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I want my non paying tenant to have a CCJ

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  • theartfullodger
    theartfullodger Posts: 15,691 Forumite
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    edited 9 July 2023 at 12:31PM
    Surely you want 1st for them to pay you, failing that they get CCJ.

    Start court action!  Today!
  • fatbelly
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    OP can send a letter before action but we've explained why it is best to wait till the amount owed is finalised before starting a court claim
  • theoretica
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    theartfullodger said:
    Surely you want 1st for them to pay you, failing that they get CCJ.

    Start court action!  Today!

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  • theartfullodger
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    edited 9 July 2023 at 1:39PM
    (no offence..) sadly such risks can and should be forseen and planned/budgeted for by landlords  and their advisers.  Bin there, "enjoyed" them ... plus non-paying tenants boasting to their chums about how much they were making subletting two bedrooms....
  • ProDave
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    edited 9 July 2023 at 2:56PM
    theartfullodger said:
    ... plus non-paying tenants boasting to their chums about how much they were making subletting two bedrooms....
    Surely that is FRAUD and should be dealt with appropriately in a criminal court?
  • user1977
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    ProDave said:
    theartfullodger said:
    ... plus non-paying tenants boasting to their chums about how much they were making subletting two bedrooms....
    Surely that is FRAUD and should be dealt with appropriately in a criminal court?
    How is it fraud? And even if it is, how would it being prosecuted as a crime assist the landlord?
  • km1500
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    ProDave said:
    theartfullodger said:
    ... plus non-paying tenants boasting to their chums about how much they were making subletting two bedrooms....
    Surely that is FRAUD and should be dealt with appropriately in a criminal court?
    subletting a bedroom is not a criminal offence as no laws have been broken
  • FreeBear
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    km1500 said:
    ProDave said:
    theartfullodger said:
    ... plus non-paying tenants boasting to their chums about how much they were making subletting two bedrooms....
    Surely that is FRAUD and should be dealt with appropriately in a criminal court?
    subletting a bedroom is not a criminal offence as no laws have been broken
    Depending on the number of occupiers, it could be a breach of HMO regulations (and possibly planning). But would it be the head tenant in the firing line or the landlord ?

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  • Grizebeck
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    Some rather deluded views here
    Taking court action over a debt is about trying to recover that debt not as some personal power trip.
  • [Deleted User]
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    elsien said:
    Grizebeck said:
    Why do you want him to get a CCJ
    Pretty meaningless 
    Not if it impacts on them in the future. 
    Actions. Consequences.
    Even if the OP doesn’t get their money back. 
    All it does is add to the sum total of human misery. Maybe they lost their job and don't have the money. It's unlikely that they just decided to stop paying and get evicted for no reason.

    This is the risk you accept when you become a landlord. No point crying over it now, and it's unlikely that the OP will get any money back. The tenant isn't going to give them their new address to send the claim to.
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