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Attending court in Slough in June. The Judge has ordered a small claims track and allocated 10 minutes max for the hearing (is this usual now?). Have completed most of the court bundle but unsure which of the evidence statements to use. I assume Corbitts are using a standard defence - based on:
"It is the case of the Defendant that the contract betweeen the Claimant and the Defendant does not fall within SGSA section 15 because (a) the consideration for the service would bve determined by the contract between the Claimant and the Defendant and (b) was not left to be determined in a manner agreed by the contract or determined by the dealings between the Claimant and the DEfendant".
As they are claiming that it is a services the choices seem to be between the "SERVICE CHARGE STATEMENT" and the one to be used for a defence based on standard T&Cs e.g. Barclays. Can anyone help please?
Thanks for looking Kurt, any idea which statement to use though?
Also is up to 10 minutes for the hearing usual nowadays ... I thought it was up to one hour..!