Being chased by ex employer for repayment of study fees

IKE25

vax2002 wrote: »

As advised, it will take more than a signed bit of paper to obtain a CCJ.
They would need a correctly drawn contract signed before commencement of the terms, not after.

Vax, the contract states I will pay back in full if I don't complete. Is that sufficient for a CCJ?

McKneff

there are really some 'codswallop' posts on here.

OP, you have said on more than one occasion that you will pay up.
Do that and you can move on with your life and with peace of mind.

Good luck to you

Tixy

It would almost definitely be sufficent for a CCJ from what you have said (though obiviously without having seen the paperwork).

There is both your original training contract (which don't tend to vary greatly in different firms in relation to these clauses) and there is also the statement you signed when you left.

I know of an accountancy firm who did obtain a CCJ against an employee in a similar situation (in that case there was a balance higher than the last month's wages so left an outstanding balance to pay).

I see you've said you would pay anyway - but just wanted to say it would be quite possible for them to take this further if they chose to.

analyst_2

OP, you've said you will pay, and on the face of it, the odds do seem stacked against you, but that's without seeing your 'contract'.

However, you don't have the means to pay, so you could make stage payments. As I see it, as long as you are making an obvious effort to pay, however slowly, they would be foolhardy to go for a ccj.

You might agree a payment schedule, or not agree one but make part payments as you go, but I doubt they would go for, or obtain judgement as long as you can prove you are paying up.

[Deleted User]

Tixy wrote: »

and there is also the statement you signed when you left.

Signed under duress.

gucciqueen

When you started your training it's made very clear if you don't stay with them you will have to pay the money back.

If its one of the big 4 they may just take any offer you offer them.
But if it's not they will take you to court .

I work for big 4 hope this helps

Emmzi

Since when was "standing beside someone" durress? it is hardly thumbscrews.

OP, if you plan on changing jobs in the next few years, you will be unemployable in finance with a CCJ.

Stop wriggling and pay up.

[Deleted User]

Emmzi wrote: »

Since when was "standing beside someone" durress? it is hardly thumbscrews.

I was going on this statement.

IKE25 wrote: »

and they ensured I signed an agreement stating I would pay back £281.50 over a 6 month period before I could walk out the door.

Sounds like an ultimatum, as in "You're not going anywhere, until you sign this".

Emmzi

don't mean a thing without a witness.

and the contract of employment is enough to prove the debt on its own.

RobertoMoir

IKE25 wrote: »

Bob, basically the guy stood next to me ensuring I signed it. I can't prove this though.

So what would have happened if you had said "No"?