How long from County Court Judgement to Bailiffs arriving?

swingaloo

Bit of an odd question I know but have a bit of a dilemma.

The house we live in is rented. A couple of months ago we had a letter delivered which had already been opened and it had gone through someone else's door first.

It was addressed to the landlord and not to us but as the letter was already opened I just looked at it without taking any notice of the envelope. It was a letter of complaint from someone about some work they had had done but were not happy with.

We got in touch with the landlord and told him he had a letter waiting. The following week we got another letter, this time Special Delivery which needed signing for and the writing on the envelope is the same as the first letter. Once again we informed the landlord that the letters were waiting and that they must be important because of the signed for delivery.

Fast forward another 2 weeks and yet another letter comes which has Northampton on the back so Im assuming it may be a Court Claim.

Landlord has been informed of each of the letters but has not collected them and we do not have a forwarding address to send them on. He said he will collect them sometime when passing but there does not seem any urgency.

Im now assuming (a lot of assuming going on here!) that if the Northampton letter is a claim then the claimant will win the case as no defence will have been put forward.

Im also assuming that if that is the case then eventually bailiffs will be involved as no payment arrangements will have been made.



Im concerned that his business seems as if it is being run from this address even though he has not lived here for over 6 years. Im also concerned that we may have a visit from bailiffs eventually and though I have proof we rent the property and that the car outside is mine I would like to be prepared. (Ive seen the television programmes!) so wondered if anyone knows what happens going forward if judgement is awarded to the claimant as regards timescales.

twhitehousescat

minimum 6 weeks**

he has 2 weeks to return forms and defend himself , if he fails he will get a default CCJ

if the CCL is not paid off within 28 days , then the claimant can gt baillifs etc involved

**it may be 28 days , cant remember

swingaloo

Thank you for the reply.

twhitehousescat

you may want to return the letter with "not at this address " written on it ,

swingaloo

I thought about doing that at first but then just thought I would email the landlord and tell him it was here. I thought he would have thought it important enough to collect but it seems not.

twhitehousescat

your call , he probably has not realised the possibility of it being an actual court claim

I would still return it , as its official and not addressed to you

swingaloo

twhitehousescat wrote: »

your call , he probably has not realised the possibility of it being an actual court claim

I would still return it , as its official and not addressed to you

I understand where you are coming from but as Ive already told him that the letters are here and that one is signed for then he will be pretty annoyed if he turns up for them now and I say Ive put them back in the post.


Ive had mail for him before on the odd occasion and he has always picked it up, Ive also had mail for the previous tenants as well and he has collected that and passed it on to them.

hollydays

How many times on tv bailiff programmes do you hear the defendants insist they know nothing about the summons?
Perhaps this is why he's doing this as he knows he can blame you.

swingaloo

Ive kept the emails I sent telling him the letters were here and also his responses saying he is going to collect them but I don't even have a phone number for him as he told me by email that he had changed his number and he will give me the new one when he calls.

JReacher1

Can you claim "not at this address" when the person does actually own the house?

I realise he doesn't live there but won't any investigations show he does own the house?

I would just leave it and when the baliffs turn up just explain the situation and give them the landlords current address

twhitehousescat

JReacher1 wrote: »

Can you claim "not at this address" when the person does actually own the house?

I realise he doesn't live there but won't any investigations show he does own the house?

I would just leave it and when the baliffs turn up just explain the situation and give them the landlords current address

in my earlier post I was careful to say "not at this address " and not "not KNOWN at this address"