How Long To Claim

stevet1001

Some urgent help needed please,back in 1995 i settled a county court claim and I had a judgement set against me whereby I was required to pay the plaintiffs costs of £2000 which was all legal aid and compensation of £1500 I arranged a payment plan with the legal aid board and have completely repaid them and the last correspondence from the plaintiffs solicitors was in 1995 asking how I proposed to repay the £1500.
I faxed the solicitors then advising that I could pay £25 per month and since then never heard anything.
Earlier this year I received a standard posted letter from a new solicitor requesting repayment of the £1500 which I ignored several months later I received another standard posted letter advising of the first letter and requesting a response again I ignored this I have now received a standard posted county court claim form requesting payment of the £1500 plus interest that makes reference to the settlement agreement to pay but does not mention judgement ?attached to it is the letter from the original solicitor asking how I proposed to repay the £1500 and a copy of my fax advising I could pay £25 on that fax and only now known by me is a handwritten note which I assume is the solicitors saying ask plaintiff to pay £1000 plus 5 x £100 payments but this was never communicated to me.
Surely after 18 years this debt is now statute barred ?

sourcrates

Hi,
So the claim has come for an 18yr old debt from the county court, never dealt with a court before but I assume there will be a form for you to fill in for your defence ? yes ? if so your defence should be that 18 years ago you responded to the solicitors request for payment of the compensation, proof is in there letter to you, bizarrely, and the solicitor never followed up the offer, and that 18 years is a sufficiently long enough period of time for them to do so, and it is now unreasonable for them to expect you to pay now after all this time, as you say the case will now be statute barred anyway, add that also, and see what comes back, best advice I can offer to you.