MCOL Debtor wouldn't answer door, what next?
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I had a problem with some work a builder did on our house, he refused to come back and rectify the faults, I hired another builder and it cost £570 to sort out the original work.
I made a claim with Money Claim online for £630 including court fees i won this by default as the Defendant refused any contact on 22/11/2016.
I have so far issued 3 warrants as the bailiffs have not yet manged to serve the warrant on the debtor.
The last warrant was not served and the reason given was - "Believed to have been on the premises when visited but did not answer the door".
Claim History on MCOL states - "The final return (result) for your warrant ******* against Mr ******* ******** was received on 26/03/2018"
Is that it then? I cant take this any further? If i can it seems a waste of time and money (£77 a time) to keep issuing warrants any advice would be appreciated.
Willhire89 said:
Absolutely no point in pursuing any debt with County Court bailiffs as they have no power - unless it is below the threshold the obvious route is escalate via High Court - they will get your money
OK thanks, didn't know you could do that a quick google throws up this - https://www.hceoa.org.uk/faqs/do-you-need-the-serv...Thanks to The Rookie too :-)
Anyone know how many times HCEO will go back for a debt?
I know from watching TV when they arrive and no one is in they leave a notice and then they show us the return and sometimes they visit and say they will come back if no payment is made but presumably even they call it day if it is clear no money is coming as it is costing them time (understand the person only pays a fixed fee to the HCEO)
I know from watching TV when they arrive and no one is in they leave a notice and then they show us the return and sometimes they visit and say they will come back if no payment is made but presumably even they call it day if it is clear no money is coming as it is costing them time (understand the person only pays a fixed fee to the HCEO)
kestral said:
Does he own his own house? if he does do you know the address? Do you have any of his bank details even just the bank he uses. If so there are methods you can take to recover by having that information.
He rents and i know the address, otherwise the bailiffs would not have attempted to recover, i have his account No. and sort code but no idea how that can help. gobuddygo said:
kestral said:
Does he own his own house? if he does do you know the address? Do you have any of his bank details even just the bank he uses. If so there are methods you can take to recover by having that information.
He rents and i know the address, otherwise the bailiffs would not have attempted to recover, i have his account No. and sort code but no idea how that can help. It's only useful if they have a balance in the account though.
Let the HC company do the work
When I needed them it all came as a bundle - they applied for the HC for escalation using my CC ref then (after a bit of a delay due to HC backlog) handed it on for collection
There is a cooling off period in case they go for bankruptcy after collection of seven days IIRC then you get the money
Mine was obtained first visit - I think we can be assured they know what they are doing and don't take any crap
When I needed them it all came as a bundle - they applied for the HC for escalation using my CC ref then (after a bit of a delay due to HC backlog) handed it on for collection
There is a cooling off period in case they go for bankruptcy after collection of seven days IIRC then you get the money
Mine was obtained first visit - I think we can be assured they know what they are doing and don't take any crap
I paid CC bailiffs to recover a (sub-£600) debt, after judgement was made in my favour, they attended the premises a couple of times and said the defendant wasn't there. I know for a fact that he was at the business 7 days a week every week, I suspect he just said "that's not me, the man you want isn't here" and they went away. I challenged, I gave a description, I even tried the tack of saying that THEY had fraudulently taken my money (£100 extra for a bailiff warrant iirc) but they never went back and I never saw my money. Which court can you take a court to?
Willhire89 said:
I've already sent the details to a local HCEO thanks for all the info.
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