Default judgement made against me??????

Loadsofchildren123

Are you sure you put the correct postage amount on the envelope? If not, about 2 weeks later the court gets a card saying the PO has an underpaid item and they have to pay the underpaid amount plus a hefty admin fee to get it released. Then they hang onto that for 28 days or so and if payment hasn't been made they return it to sender. If you didn't put a covering letter with it, it may be difficult or impossible for them to work out who to return it to. presumably they just discard it at that point.


Might this be what happened to it?

Rich2316

If it was sent recorded go on the royal mail website and track the number they gave you when posting.
It will tell you if it was delivered wont it ?

pappa_golf

Rich2316 wrote: »

If it was sent recorded go on the royal mail website and track the number they gave you when posting.
It will tell you if it was delivered wont it ?

it was sent from a red post box , because it was to far to walk to a post office

Hasbeen

op stated that

"Letter was sent in a red letter box first class" no reciept as nearest post office is a long way away"

So not recorded or anyway correct postage

Coupon-mad

He only had to email it...and it wasn't meant to be 'a form' it was supposed to be a several-page defence. How could that get lost?

Loadsofchildren123

I had a friend who this happened to. He got it set aside. You should try and get the court to set it aside without a formal application or fee. Send the original defence with a letter saying exactly when and where you posted it and ask the court to use its inherent discretion to set aside the default judgment. Worth a go. You can't let this go beyond the payment deadline otherwise your credit rating will be affected.