Small claims court successes

Jonathan_Kelvin

You are not on a full-time course, so yes, you will be liable to pay council tax. Small claims court is not going to award you any money, so possibly giving up the course and finding a job is going to be the beat option here, or just paying your council tax.

LadyDee

Mark41 wrote: »

I recently started college on a course that was described on their website as full time. My wife is in full time education too. This would make us a council tax exempt household. When I approached the organisation for a confirmation letter for the council they gave me a letter detailing the number of hours and refuse to refer to it in terms of full or part time. The council will not accept this. I complained to the organisation and they have simple repeated that they do not refer to the course in terms of full and part time even though I've shown them clear evidence they did. As a household we are now unexpectedly liable for 75% of the council tax. On the day I enrolled the lady refered to it as a full time course but theres no recording of that obviously. Part of my consideration in starting the course was in knowing that we would be council tax exempt. Do I have any recourse in the small claims court?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

See the answers on your other thread.

oberons_dream

My husband and I won a small claims court case on 19 March 2020. As retired and both vulnerable people, we were aware well before that date, of Covid related dangers in attending court. We kept calling and emailing court to ask if it would be postponed or could be online. It was not and Defendant brought 4 witnesses (all said by Judge to not be relevant) who coughed continuously through the 2-hour hearing.

This claim was awarded in favour of us, the Claimants.We realised, as we left the small claims court room, scared for our lives and therefore a bit distracted,  that neither the £185 Claim fee nor the £335 trial fee were added to the amount of money that the Defendant had to pay us, the Claimants. Both fees are claimed on page 2 of “Annex 3: The Schedule of Loss” of the Court documents submitted by the Claimants.

 The Claimants requested on that afternoon, to the court, in writing, that the £185 issue fee and the £335 court trial fee to be added to the amount owed to them by the Defendant. They requested these costs from Defendant too. These costs were not awarded.  

 A new case was started, applying for these costs to be awarded and the on-line hearing is on 29th September, so soon. We wrote this below:

Claimants would appreciate an explanation about why these standard Court costs were omitted from the sum to be paid to the Claimants, as they were listed in the Schedule of Loss.

 I am trying to find where in justice.gov.uk it states that the person winning the case pays the issue and trial fees.

 Thank you.

KeithP

oberons_dream said:

 I am trying to find where in justice.gov.uk it states that the person winning the case pays the issue and trial fees.

You won't find that.

The loser pays the fees, but only if the winner has presented a Costs Schedule, which includes those costs, to the Court and the other party. It is for the winning party to claim those costs at the hearing and convince the Judge that the costs are justified. Those costs are then included in the Judgment amount.

bobesox

Has anyone had any success through small claims court with Ryanair? My flight was delayed in March and since then I have been unable to get my claim paid since they do not acknowledge my halifax clarity card on which I paid. My sister got her compensation using a different card quite quickly so i feel they are just ignoring me having given other options how they could pay me. Would i be best going through the European court? Thank you

Aylesbury_Duck

bobesox said:

Has anyone had any success through small claims court with Ryanair? My flight was delayed in March and since then I have been unable to get my claim paid since they do not acknowledge my halifax clarity card on which I paid. My sister got her compensation using a different card quite quickly so i feel they are just ignoring me having given other options how they could pay me. Would i be best going through the European court? Thank you

What do you mean, they won't "acknowlege" your card?  You paid with it, so in what sense are they now not acknowledging it?