08-11-2026, 10:28 AM
@adegaw, how did you receive the notification that the trial fee had been paid? Was it by post or email? Can you please show me the notification.
You have not mentioned any correspondence regarding the courts direction on any hearing! You must have received a Notice of Allocation with a judges directions to both parties with deadlines for hearing dates and submission of Witness Statements. You appear to have gone from receipt of the claim, mediation and DQ to informing me that a "fee" was paid on 3rd August. What is the date of the hearing? What is the deadline for their payment of the hearing fee (usually 4 weeks before the hearing date) and very importantly, what is the deadline for submitting Witness Statements (bundle).
It is important that you show me the notices you receive so I can advise in a timely manner. If the trial fee has been paid, it means that they are going to go ahead with the hearing and unlikely to discontinue.
The defence submitted relied on the fact that the PoC were insufficient to establish a cause of action and that they failed to comply with CPR 16.4 PD16. In most cases the procedural judge would have made some comment or made a requirement for the claimant to do something about it or struck the claim out.
So, before we continue, please show me the Notices you received about the claim being transferred to your local county court and the judges orders. You should have received an N271 Notice of Transfer of Proceedings and an N157 Notice of Allocation to the Small Claims Track,
You have not mentioned any correspondence regarding the courts direction on any hearing! You must have received a Notice of Allocation with a judges directions to both parties with deadlines for hearing dates and submission of Witness Statements. You appear to have gone from receipt of the claim, mediation and DQ to informing me that a "fee" was paid on 3rd August. What is the date of the hearing? What is the deadline for their payment of the hearing fee (usually 4 weeks before the hearing date) and very importantly, what is the deadline for submitting Witness Statements (bundle).
It is important that you show me the notices you receive so I can advise in a timely manner. If the trial fee has been paid, it means that they are going to go ahead with the hearing and unlikely to discontinue.
The defence submitted relied on the fact that the PoC were insufficient to establish a cause of action and that they failed to comply with CPR 16.4 PD16. In most cases the procedural judge would have made some comment or made a requirement for the claimant to do something about it or struck the claim out.
So, before we continue, please show me the Notices you received about the claim being transferred to your local county court and the judges orders. You should have received an N271 Notice of Transfer of Proceedings and an N157 Notice of Allocation to the Small Claims Track,
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