question category: Bailiffs

hi, just recieved a high court writ against me for the sum of £1853.66

Submitted on: 20th Aug 2009 by Non-Member | Total Answers: 1

this is from a debt dating back to 06 from my former business partner; through a trading account i parted from said partner in april 04 and have my solicitors letters to prove this.I had no letters from courts etc prior to this writ arriving via marstons enforcement offices.Any advice would be much appreciated. DAVE

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Re: hi, just recieved a high court writ against me for the ...

Its hard to answer this without knowing what the actual debt is and whether you dispute it.

You should seek advice from a solicitor or the Community Legal Service via the CAB.

Even though your partnership broke up you may still have some personal liability for a debt from that time.

Contact the High Court for information. If Marstons are involved it is likely a judgment has been made against you in the county court. This has not been paid and so has been transferred to the High Court for enforcement.

If a judgement has been made and there is a good reason why you did not receive notice of it - you might have grounds to set it aside. You need to act fast.

If you do owe the money and you can't afford to pay it outright - you will need to make arrangements to pay it. It's better to do that via the original county court rather than through the High Court bailiff. High court bailiffs can turn up without warning - to seize goods and add charges..

Here is the National Debtline factsheet about debt in the High Court.

http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/england_wales/factsheet.php?page=31_de...

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Submitted on: 21st Aug 2009 by Darren Member

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