£144 per hour for non emergency plumber

[bad company]

will_ said:

bad company said:

KungFuPanda said:

Ah well, at least you dealt with it on your own terms OP. Glad it’s over for you.

I think Court proceedings can be very worrying for someone who hasn’t dealt with them before or isn’t a lawyer.

Indeed but had the case gone to Court and the plumber won (very unlikely imo) the op would have been no worse off than by folding before the hearing.

That depends on the terms of the settlement.

My understanding is that the op paid in full to settle so how would she have been any worse off by contesting the case? Remember this was a small claim so almost no chance of a costs order.

[KungFuPanda]

will_ said:

bad company said:

KungFuPanda said:

Ah well, at least you dealt with it on your own terms OP. Glad it’s over for you.

I think Court proceedings can be very worrying for someone who hasn’t dealt with them before or isn’t a lawyer.

Indeed but had the case gone to Court and the plumber won (very unlikely imo) the op would have been no worse off than by folding before the hearing.

That depends on the terms of the settlement.

If we presume the OP paid the total figure claimed in the original Claim Form, the only difference may have been expenses claimed by the plumber relating to attending the actual hearing itself which may have been minimal.

Even if the OP lost, they would have been ordered to pay the judgment sum within 30 days and as long as that was done, there would have been no adverse impact on their credit record.

With hindsight, the OP could still have let the matter run to a hearing and tried their luck with a letter to the Court inviting the Judge to make a decision based on the evidence before him.

[will_]

bad company said:

will_ said:

bad company said:

KungFuPanda said:

Ah well, at least you dealt with it on your own terms OP. Glad it’s over for you.

I think Court proceedings can be very worrying for someone who hasn’t dealt with them before or isn’t a lawyer.

Indeed but had the case gone to Court and the plumber won (very unlikely imo) the op would have been no worse off than by folding before the hearing.

That depends on the terms of the settlement.

My understanding is that the op paid in full to settle so how would she have been any worse off by contesting the case? Remember this was a small claim so almost no chance of a costs order.

I couldn't see that from the OP's post - and the terms of the settlement might be confidential anyway (hence not including the details in the post). Perhaps you know something that I couldn't immediately see.

[will_]

KungFuPanda said:

will_ said:

bad company said:

KungFuPanda said:

Ah well, at least you dealt with it on your own terms OP. Glad it’s over for you.

I think Court proceedings can be very worrying for someone who hasn’t dealt with them before or isn’t a lawyer.

Indeed but had the case gone to Court and the plumber won (very unlikely imo) the op would have been no worse off than by folding before the hearing.

That depends on the terms of the settlement.

If we presume the OP paid the total figure claimed in the original Claim Form, the only difference may have been expenses claimed by the plumber relating to attending the actual hearing itself which may have been minimal.

Even if the OP lost, they would have been ordered to pay the judgment sum within 30 days and as long as that was done, there would have been no adverse impact on their credit record.

With hindsight, the OP could still have let the matter run to a hearing and tried their luck with a letter to the Court inviting the Judge to make a decision based on the evidence before him.

True - if that presumption is correct. But given that not turning up would most likely increase the chance of losing, and given the Claimant's approach to incurring costs (e.g. lost earnings etc), the downside of taking it to Court and losing could have been significant to the OP, whereas a settlement was at least a known outcome.

I'm not saying that it was wrong or right, just understandable in the circumstances which have been explained.

[mangos]

KungFuPanda said:

If we presume the OP paid the total figure claimed in the original Claim Form, the only difference may have been expenses claimed by the plumber relating to attending the actual hearing itself which may have been minimal.

Even if the OP lost, they would have been ordered to pay the judgment sum within 30 days and as long as that was done, there would have been no adverse impact on their credit record.

With hindsight, the OP could still have let the matter run to a hearing and tried their luck with a letter to the Court inviting the Judge to make a decision based on the evidence before him.

I had looked into letting it run to court and sending a letter inviting judge to decide on my absence but the advise given was that this doesn’t usually get looked upon favourably by the judge and if there was no option of getting to court then settling externally would be best.

I can at least confirm that I settled for less than mr plumber was asking for but still 100% more than he deserved

[anonymous-user]

I suggest this thread is closed so the OP can now forget about it and move on.

[dickymint]

bad company said:

will_ said:

bad company said:

KungFuPanda said:

Ah well, at least you dealt with it on your own terms OP. Glad it’s over for you.

I think Court proceedings can be very worrying for someone who hasn’t dealt with them before or isn’t a lawyer.

Indeed but had the case gone to Court and the plumber won (very unlikely imo) the op would have been no worse off than by folding before the hearing.

That depends on the terms of the settlement.

My understanding is that the op paid in full to settle so how would she have been any worse off by contesting the case? Remember this was a small claim so almost no chance of a costs order.

OP's head may have fried?

More things to life than money - my view is that Mangos has fully achieved "The Hierarchy Of Needs" and has moved on a better person having made many cyber friends and learnt a lot (as have others here) from this.

Edited by dickymint on Wednesday 10th July 13:22

[Alucidnation]

This has to be the longest wind up thread ever on PH.

[bad company]

gottans said:

I suggest this thread is closed so the OP can now forget about it and move on.

I disagree. It should be here for other PH’rs to search and review if they’re in a similar situation.

[Red Devil]

Perhaps he meant to say locked? It will still be there for others to read.