strange paperwork from the court?

Hi all,



would like a bit of advice on a case that a friend of mine is involved in. a brief history.



a) received a claim

b) ack service

c) cpr request sent

d) defence filed



e) DQ sent along with a letter requesting the court order the claimant produce documents under CPR

f) claim sent to local court

g) district judge reads paperwork and orders the claimant to re plead their claim and provide documents or the claim be struck out. also orders defendant to file an amended defence should the claimant comply.

h) claimant replies but fails to provide docs ordered by the judge and amazingly even refuses to provide a copy of the agreement !?

i) defendant submits an N244 form requesting the claim be struck out for non compliance of a court order and sends £55 payment for the application

j) court returns the application stating the fee is £155 , the application was made WITHOUT a hearing !!??

k) the defendant re submits the paperwork and encloses payment of £155 as requested by the court

l) court returns the paperwork yet again saying the fee is £50 !!!???

m) defendant re submits AGAIN with payment of £50 as per the courts directions

n) nothing has been heard from the court until today, the court have sent a letter saying this is now a defended claim and have sent out a directions questionnaire !!??



pleasae help i have no idea what is going on here ???????



by the way the defendant submitted an amended defence on time, stating that due to the non compliance of the order , they had difficulty in submitting an amended claim

strange paperwork from the court?