Thank you Andy I will start on the witness statements and the documents on file, by end of this month to be issued to Court and as detailed by the date given, I will post up the statements in Private before I submit these to the Court in time for the Hearing. We will of course Post the documents to the defendant to their last address we have on file.

Hi Andy this is a copy of their DQ which they sent to us by recorded deliver but did not post up on the Court until the unless order, we can confirm that we have not still received the Court copy of the DQ or if they have changed the solicitors or indeed if Mr XXXXX is still defending the claim in person so we are not sure. Scans_20210122_150955.pdf sorry I will post in main forum

Thank you Andy I am so frustrated as we have no money and have had to borrow to pay for my daughters wedding last year and still in the situation created by Goosedale, where we are paying back a loan to cover the small wedding event, when they should have refunded this last year, we are so disappointed how they have behaved. Thank you for your assistance, as soon as I can recover the money I will of course make a donation to the Forum as your help and support has been much appreciated.

We are particularly concerned that they have mislead the truth in their defence to the Court stating we agreed to a reduced number of guests to change the contract, for 8/10/20 and also stated we cancelled this date, both facts which are concerning as the contract was accepted and confirmed as Frustrated since May 23 2020, we were merely postponing as they refused to refund us, so we had been told "NO REFUNDS - POSTPONE" They are trying their luck and this is one of the most disgraceful companies we have dealt with to date in our concerns, while we have been members in the Forum, please families and couples note, this thread before they book this venue they are not ones to be trusted or relied on for a service, then they will charge you for the privilege of not providing you anything but lies and excuses.

Hi Andy and BankFodder this is the AQ notification and Date of Hearing, we would be obliged if we can be advised further and in particular for our costs in litigation due to the unreasonable behaviour of the Defendants and their defence to date. GOOSEDALE LTD TA GOOSEDALE.pdf

Thank you for the advice Andy, I will of course post up any further directions or orders as they arrive, including all responses from the Defendant.

Hi just received this from the Court, it appears they are still wasting our and the Court time, and denying the full refund as requested, we will of course deal with this at the Hearing. General Form of Judgment or Order CAG.pdf

Thank you BazzaS, I completely agree with you!

We will of course be informing the Court that we are LIP and the costs we have had to incur due to the unreasonable behaviour of the defendant including forcing us to incur costs and further costs, and refusing to deal with the LBC. On a more ethical tone the firm of solicitors noted here are correct in the interpretation of the law as it stood since March 2019, https://www.ellisjones.co.uk/blog/article/what-is-the-current-effect-of-coronavirus-on-my-wedding-contract Goosedale the defendant has been given all these facts and informed that our daughter was married in a Civil ceremony last year with 15 Guests, hence they are not only wasting Court time but have cost us severe distress, inconvenience and loss of money to date, all which will be dealt with at a Hearing now. where the Defendant stated only a Judge can make the order to make him refund the money, hence his actions have caused immense waste of Court time and is an abuse of the Court Process, shame on Goosedale and equally shame on DWF what a joke !! CMA have given the correct interpretation of the law - THEY HAVE NO RIGHT TO KEEP A SINGLE PENNY THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED ANYTHING FOR they have known this since March 2019.

Seems to be a delusion that these Venus have that they can keep money they do not provide any service for, here is the DQ from Goosedale - he now wants the claim to be heard in Nottingham and wants mediation, when he has made us incur over £500 in costs, wasted Court time and also refused to consider the CMA guidelines. It appears he has now dismissed his legal team, although he may think the Judge will listen to his claim that he can provide no service and still keep the money - Wow how can this be allowed when there is a law against this which has been clear and concise set out in the CMA letter sent to this venue and others since March 2020.t I am awaiting the Press to publicise this venue and others like them, who have abused the very people who wanted to use them for one of the most memorable days of their lives. They certainly have made it memorable, never to use them again - Advice to others Take them to Court and let a Judge see what they are doing its not moral or indeed acceptable. Scans_20210122_150955.pdf

To the the Poster here, please follow the advices given on this forum, they are very professional and know the law fully, do not allow the venue to bully you, they are disgraceful and want to keep money which you have saved for your wedding, despite the fact they have not provided you any services, this is illegal Look at the CMA guidelines posted up in my thread, you cant be forced to use a Venue when the contract has been frustrated, they can not make variations to contracts, as they have already agreed that they wanted to postpone due to Covid, they technically bullied and lied to make you change the contract. If they can not provide the service for 400 people which you employed them for, your entitled to your money back in full, with costs if they are unreasonable, informing you via a solicitor that they intend to sue you just shows the leech firm of solicitors, who they employ, to defend them, they are just as bad as each other. ITS YOUR MONEY, FIGHT FOR IT, they do not deserve a penny issue a Court claim get you facts right and post up all their letters minus your ID, then fight and take the advice here, you cant afford to lose your money if they can afford to fight for it and give you nothing, why?

Hi Bankfodder I have now sent this email to you. I await further communication

Thank you Andy The Court have not confirmed solicitors so we shall proceed as agreed with the DQ by 25 January 2021.

Hi BankFodder, my emails are all down until Saturday, as Virgin have not been able to send a engineer out to repair the cables, I have logged into my sons account and accessed this website and just found this message, I will of course email the above address as soon as the emails are working which I am advised will be by 3pm Saturday 16 January 2021. I am in the process of doing the AQ and will of course send this as advised by Andyorch by 25 January 2021 to the Court, I am also awaiting the courts response to the failure of the Defendants to follow the procedure regarding change of the defendants legal advisor. please can I be advised do I need to respond defence which came with the DQ, or leave the response as the claim is proceeding to Court. I will keep checking this site periodically as I am not receiving any notifications to my virgin account as advised until 16/01/21. I can confirm that we have reported Goosedale to the CMA and they have also requested further details to investigate this company.

We have now received the AQ from the Court as attached, I can confirm that my emails have been down since last week and I have not been able to upload further documents as this is not going to be resolved until they have a engineer to come repair the system. I attach the order received from the Court Directions Questionaire Goosedale CAG.pdf

Hi Andy I can confirm that the Court has listed the claim for a Hearing and we are to submit the DQ before 25/01. I can post the information on the forum if this is confirmed here. We will be fully disputing the defence as confirmed by BankFodder and the previous postings, as the defendants have ignored the LBC and the Guidance from the Government since March 2020. Indeed the Defendant has confirmed already the contract has been frustrated, but went on to confirm that he wished the claim to proceed before a Judge to make the Judgement as he did not wish to comply with the Competition and Markets Authority advice in this matter which was sent to him in March and also again in September 2020, this is unreasonable conduct and will be dealt with at the Hearing. We have incurred costs and distress and also inconvenience to date, as well as further waste of Court time and our time in this matter, https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-refunds-cma-warns-wedding-firms-over-unfair-practices https://www.gov.uk/government/news/covid-19-cma-to-investigate-cancellation-policy-concerns https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/915278/Open_letter_to_Weddings_providers_7sept20.pdf We also will be asking for costs in this matter and Litigant in person costs and would be grateful for advice in this from the Forum, we can confirm that we are indebted to the Forum for its assistance, in this matter and hope that other parents, brides and grooms will take their claim to the Court and consider the advice of the Forum here and not let these companies keep money which they have not provided any service for or indeed have any intention to provide, this is illegal as confirmed by the CMA. this was confirmed in the statement below in April 2019. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cma-to-investigate-concerns-about-cancellation-policies-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic/the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic-consumer-contracts-cancellation-and-refunds

Thank you Andyorch I will send this off immediately to the court with the amendment made above. I will of course keep the forum updated as soon as any response is received.

Thank you for your response Andy I had left my laptop logged in all day I can confirm that I propose to write the following as per the advice : The Leicester County Court Leicester Claim no XXXXXX Claimants XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX V Goosedale Ltd Dear Sir/madam We are the Claimants in the Case, we would be grateful if the Court can: 1) Provide a copy of the defence from the defendant, which was to be issued by the 5 January 2021. 2) Confirm that the Defendant have sought permission from the Court to use/change Legal Counsel. 3) Note that we wish to proceed with this claim. We await the Directions questionnaire and the response to the above as soon as possible. Kind regards Mrs XXXXXXXXXXX Miss xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Andy No we have never been informed of a change of representative or if these are new representatives for Goosedale, we just received the 5 pages attached no other letter or contact in a unmarked unrecorded envelope. I can not understand how they can just make up facts and send these to the Court as they have, then sign a statement to say its the truth? I will not do anything to respond and will again just follow the advices from the Forum as alwaya. Thank you

Thank you HB i just did upload the documents which were previously blanked out, but for some reason the blanking was removed when uploaded so rather than get things more confusing I uploaded them as soon as they have been read I will remove the ones which identify the names on the documents and leave the previous ones.

Thank you for this information these are merged now, please can the names and identifiers be removed after reading as the system would not allow me to blank out the names. 216845391_RedactedSodaPDF-merged-MergingResult.pdf

Hi Andy and Forum Happy New Year to all. I can confirm that I have received their embarrassed type defence from a Firm of solicitors in Liverpool on their behalf, making up various facts including that we agreed a new contract with limited guests, and then cancelled the contract with only 34 days notice, they seem to be implying that we have no claim as we cancelled the contract and it was not frustrated at all and they are entitled to 75% fees, and no costs can be claimed by us, I have been trying to upload the document, but I am having difficulty as it is some 4 pages long, I am trying to load these up in the Forum by Sunday. Thank you all

Thank you Andy I will send it now, as I have a hour free.

Thank you Andy, I will get this done first thing on Monday 21 December 2020 as the deadline if for 22 December 2020.

he has removed the Blockers so hopefully this is now in PDF dx100, please let me know if it can be seen So shall i type this up and send again Andy? In the Leicester County Court County Court 90 Wellington Street Leicester LE1 6HG In the Leicester county court Claim, No 164MC057 Claimant/s......... V Defendant......... Amended particulars of claim. The claimant and second claimant joinder seek reimbursement of £7700 paid to the defendant on 19 April date 2019 in respect of a frustrated contract for a wedding venue for 350 Guests booked for the 23 May 2020 and which was cancelled by the defendant as a result of implementing government restrictions in respect of Covid 19 Legislation. The leading claimant makes this claim pursuant to Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. The defendant has refused to refund the contract price. The claimant seeks £7700 plus interest and costs. Statement of Truth I believe that the facts stated in the particulars of claim are true. Signed Dated this day xxxxx