Cabot 13 January at 11:24AM edited 13 January at 11:29AM in Debt-free wannabe 5 replies 229 views

Vaughfitz

I have a CCJ which has been sold on firstly to Cabot and then on to Mortimer Clark and now back to Cabot,  the original date was 2005 i have not made any payments for many years, I know it will never be statute barred, but the fact is the original debt was MBNA, I cannot even remember for what as its been 18 years ago, Cabot have now said that they are sending someone from orbit to try to connect with me, I do not want anyone to call at my door, a third or fourth party! what can I do, the amount is £2,500, could i be taken to court after all this time, and it not being a debt incurred to this company, but one they purchased, and would a court allow this after all this time? plus the cost of taking me to court for the amount that they say is owed
thank you for any advise

RAS

If the CCJ has not been enforced since you stopped paying and 6 years have elapsed, they need court permission to collect it now.

Unless you are feeling generous?

fatbelly

Are they still quoting the court reference? It may have been forgotten by now.

I'd say either make an offer in full & final settlement or just continue to ignore it.

Vaughfitz

No it does not mention ccj just the amount and who it was with, but this has not been paid on for around 6-7 years and when I was it was only £2.50 a month as it was a long time ago

sourcrates

You can only have a judgement on any particular debt granted once, you cannot be taken to court again for the same debt.

As the judgement is more than 6 years old, if they wanted to enforce it now, court permission would be needed, and its very rare for creditors to try to obtain this.

Mortimer Clarke and Cabot are one and the same company, the former being the legal arm of the latter.

They are chancing their arm hoping you are going to cave in.

Vaughfitz

thank you so much, It really stresses me that they seem to making an onslaught again, as to Orbit, they have threatened with sending to re connect,  should i just ignore also? many thanks