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You complete and send your own N180:

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 help@moorsidelegal.co.uk and CC in yourself. Make sure that the claim number is in the subject field of the email.

Hi,
I have mediation appointment tomorrow . Any advice please for what I should & shouldn't say ?

Have a look around the forum, there's plenty of examples. I quoted one such:

Quote from: b789 on February 04, 2025, 10:49:02 am

Mediation is not part of the judicial process. There is no judge or solicitors involved.  The only compulsory element is to "attend" the mediation phone call.

Mediation is not the place to argue the legal merits of the case. Simply decline to discuss details – The claimant has your defence. The mediator is not legally trained and must not offer an opinion on the merits of yours or the claimant position. If they do, you enquire as to what their legal qualification is for their opinion and you inform them that you will be raising a formal complaint about their conduct.

Your position is that the claim is without merit, and your offer is £0. Once it’s clear there is no agreement, the mediation should quickly conclude. The case will then proceed to allocation.

Thanks Mushtek

Hi All,
I have now recieved a date for the court hearing on 17th July at local county court .
Any advice on preparations, etc please as its all new to me
TIA

Show us the notice, please, because there’s probably more to it than you’re saying.

You make a note for your diary for 20 June to contact the court if you haven’t already been notified to see if the claimant has paid the court fee.
Is there more, ie deadline for submitting papers to the court? It’s important to know when you need to submit your witness statement by. It could be that this date is after the date for payment of the court fee, so you need to think about what you’ll say now but don’t worry about writing this down until you know the fee has been paid.