Burtonaction V A&l

burtonaction · 18th July 2007, 22:02

Hello one and all, I have just got a letter from my local court, my case will be heard in the small claims court on the 6th September. I have to produce documents by the end of this month, if I post the details of the judges directions can anyone help me make sure I have the right papers?

Thanks

squarebob · 18th July 2007, 22:09

We all Can.

burtonaction · 18th July 2007, 22:11

Just the kind of answer I was expecting and hoping for. How much detail do you need? How far should I go back with the events of my claim? Or do you wonderfull people just need the directions?

jansus · 18th July 2007, 23:25

just a brief summary and the directions should do

GOT A COURT DATE? A guide to the later stages

jan

MimiJane · 19th July 2007, 10:24

Post away Burton ... we're all waiting to help

burtonaction · 22nd July 2007, 16:35

A little delayed but here goes...
Filled through MCOL for a shade under 5K plus 1.4K interest, used the POC taken from the MSE website. Recieved standard W&C defence and was transfered to Bournemouth Court. Recieved and completed AQ incuding the draft order from this site. Had notice of allocation to Small Claims and 15 minute hearing set for september 6th, directions as follows...

1) Each party shall deliver to every other party and to the court office copies of all documents (including expert's reports if the court has given permission for expert evidence to be used) on which he intends to rely at the hearing.
2) The copies shall be delivered by 4pm on Tuesday, 31st July 2007.
3) The original documents shall be brought to the hearing
4) Signed statements setting out the evidence of all witnesses (including expert witnesses if permission has been givne to use them) on whom each party intends to rely shall be prepared and copies included in the documents mentioned in paragraph 1. This includes the evidence of the parties themselves and of any other witnesses whether or not the witnesses are going to come to court to give evidence.
5) The court must be informed immediately if the case is settled by agreement before the hearing date.

So, do I need to put together and internally digest the entire bundle?
Do all the documents need to be with W&C by 4pm on Tuesday, 31st July or just with the court by then? Has anyone put together all the T&C from 2001 onwards?

I hope everyone is having a good weekend, I was untill I sat down to start sorting this out. Thanks in advance for any and all help offered.

MimiJane · 22nd July 2007, 17:08

Hi there,

Sounds like you have to complete a Witness Statement and include your charges schedule, copies of bank statements (just the ones with charges on highlighted), the "Basic Court Bundle", your T&C's (for start of claim year and end year) and anything else you want to include like online BBC articles, etc.

If you look at the A-Z in my signature, you'll find the Witness Statement templates and the Basic Court Bundle (legal documents) to tailor to your needs and print off.

"Every other party AND the court office" by 4pm 31st July.

Get other views first, don't just rely on mine, as all these orders vary greatly and you'll probably get different opinions

Drop me your email address by PM and I'll send you my Index of Documents, which should be very useful guide.

Good luck!

Mimi

burtonaction · 22nd July 2007, 17:19

Hi Mimijane.

I have just PM you.

Thanks.

burtonaction · 27th July 2007, 09:00

What a day!
Car broke down last night and going to have to fork out for it's repair today. Then wake up to the OFT case announcement, listening to all the chat on the news is making it tough to finish off preparing my bundle to go in the post today for Tuesday's deadline. I'm telling myself that there is a chance that A&L will forget to submitt their papers in time and that the judge will order in my favour but I'm sure all I'll hear from the court is that my case has been stayed.
Am I begining to wish that I'd settled for half my claim last month?

alice-rose · 27th July 2007, 10:06

hi there burtonaction

sorry to hear about the car..... must have been
one of those days !

don't let it get to you
stiff upper lip and all that......

just get stuck into that bundle and send it off to the court.

advice is,
if you have a court date - carry on with the claim, and continue to prepare for your hearing.

it is very likely that each judge/local court will handle the news of the OFT Test Case in a different way.
each court has their own methods as has become evident on this forum.

you could of course ring your local court to see if they can offer any advice.

A&L may ask for a stay on all their claims
and there may be a few judges who will grant their stay
and there may be a few who won't - who is to say at this stage ?

have you read the STICKY thread that was very kindly posted above by Scooter
alanfromderby Moderator has also made an ANNOUNCEMENT in red about the OFT (at the top of the forum)

you can find information on the bbcnews24 website

at least you will have the satisfaction of getting all that court bundle paperwork out of the way....
and feel you have done something constructive -
plus - have a lot more room at home ha ha ha
you'll be able to see your table/desk ! ! !

we're drowning in paperwork here !

I have just been given a court date, and am expected to send in my cheque for £100 - and wondered yesterday
should i post the cheque off now, or should i hang on to it.

after all -£100 is better in my pockets than the courts
and it could be with the courts for months if my court grant a stay ?
but this morning, i have decided to send it off

good luck with your claim

alice down the rabbit-hole
x

burtonaction · 27th July 2007, 14:44

Thanks Alice,

The support is very welcome and your thoughts mirror mine, I will get the papers in on time and ask the court if they have any idea of how things are going to proceed.
However, I am going to wait untill next week as I have had enough bad news in the last 24 hours.
I hope we both get lucky with our judges (o'er) and that neither case gets stayed but at least we can be pretty confident that we'll get our money either way.
For now I'll console myself in the fact that it's payday, I have a free weekend and I am going to go enjoy myself... I think that's how I ran up these charges in the first place!
Some poeple never learn.

x

Anton

alice-rose · 27th July 2007, 14:57

Hi Anton.

very sweet of you to reply.

good to hear you're looking on the brightside
I can feel a song coming on.......

(I'm Mr.Brightside !)

someone is a lucky duck - Payday !

which reminds me of the views lyrics - face for the radio !

wages on a friday
spent on saturday
lend us a fiver
won't do that agen

oh - so reminds me of my youth !

ENJOY the weekend

LIVE LOVE LAUGH AND BE HAPPY !!!!!

alice down the rabbit-hole in wraggeland
xx

ps
get to know all these songs because i have two
teenage children.....
keeps me young
I'm an old youngie
or a
young oldie !
x

squarebob · 27th July 2007, 17:40

Aleece,
Have you been sampling that cough mixture again?

alice-rose · 27th July 2007, 17:53

YES !

The very same one that
Homer bottled up
for
Mo's Bar ! ! !

hic hic

chubbas dad · 27th July 2007, 17:58

give us a sniff of that,

and get me out of this hole...............

alice-rose · 27th July 2007, 18:08

its only money chubba

money we thought we'd never see again !

you'll only spend it all anyway ! ha ha ha ha ha

how many holidays have you booked ?

at least we've all made lots of nice friends

on here !

alice down the rabbit hole x hic hic

chubbas dad · 27th July 2007, 18:15

no holls booked, only a new bike is needed to make me happy.jenny is getting me the gloves( little does she know i want expensive ones lol )and my partner a new helmet.(that will set her back a near fatal amount rofl)so i can keep some of my money where no one can find it.

alice-rose · 27th July 2007, 18:20

Shusshhhhhhhhhh

don't let the fox know there will be some money left over

he'll ransack your place before you can say

lend me a tenner

or should that be

lend us a bob or two (square-bob or two)

he's as crafty as a fox alright
or is that a box of monkey type sponges

by the way

did you know the Queen received

A SPONGE (SQUAREBOB) ?

For one of her wedding presents ???

I'm getting too BIG for this Room now , gotta go.......

alice in wraggeland x

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