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    • Hi all! I've now had a "final notification letter" through from ECP. I assume I should continue to ignore this, but is there likely any action I need to take? Do you need to see a copy of the letter? Thanks
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    • Afternoon All - after 3 weeks of silence, this morning I received an email from HMCTS advising that P2G have rejected my claim. Decide whether to proceed Parcel2Go.com has rejected your claim. You need to decide whether to proceed with the claim. You need to respond before 4pm on 25 June 2024. Your claim won’t continue if you don’t respond by then. This is their ‘defence’ Their defence Why they disagree with the claim When choosing a service on the Defendants website, the Claimant chose to book their order with Evri and selected to take out £20 parcel protection which comes with the service. On the first page of the booking process, the Claimant entered the value of £265 for the contents and was offered parcel protection for loss or damages against their goods for £13.99 + VAT. The Claimant selected no, which then produced a pop up which explained 'We strongly recommend that you protect the full value of your item(s).' however, the Claimant still did not take this protection out and instead continued with the booking process. At the end of the booking process, the Claimant was offered this again which was refused and the Claimant continued with the booking by accepting the terms and conditions which re-iterates the information provided in the booking process. The parcel was sent, however, seems to be delayed in transit. The parcel finally started to track again, however, when delivered the parcel was empty with no contents. As such, the claim was re-opened and attempted to be settled for the £20 protection taken out in the booking process. This was refused by the Claimant as they felt they should be paid the full amount of the value entered when booking. Unfortunately, due to the refusal of the parcel protection in the booking process the Defendant is not liable to settle the claim to the value and only to the parcel protection taken out. The Defendant shall rely on the Terms and Conditions of carriage in particular section 9. The Defendant understands that the contents have not be handled with due care and attention, which is not being disputed, however, they are disputing the amount they are liable to. They have requested mediation, I’m sure not least to drag the case out even longer, but I can see no benefit to me in this and so shall reject it. As ever, I’d welcome your thoughts guys. g59   
    • I doubt HMCTS holds any data on whether arrests by AEAs required police assistance.  They couldn't or wouldn't provide data on how many of warrants issued were successfully executed - just the number issued!  In my experience, arrest warrants whether with or without bail are [surprisingly] carried out with little or no fuss.  I think it's about how you treat people - a little respect and courtesy goes a long way. If you treat people badly they will react the same way. Occasions when police are called to assist are not common and, having undertaken or managed many thousands of these over the years, I can only recall a handful of occasions when police assistance was necessary. On one occasion, many years ago, I arrested and transported a man from Hampshire to Bristol prison on a committal warrant. It was just me and he was no problem. I didn't know the Bristol area (pre Sat Nav) and he was kind enough to provide directions - seems he knew the prison.  One young chap on another committal warrant jumped out of his back window and I had to chase him across several garden fences.  When he gave up (we were both knackered) I agreed to drive by his girlfriend's house to say farewell for a while.  I gave them a few moments and he was fine. The most difficult are breach warrants but mainly in locating the defendant as they don't want to go back to prison - can't blame them.  These were always dealt with by the police until the Access to Justice Act transferred responsibility from them to the magistrates' courts. The fact was the police did not actively pursue them and generally only executed them when they arrested someone for something else and found they had a breach warrant outstanding.  Hence the transfer of responsibility.
    • thats down to mcol making that option available for you to select, you cant force it. typically if there are known processing delays at northants bulk it will be atleast 14 days later if not more.
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      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

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I am looking to find out more regarding the legalities and technicalities Of those referred to as McKenzie Friends (MF) Sorry for the long thread but with the legal aid being cut there is a serious danger of the use of the MF and the advice costing the person engaging the MF losing a serious amount of money and still losing their case at Court...

 

 

The has been many a heated debate in the Bailiff section regarding the MF and what they can and cannot do. With this in mind I came across this article from here http://www.iclr.co.uk/mckenzie-friends-a-litigants-guide/

 

 

What McKenzie Friends may do

3) MFs may:

i) provide moral support for litigants;

ii) take notes;

iii) help with case papers;

iv) quietly give advice on any aspect of the conduct of the case.

 

What McKenzie Friends may not do

4) MFs may not:

i) act as the litigants’ agent in relation to the proceedings;

ii) manage litigants’ cases outside court, for example by signing court documents; or

iii) address the court, make oral submissions or examine witnesses.

 

With this complicated issue and their use in Court seems to now be changing. What could the outcome of this new information coming to light have with Litigants In Person (LiP)?

 

 

There was a guide issued in 2010 guidance in July 2010 (PDF) that now seems to have changed!

 

 

As far as taking "bad" advice this was proven in the following case The risks are not just that you might lose your case. You might also lose a lot more money than whatever you may have paid for the advice of someone who was not fully qualified to give it. An example can be seen in the case of H v Dent [2015] EWHC 2090 (Fam) where a father was assisted by two MFs to make a hopeless application to commit to prison two Cafcass officers and a solicitor – and ended up with a costs order against him.

 

Where does the name McKenzie friend come from that answer maybe be from this case

*The case which established the name is McKenzie v McKenzie %20P%2033&nxtid=XP1971-1-33&t=caseview-frame.htm&log_ixcard=yes"][1971] P 33; %203%20WLR%20472&nxtid=XWLR1970-3-472&t=caseview-frame.htm&log_ixcard=yes"][1970] 3 WLR 472; [1970] 3 All ER 1034, CA.

 

There is an in depth PDF from the Legal Consumers Panel (LCP) if you wish to read it you can find the link here >> http://www.legalservicesconsumerpanel.org.uk/publications/research_and_reports/documents/2014%2004%2017%20MKF_Final.pdf

 

 

The above link is a seriously long read but it may be of use for the LiP to read it before consulting or engaging a MF.

 

 

Before engaging a MF you may want to read up on the costs PDF from here issued 10/2015

https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/2015/crim-proc-rules-2015-part-45.pdf

 

 

 

Note to Admin if you could find the correct forum that would be ideal for this thread if it is of any use to CAG ?

 

 

Information gathered from here see below for links

 

 

http://www.iclr.co.uk/mckenzie-friends-a-litigants-guide/

 

 

and here

 

 

https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/docs/2015/crim-proc-rules-2015-part-45.pdf

 

 

Pdf's not added but can do if the links get broken for any reason... Although I have nothing against any MF's it is getting apparent that this area is now coming under scrutiny by the relevant departments that govern and set the guidelines and rules regarding the use of the MF...

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Hasn't all this been done to death already

DO NOT PAY UPFRONT FEES TO COLD CALLERS PROMISING TO WRITE OFF YOUR DEBTS

DO NOT PAY UPFRONT FEES FOR COSTLY TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS WITH SO CALLED "EXPERTS" THEY INVARIABLY ARE NOTHING OF THE SORT

BEWARE OF QUICK FIX DEBT SOLUTIONS, IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT INVARIABLY IS

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Oh OK,which part will that be then, so many links so little time :)

DO NOT PAY UPFRONT FEES TO COLD CALLERS PROMISING TO WRITE OFF YOUR DEBTS

DO NOT PAY UPFRONT FEES FOR COSTLY TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS WITH SO CALLED "EXPERTS" THEY INVARIABLY ARE NOTHING OF THE SORT

BEWARE OF QUICK FIX DEBT SOLUTIONS, IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT INVARIABLY IS

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