Claim against company

GSTAR

I am looking to file a claim against a company for failure to provide goods / services that I paid for.

At the time of purchasing the goods / service, the company concerned was not registered (I was unaware of this at the time). So it was basically just an individual trading as a company.

The company is now registered. However since I made the order before the company was incorporated, can I still make a claim against the company (via Money Claim Online)?

If not, then what are my options?

wealdroam

Is this a continuation of your Warrant of Execution returned thread?

GSTAR

Yeah.. kind of. I'm looking at taking an alternative approach.. as one final attempt to salvage something out of this disaster I have found myself in.

GSTAR

I tried calling the court for advice on what to do next but they weren't helpful - I just got told I need to contact the issuing authority to carry out any further actions.

Unfortunately Money Claim Online is not very useful either and doesn't advise you on what to do.

I have heard about third party debt order, where you can request for payments to be taken out of the someone's bank account.

Again I'm not sure how to go about that.

Buzby

By 'registered' and 'company' are you alluding to the entity being incorporated as a limited enterprise? If you have a dispute with an individual as a trader, then it stays that way - being a company means nothing unless it is a Limited Company.

But if your dispute Pre-dates the incorporation, then it can be dismissed as incompetent and irrelevant to the (new) company - you were not their customer.

vaio

Buzby wrote: »

By 'registered' and 'company' are you alluding to the entity being incorporated as a limited enterprise? If you have a dispute with an individual as a trader, then it stays that way - being a company means nothing unless it is a Limited Company.

But if your dispute Pre-dates the incorporation, then it can be dismissed as incompetent and irrelevant to the (new) company - you were not their customer.

Yep, and your action should be against the individual your dealings were with