What notice is essential prior to making your claim?

To build evidence and show your good faith effort to settle a matter out of court, you should first write a few letters to establish your matter and claim.  If they deny you or damage you, you now have you claim.  If time is running short, you can file the claim, but don't send a summons until you have established some notice.  If they have already started a case against you, avoid answering, but simply put in YOUR CLAIM as a new case to be heard, thus giving your claim standing over their COMPLAINT.  Your answer IS the claim.  It is not a counter claim, but a new claim.  The idea is “Bring forth a damaged party”, or you don't want to play.

If in an arraignment, ask for leave of court to hand write something short and simple.  It will be a new claim as formatted in the examples.  Have this memorized in case you are incarcerated, then hand it to the clerk prior to re-entering the court and demand it be heard.  Make them bring a damaged party or there is no claim against you that will stand.  Keep this in mind.  Don't speak, but write your matter into the court record.  Your mouth can be your worst enemy, even the slights answer.  All they can try to do is trick you back under their jurisdiction.  You only answer as a man, and let them know that is your capacity.

There are no “judicial notices” in common law. Just notices. The magistrate is appointed to keep the rules and decorum of the court on and even keel, so the jury can focus on the law and facts of the case.

Not legal advice