chasing debt from limited company

[Steve Jones2]

I'm owed £300 by a m limited company. If I take them to court, presumably I need to address summons to the address at companies house (which is a different address from where I did the job)?
But is it worth suing them? If I win will I be able to recover the money? I've heard you can only use private bailiff if debt is more than £600, and court bailiffs are useless.

 

[Lisa Thomas]

As far as I'm aware you have to use the company's registered address, regardless of where the work was serviced.

As regards whether or not you will get paid, will depend on whether the company is solvent and a whole host of other factors.

The Court Enforcement Officers will be entitled to try and recover their costs you have paid to reimburse you, if they are able to repossess sufficient assets to cover those costs.

However...if they are unsuccessful then your debt will have increased...

What steps have you taken to get the company to pay so far? Why haven't they paid it?

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

Have you sent a late payment demand or letter before action?

There are legal services out there that will send with their name on the letterhead that can nudge people into action, however, you can just send them yourselves.

 

[WaveJumper]

All of the above but do you know if they are still trading

 

[Steve Jones2]

it's a high street retailer.Of course I've been phoning my contact all the time.He keeps fobbing me off with rubbish about his accounts department.This has been going on for months.He's clearly lying.

 

[Paul Kelly ICHYB]

Then go above his head.

 

[fisicx]

Walk in the shop and start making lots of noise. Even better, unplug the kit he hasn’t paid for.

 

[Lisa Thomas]

Then go above his head.

This. Stop chasing him and go right to the HQ. Social media often works too...

 

[Mark T Jones]

What is the structure of the business?

Have you run a recent credit search?


Who (what level) is your contact?

 

[Elliot Green]

You perhaps might wish to weigh up the time and irrecoverable costs of the action.