Debt Collection threatening CCJ in error. What can i do?

flowerbassett

This is a long story.

I have a house that i rent out and pay service charges for annually to a management company. I became a director of the company 2 years ago, and have received lots of correspondance from them. However last month I decided to retire from this directorship and wrote in. they sent me a letter requesting my date of birth on an e-mail.

I replied today and had a horrible shock. They e-mailed back and said that i owe £700 in service charges - £290 of this is the actual charges, and the rest is debt collection costs and court fees. Although there is no CCJ yet against me, court letters have been sent.

They are telling me that I have never given them my correct address and they couldn't find me, and yet I have several letters of correspondance from them at my correct address, and even bills from a couple of years ago. They admit that these outstanding bills they have never sent to my correct address, but still blame me.

I'm happy to pay the £280 of course, but not the other costs that have been incurred through no fault of my own.

What should I do? This company is not reasonable.....

Please Help!

fatbelly

Let them know that if they take court action you will do a partial admission and defend the rest of the claim.

Your argument will be the 'overriding objective' argument - that court action is unnecessary as you have always been and still are willing to pay legitimate invoices, if they were sent to the address that they knew you lived at.

I have some blurb at work about the 'overriding objective' but I'm not in till Monday - if you can't find it by then, pm me and I'll send you something.