BW Legal CCJ

Wow_SMH

I received letters/emails from BW Legal for unpaid thames water bill. I passed it on to person responsible for bill which is in my name at my property. Cut a long story short person refuses to pay so I wrote to BW Legal explaining that as its in my name I will pay and proposed payment plan which i started in Feb 25.  They applied for judgement but it was on hold and they specifically said in writing that i still had time to avert this.  So I've made 3 payments from Feb 25 sent them income/ expenditure and lots of messages on their portal.  They eventually wrote accepted payment plan etc but guess what proceeded with a ccj 17 March.  Sneaky underhand and misleading. Any advice please?

sourcrates

From what I have read about Thames Water, that`s about standard practice with them.

How much was the bill for?

A Set-aside application now costs £301, so it depends how bad you want to fight this.

fatbelly

If you are on a low income you may get remission of the fee but you have a weak case for setaside

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-help-with-court-and-tribunal-fees

You should always respond to a court claim, to the court.