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County court judgement

Joe.M_2
Joe.M_2 Posts: 11 Forumite
edited 31 March 2018 at 6:30PM in Consumer rights
Hi there

Thanks in advance for your time.

About 4 months ago I took a small business(coffee shop on the high st) to court over some damages, and the court decided in my favour. However, the business still hasn't paid anything to me yet, and I wanted to find out about how I can take this further. Seeing that it's a small business that and I don't know who the owner of the business is, what should be my next step?
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  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    Get the Sheriffs in ;)
  • BorisThomson
    BorisThomson Posts: 1,721 Forumite
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    How much is the award for?

    Does the business appear to have any assets?
  • Pollycat
    Pollycat Posts: 36,192 Forumite
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    neilmcl wrote: »
    Get the Sheriffs in ;)

    I'll second that.
    They take no prisoners. :D

    I did watch one programme where the claimant took an individual to court rather than the company.
  • Joe.M_2
    Joe.M_2 Posts: 11 Forumite
    neilmcl wrote: »
    Get the Sheriffs in ;)
    Pollycat wrote: »
    I'll second that.
    They take no prisoners. :D

    I did watch one programme where the claimant took an individual to court rather than the company.

    How'd that work, do I need to find out who owns the business first since my case is against a sole trader company rather than a ltd one?
  • Joe.M_2
    Joe.M_2 Posts: 11 Forumite
    BorisThomson wrote: »
    How much is the award for?

    Does the business appear to have any assets?

    £900, yes, they have stocks and fittings in the premises.
  • DaftyDuck
    DaftyDuck Posts: 4,609 Forumite
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    The stocks could come in handy if you send the sheriffs in!
  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    Joe.M wrote: »
    How'd that work, do I need to find out who owns the business first since my case is against a sole trader company rather than a ltd one?

    If you won against a company then you can enforce against that company. You cannot enforce against someone else.

    Contact a Sheriff company for example https://thesheriffsoffice.com/instruct-us/instruct-us-money-judgment
    This does not constitute an endorsement. Give them the details of exactly who the judgement is against and get them to enforce it.
  • Joe.M_2
    Joe.M_2 Posts: 11 Forumite
    waamo wrote: »
    If you won against a company then you can enforce against that company. You cannot enforce against someone else.

    Just to clairfy, it's not exactly a company, it's just a coffee shop on the high st.
  • Keep_pedalling
    Keep_pedalling Posts: 22,634 Forumite
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    Joe.M wrote: »
    Just to clairfy, it's not exactly a company, it's just a coffee shop on the high st.

    It maybe small but it is still a company.
  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    Joe.M wrote: »
    Just to clairfy, it's not exactly a company, it's just a coffee shop on the high st.

    It is a company and could well be pretty simple to enforce against. There is a good chance they will have assets in the shop that can be seized.
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