Water Bill / Court Fee

Paul4321

Simple one someone might be able to answer..... if you get county court papers come through claiming you owe Anglian Water £300 + £65 in court fees, and you accept the owed amount and pay off the £300 outstanding the same day you get the papers through the post...... are you still liable to pay the £65 even though you have paid the outstanding debt in full and therefore hasn't had to go through the courts?

Anglian Water sent me a letter to both thank me for paying off my outstanding debt and for taking a swift response, while in the same letter explained I still owe them county court fees that if not paid in 2 weeks will be sent to the court to be added as a judgement against me!

I don't mind paying it if I HAVE to (you know, like legally obliged) but I begrudge paying it if its just one of these "Admin Charge" tricks they pull to con customers into paying when they don't have to, to boost profits.

Any ideas?

Cardew

Was it Anglian Water or a Debt Collection Agency(DCA)

Paul4321

Anglian Water sent it.

macman

The charge is for the preparation and filing of the court paperwork, whether you appear or not.

yangptangkipperbang

Paul4321 wrote: »

are you still liable to pay the £65 even though you have paid the outstanding debt in full and therefore hasn't had to go through the courts?

Yes - the claim has "gone through the courts" to get the paperwork raised.

samsmoot

I assume a warning, ie letter before action, was issued pre-claim?