Loan help

levifox

I have a friend who is currently in the process of divorcing his wife. To cut a long story short, she left him with alot of debt, which he agreed to pay. She contacted him shortly after and offered him £4500 to cover some of what she owed him. She has now issued a CCJ against him claiming the money back on the grounds that it was a loan that he had agreed to pay back (although he didn't)

She has written in her letter that she has correspondence and other evidence proving that he owes her the money.

There was no written/verbal agreement between the two about paying her back. The only evidence she has, is a text message from his phone saying "ok, you can have the money back"

My question is, does she have any grounds to stand on that he owes her the money?

Thanks for reading

CLAPTON

why didn't he contest the CCJ in court?

levifox

well he has until tomorrow to reply, i was wondering what is his best option? If he disputes and requests the evidence she claims to have, does she have to provide the evidence? The reason he is so worried is because she actually works within the court she is claiming through, so he wants to be very careful.

Thanks for the reply

CLAPTON

what exactly has he received?

a letter threatening court action or court papers from the court?

levifox

court papers from the court, giving him the options of either paying in full, dispute etc...

(edit: sorry, papers threatening action from court)

Tremour-88

Dispute it if he never wrote or signed anything then he'll be OK unless she forged his signature

levifox

Tremour-88 wrote: »

Dispute it if he never wrote or signed anything then he'll be OK unless she forged his signature

that's a problem we were thinking, she may have forged a signature, that's why I suggested that he requests the evidence, if he does, would she lawfully have to provide proof of the evidence?