Legal jargon - what does it mean?

Margaret_Skinner

I am in a dispute with a bathroom fitter who waltzed off with a couple of thousand quid of mine but didn't do any work. It's reached the stage of going to small claims court and after the court date I received in the post this morning an Extract for Payment which says:

'The Sheriff granted decree against the defender for payment to the pursuer of the undernoted sums:

(sums)

This extract is warrant for all lawful execution thereon.'

Can anyone tell me what that actually means?

jc808

I doubt a lawyer will decode that one!!! Such nonsense

keystone

It means you win. As for how to go about getting your dosh go look here http://www.smaso.org/. Law is different in Scotland to England and Wales.

Cheers

ormus

sounds to me as though you can now instruct the bailiffs to collect said monies due, and all costs.

welda

Margaret_Clark wrote: »

I am in a dispute with a bathroom fitter who waltzed off with a couple of thousand quid of mine but didn't do any work. It's reached the stage of going to small claims court and after the court date I received in the post this morning an Extract for Payment which says:

'The Sheriff granted decree against the defender for payment to the pursuer of the undernoted sums:

(sums)

This extract is warrant for all lawful execution thereon.'

Can anyone tell me what that actually means?

As already said, case has been found in your favour. Just a case of chasing fitter now, hopefully he/she will see sense and cough up?

http://www.scottishlaw.org.uk/lawscotland/abscotslawland.html

More info here to assist with understanding, not exactly same scenario, but process/principle is same.

http://www.scottishlaw.org.uk/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1115199858