Small Claims Question

[cassa333]

Hi,

I have taken out a small claim against a couple and they have admitted liability.

However the court forms they sent me were filled out without employer details (just job title) and they had done their calculations on expenditure wrong. Some were noted weekly some monthly and some 4weekly. As such non of the amounts they gave added up properly.

They have lied on countless occasions and I am very reluctant to accept their word at face value.

Am I allowed to require confirmation/proof of the figures they have given?

Thank you.

[bednobs]

isnt that for the court to do?

[cassa333]

I don't know bednobs.

I can, if I choose to, accept their offer of payments but I don't trust that they have been honest and want to know if the court checks what they have said.

[Peter Pedant]

who are the court forms returnable to ?

has judgement been entered ? - it might be worth a journey to a CAB with your paperwork.

if it is an offer - yes you can query it - depending on the circumstances

( in the heard court case when my tenant had lied and lied - the judge gave judgement and when the deffendant said can I pay at £10 / wk - the judge said nothing to do with me discuss it with the claimant ! )

[cassa333]

I sent the N225 back today.

They have put as priority debt £100 rent arrears but are only willing to pay £20 a month. I have said if it includes the priority debt £100 I will accept £125 per month but when their council tax arrears and HP payment end I want an increase.

I also said that had the defendants given me the information I asked for (bank statements, details of HP and council tax arrears we could have come to an agreement but they didn't so I asked the court to do it.)

I don't know how that will go down with the court but I thought I'd put it in.

They also didn't fill in personal details at all or proper employment details.

The bloke on the end of the phone wasn't much help but said they would look at it when it arrived.

Oh well it's in the lap of the courts now.