Local Court Nightmare

erdd2

Unfortunately there is no legislation for lack of knowledge/ignoance...the onus is on the individual to know their rights, etc.....like thats what one does in their spare time

freddy911

erdd2 wrote: »

Unfortunately there is no legislation for lack of knowledge/ignoance...the onus is on the individual to know their rights, etc.....like thats what one does in their spare time

I have no shame admitting I have a lack of knowledge about the courts, there not a place I have a habit of dealing with, and hopefully that will be the last time I'll step foot in one in my life. So I will use my spare time on something more productive thanks!

FOXY1

srichar3 wrote: »

Foxy I don't know if you forgot your glasses today but you seem to be reading this completely wrong! The court does deal with bankruptcy and they DID give us an appointment to go bankrupt today, however on arrival at court they told us that they are not the court that deals with our particular area in which we live even though we live in that town, NOT that THEY do not deal with br, because they DO.

What a ridiculose situation where court boundries and town boundries are not the same

There is no need for insults you have not stated they dealt with bankruptancy (people on here are here to help you), it does not make sense and feel you are not giving enough information. If it is your local court and it is a bankruptancy court then they should be able to deal with it, unless you traded in a different area or lived somewhere else in the last 6 months? Where did you get the papers, on line or from the court?

tigerfeet2006

Sorry to hear that you both had a stressful day.

Our nearest court that deals with BR is in the next city from us in our county. The court that serves my town is further away in a city across the border in the next county, go figure.

freddy911

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Sorry to hear that you both had a stressful day.

Our nearest court that deals with BR is in the next city from us in our county. The court that serves my town is further away in a city across the border in the next county, go figure.

Well it's not turned out too bad in the end, I rang the court in the other town myself later on and they tried to give the same appointment they told the first court they could give her in September, I ask the question "is it right that if I just turn up without an appointment you cannot by law turn us away?" she avoided answering this but took my number and said she will see if Theres anything she can do, she rang back an hour later with a new appointment for tmrw at 10am

tigerfeet2006

Brilliant news. Hope it goes smoothly tomorrow.

confuzzled7

FOXY1 wrote: »

What a ridiculose situation where court boundries and town boundries are not the same

There is no need for insults you have not stated they dealt with bankruptancy (people on here are here to help you), it does not make sense and feel you are not giving enough information. If it is your local court and it is a bankruptancy court then they should be able to deal with it, unless you traded in a different area or lived somewhere else in the last 6 months? Where did you get the papers, on line or from the court?

I still think you're missing the OP's point. The court they went to DID deal with bankruptcy and it was their local court (they did state this) however what someone considers 'local' to them isn't always the court they have to deal with (and needn't have anything to do with a previous address or business locality). The village I live in, for example, comes under a court (that deals with bankruptcy) in a town over 30 miles away (and in a totally different county) and it certainly wouldn't be the first place you'd think of when considering which court you'd have to use... the court in the large city only 10 miles away would be the obvious place but had I gone there when I filed for bankruptcy I too would have been turned away. When I queried it (with both courts, just be be sure) they were both astonished by which court I 'came under' and agreed it was a ridiculous system.

I agree the OP maybe should have been a little more careful, but then hindsight's a wonderful thing... but it's not always quite as cut and dried as you may think.

srichar3 - I hope it all goes well for you and I'm glad you got your appointment sorted in the end.

freddy911

confuzzled7 wrote: »

srichar3 - I hope it all goes well for you and I'm glad you got your appointment sorted in the end.

Thanks, all sorted now she went BR this morning.

FOXY1

confuzzled7 wrote: »

I still think you're missing the OP's point. The court they went to DID deal with bankruptcy and it was their local court (they did state this) however what someone considers 'local' to them isn't always the court they have to deal with (and needn't have anything to do with a previous address or business locality). The village I live in, for example, comes under a court (that deals with bankruptcy) in a town over 30 miles away (and in a totally different county) and it certainly wouldn't be the first place you'd think of when considering which court you'd have to use... the court in the large city only 10 miles away would be the obvious place but had I gone there when I filed for bankruptcy I too would have been turned away. When I queried it (with both courts, just be be sure) they were both astonished by which court I 'came under' and agreed it was a ridiculous system.

I agree the OP maybe should have been a little more careful, but then hindsight's a wonderful thing... but it's not always quite as cut and dried as you may think.

srichar3 - I hope it all goes well for you and I'm glad you got your appointment sorted in the end.

Sorry I am not missing the point, the OP's original quote DID NOT say it was a bankruptancy court they said it was a local court. Your local court may or may not be a bankruptancy court but there details will say whether it is or not. I cannot understand how it is their local court which deals with bankruptancy but they cant deal with theirs? All the sites I have seen say to go to your nearest BR court if you have lived and worked in that area for the last 6 months, if you havent you have to go to either where you have traded in or where you have lived the longest time in the last 6 months.

I am not picking at what they say or trying to undermine them I am just interested as ive never heard of this before. I do hope it went well.

freddy911

FOXY1 wrote: »

Sorry I am not missing the point, the OP's original quote DID NOT say it was a bankruptancy court they said it was a local court. Your local court may or may not be a bankruptancy court but there details will say whether it is or not. I cannot understand how it is their local court which deals with bankruptancy but they cant deal with theirs? All the sites I have seen say to go to your nearest BR court if you have lived and worked in that area for the last 6 months, if you havent you have to go to either where you have traded in or where you have lived the longest time in the last 6 months.

I am not picking at what they say or trying to undermine them I am just interested as ive never heard of this before. I do hope it went well.

Its quite simple, you dont seem to be grasping the concept so ill try and make it as simple as I can, TOWN boundries and COURT boundries as I have found out are NOT the same. It probably dates back the dooms day book or some other ridiculse bit of burocracy but thats the FACTS.

We paid our council tax to the council in that town, the town LEA run the 3 schools in our village and it is the nearest court by disatance hence we incorrectly assumed the county court would be the correct one to submit the BR at. I didnt state that it was a BR court because I stated we had an appointment with them to go BR, HOW would we have an appointment if the court didnt deal with BR??? thats would be an monumental F**K up by the court staff.

Is it any clearer now? CAN WE PUT THIS TO BED??