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If you want to pay £0, ignore every offer of settlement that they will try. They have been known to go sown to as little as £5, as though the person responsible for the case is desperate for some minuscule amount of commission.

We have been known to string them along by pretending to hum and hah as though we are considering it, but never by phone or email. Only by text. Can be quite good fun. A bit like deliberately engaging with a Nigerian prince who wants to give you £10,000,000 for safekeeping!

If you search the forum you’ll find lots of examples:

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 (email of solicitor) and CC in yourself. Make sure that the claim number is in the subject field of the email.

You should already have received the claimant’s N180. Yours is required so that the case gets allocated to your local court, amongst other reasons.

Thank you

Do I leave the bit about mediation blank?

Read Section A.
Mediation is mandatory.