For heavens sake... stop panicking! What you have received is all normal boilerplate stuff. It is not YOUR N180 DQ, it is a copy of the Claimants N180 DQ.
I have already assured you that if you follow the advice you will not be paying a penny to ECP, yet you appear to be convincing yourself that your are somehow going to be "
incurring massive debts". Where do you even get that misconception from? Even if you were to actually gp to trial (which you definitely won't) and lost, you would end up paying less than the original claim amount because the fake added debt recovery cost is never allowed.
How far is this going to go? It is going to go all the way to your local county court and once they have allocated a date for the hearing, four weeks before that is the deadline for the claimant to pay the £27 trial fee. Just before this date, whenever that is, you will receive an N279 Notice of Discontinuation and that will be the end of the matter.
So, you can either be low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree that is easily intimidated to pay up out of ignorance and fear or you can follow the advice being given here and pay nothing and also educate yourself out of the unfounded fears you are expressing.
Now, back to the N180 DQ... You can check your MCOL history to see when your own N180 has been issued or just wait to receive it in the post. Having received your own N180 (make sure it is not simply a copy of the claimants N180) or been notified on MCOL that yours has been sent, do not use the paper form. Ignore all the other forms that came with it. you can discard those. Download your own N180 DQ 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.pdfHere 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 [claimant to their legal representative]and CC in yourself. Make sure that the claim number is in the subject field of the email.
