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MCOL is out of the loop once a case is allocated to a court.
Send it to the court directly.
That’s what the letter says, and
The County Court at Nottingham - 60 Canal Street Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG1 7EJ
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Okay thank you jfollows. I was confused because the General From of Judgement or Order states that we must 'deliver to the Claimant and the Court an Amended Defence' but then the link you sent states that my local court is no longer able to accept claim forms.


So just to clarify, we need to send a new defence to the Claimant (DCB Legal?) and to Nottingham County Court, by post?

Is it common for the defence that we submitted, which was copied from this thread last year, to be struck out as ours has?

Is it common for the defence that we submitted, which was copied from this thread last year, to be struck out as ours has?
I wouldn't say it is common, but we've seen it happen a few times.

One of the inherent issues with templates is that if they become used regularly, judges start seeing them regularly, and anecdotally, many prefer to actually engage with the facts of the case rather than deal with two parties swapping boilerplates.

You’re not sending a claim form, you’re sending an amended defence at the specific request of the court. So post or email, copying the claimant’s solicitor, yes.

The other problem with copying templates is that many people using them don’t understand them. @b789, formerly of this forum, seems to have a personal crusade to take over peoples’ defences, let’s just say that I prefer advice and guidance to enable defendants to write their own defences and understand them.

Hi All,

I submitted an amended defence, which I will share to this thread soon so that anyone new can view a process from start to finish. Documents were delivered to the court and DCB Legal, by post and email, by the requested date.

My wife and I have received this in today's post:

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A few questions arise:

1. Do we need to re-submit the amended defence, witness statements etc. to the court and DCB Legal? Our documents will not differ from what I submitted in May. This seems more like a request for Smart Parking Ltd/DCB Legal to send their paperwork but just want to check.

2. If the claim is struck out, does anyone know how soon we would find out please? Can I check the status on MCOL?

3. Since this document was sent by Nottingham County Court, DCB Legal have left messages on my wife's phone (she blocked numbers some time ago) telling her to ring them. Is this likely a case of them trying to settle before 16th July?

Thank you in advance.




You should send an amended Witness Statement, either having received the claimant's WS and documents according to the Additional Directions and responding to them in your revised WS, or - in the absence of these - noting that these documents have not been provided by the claimant. So I wouldn't file your revised WS until the deadline, ensuring that the claimant is also copied.

Since this date (16 July) is, I think, also the deadline for the claimant to pay the court fee, I would not be surprised if the claimant discontinues the case. Obviously if that happens, you don't need to do anything more. The claimant should send you a N279 Notice of Discontinuance.

The documentation requirements on the claimant in the Additional Directions make it more likely that they will give up rather than provide these.

MCOL has no further part in the process once a case has been allocated to a specific court.
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MCOL is out of the loop once a case is allocated to a court.

Do not talk to DCB Legal, as you haven't done. There's nothing to your advantage in talking to them - no record - unless you're prepared to pay them money.

I would advise being seen to actively engage with the court and its directions, as you say you've already written the documents and it does no harm to resubmit them with appropriate minor modifications on the deadline date.
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