Horizon Claim

[b789]

@mouse, at this stage I would concentrate on being organised for the hearing rather than producing yet more substantive documents.

Take a complete paper copy of bundle with you, even though everything has already been filed and served. The Judge may have the documents electronically, but you do not want to be sitting there unable to put your finger on a particular page when discussing it. I would also take a spare paper copy of the key documents you are most likely to rely upon, just in case something is missing from the court file.

Also prepare a short costs schedule and take copies with you. That should include:

• the reserved £123 N244 fee;
  
• your allowable hearing expenses/loss of earnings; and
  
• any additional costs you intend to seek under CPR 27.14(2)(g) because of the Claimant's unreasonable conduct.
  

It would also help to have a one- or two-page hearing note for yourself listing the main points in the order you want to raise:

1. no PoFA liability;
   
2. no proof of driver identity;
   
3. the material change/signage failure;
   
4. no landowner contract despite the Judge's direction;
   
5. inconsistent and inflated quantum;
   
6. defective interest;
   
7. late witness evidence; and
   
8. the reserved N244 costs.
   

That is for your own use so you do not get dragged off course

You do not need to re-send everything merely because Gladstones have now sent their trial bundle. If their CPR 27.9 notice remains their position, they are saying they will not attend anyway, so the hearing is likely to be you and the Judge working through the evidence already filed.