Wait and see if the claimant submits their WS before the deadline. If they have not discontinued or submitted their WS by the 22nd March, remind me here and I will assist to prepare a suitable WS for you to submit.
The DDJ has erred and I am seeking advice on what this could mean if you are not allowed to plead a proper amended defence should the claimant actually submit further amended PoC.
According to a District Judge I have just spoken with about this matter, he has suggested that you do not need to worry. The hearing judge is likely to pick up on this and will try to sort it out, possibly after an adjournment. He has said that there is no point in trying to submit any evidence on your part before the hearing.
A hearing where the claimant has been allowed to submit a Witness Statement in order to remedy an inadequate statement of case, and attempt to rectify procedural failings at a later stage is an abuse of process.
