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    • Thank you everyone!  thought to share some points from my experience in court today that may help others who are taking Evri to court: The judge sets out how the hearing will go and how each party should behave; while i was certainly feeling anxious/nervous ahead of the hearing (and I'm sure @jk2054 may have also observed this), the judge really does try to put any non-legal persons at ease; refrain from talking to the other party and instead speak to the judge if you have any questions/responses; the judge and the advocate spoke about tort of negligence - i wasn't sure how this applied to my case but the judge was questionning the advocate about this so i chose to stay out of this; the judge made reference to a historical case of Donaghue v Stevenson which established a duty of care; the judge observed that some of the points in Evri's witness statement by george wood needed cross examination but george was not present today for questionning; While i was claiming 8% interest, the judge pointed out that is the upper limit and that today, savings accounts give 4-5%. I therefore opted for 5% interest which was agreed to by the judge and the advocate; above all else, ensure you know your court bundle and have any notes to help you refer to specific sections - it helped me to structure my answers to the judge/defendant's queries, and point to specific evidence where i was asked to prove e.g., the value of the item. @honeybee13 - yes, will confirm when payment is received. I have emailed the Evri.claims email with my bank details and also provided them after the hearing to the advocate. @BankFodder message received and i am replying to it
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I understand there a homeless at home policy, is there anywhere I can get information on how this should be implemented by the local housing authority please. I am asking as all requests to them regarding this are currently being ignored.

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yes I will put it in letter and send recorded...they are ignoring emails and I cant get any straight answers on the phone. we know the general homeless advice its in particular the homeless at home temporary situation that's needed clarifying. Thank you.

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Take your time and have a good read of the links.

 

Have they actually registered as Homeless with the Council and had a response?

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yes they have,

but it was made clear that the housing they currently have is temporary, in order to avoid street homelessness, and the council stated that being 'at home' abeit overcrowded and two adults sharing a room that are not a couple and of opposite sex, which I understood was not allowed ....was still better than the B&B that the council could offer if they could find a place at all.

 

 

However now a few months later when enquiries as to how temporary the council are meaning, it transpires they have not logged the person as homeless at home which is a recognised status apparently and they should be treated the same as if they were in B&B etc..

..this is a separate issue to my other post, two different families.

I have advised the person write and make this clear and maybe contact their district councillor..

..its madness how bad the housing situation is.

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I can see what your saying but have a look at this link from Shelter: http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/homelessness/homelessness_-_an_introduction/legal_definition_of_homelessness

 

Specifically go down the webpage to: Homeless if you have accommodation

 

Have a wee chat with Shelter,

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Thankyou....well the council have been told by the family helping this person that it is only temporary as it has caused an overcrowded situation to only be worse...I have put them in contact with shelter who are helping with advice and a legal rep.

 

 

Thankyou for the shelter link I hadn't thought of them in this scenario.

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