in the short period of time running up to the hearing.

2) Paralegals clearly lack the skill and application when presenting evidence in Court documents - in this instance so many doors were left open - it was only a matter of time before the Judge seized upon one of them.

3) In this particular case, the input of the group presented the Judge with at least five or six reasons to kick the claim into touch - in my opinion, the Judge simply chose the non-evidence of signage / vehicle position as he or she felt it was easiest to demonstrate and therefore the best method to wrap the hearing up quickly and efficiently.



Well done.

The claim has been dismissed, the OP has won. No need to get into a technical discussion about Mazur if the judge agrees that the claimant has not proven their claim.

Shouldn't that be included in the defence? I'm thinking that we should make our case as strong as possible in case there's a judge that doesn't see eye to eye with us. At least with a technicality he/she won't be able to say no.
I'd also argue this needs to be the last line of defense.