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Well that was a spectacular waste of time/money.

NTC's claim was allowed, along with their representation costs of £150 as the judge ruled me to have acted unreasonably.

Judge was completely dismissive and arrogant, and seemed to take extreme umbrage at my pointing out that BW Legal had served their bundle late and inccurately. It very much seemed that he'd already arrived at his decision before we even entered the room.

To summarise his points:

The photographs in the Witness Statement demonstrated a period of parking.

No evidence that Eden Moore had asserted conduct of litigation.

Claims that claim was inaccurately pleaded were simply incorrect.

Contract was formed as the documents and notice make it clear that the mere act of parking was acceptance of the terms.

PoFA fully complied with - simple breach of contract by parking where not entitled. Stationary vehicle with no driver was sufficient.

Brennan irrelevant and non-binding.

Valid contract with landowner.

My documents and evidence were entirely at odds with those provided by the claimant, and therefore no weight attached to them.

14 days now to pay £432.

That's a real shame, and quite a surpruise - you seem to have very much fallen foul of 'judge bingo' - there are some good ones and some crap ones.

The 'unreasonable conduct' premium is the real kicker.

I thought that the bar for this at Small Claims level is exceedingly high, and very much reserved for non-compliance with directions? I seem to have been deemed unreasonable for choosing to challenge the claim based on a fairly solid prior judgment?

Will I receive a written judgment?

Is there any way of getting hold of the Judge's rationale in writing, or is this not applicable at this level?