Thanks Andy, much obliged. Will time it as close to the 14 days deadline to submit and wait to see what comes back.

Is it possible to alter the WS after it has been submitted to the court, just wondering whether the claimant will file their WS late and produce documents that I am unaware of. Would also appreciate if someone could check my draft WS in my earlier post please, thank you for your help.

The court date is drawing nearer would appreciate for help and advice on the attached WS that I have drafted, left it as late as possible before the 14 days deadline to see if claimant has filed their WS.

I have written giving them 14 days to reply with evidence of court judgement. Checked on MCOL last item was transfer to local court in October, would expect to see entry of judgement made if what MKDP said is true.

Received a strange letter from MKDP today threatening to make application for a charge against our property as judgement has been held in excess of one month. We have only received allocation to SCT from the court a few days ago confirming a court hearing date. Any idea what they are playing at or are they just incompetent.

Would it be appropriate to send CPR31.14 request which will probably get ignored since its now allocated to SCT, any comments appreciated thanks.

thanks Andy - mediation is suitable as stated in the notice and I have replied to the court today by email for mediation appointment. I need your help to draft out a suitable WS as I am not sure what line of defence to take should they produce a copy of the card application as attached in post #1.

We have now received a notice of allocation to the small claims track with a hearing date set for February. I guess the next stage is to prepare a witness statement and documents for submission but would appreciate any advice as claimant failed to reply to our CCA request. Should we also ring the court to arrange mediation appointment as suggested on the notice even though this was not taken up previously by the claimant which they have agreed on the DQ.

ok will wait to see what comes next after sending N180

thank you Andy, is it any point sending a request under cpr 31.14 since we have had no response to the cca request.

thanks Andy, if I agree to mediation does this mean we are prepared to pay something towards the claim even though they have not complied with my cca request and cannot enforce, appreciate your help thanks.

Received N180 from the court today and required to submit by 22 Sept. Would appreciate advice as this is the first time defending. Not sure why they are proceeding as we have not received anything since our section 77/78 request and they remain in default. Do we just complete the form and send to both the court and claimant at this stage, thanks for any assistance.

thanks dx

Trying to submit my defence on MCOL but when I logged in this message was showing - A bar has been put in place on this claim. You cannot respond to the claim at this time. Any idea why that is as deadline is not till 24/8/14, thanks.

learn something new everyday thanks for the quick reply.