Small Claims Court - Anyone used it?

[OwlHoot]

Willapp, I've had a very similar experience to yourself in the SCC.

We're still owed about £3.5k, website was finished, went live, then he turned round and said he didnt have the money to pay us....then claimed there were problems and had to pay somebody else to fix the work and was claiming that back from us, but the invoice and other bits of evidence provided and signed by a Director of this other firm who "fixed" our work as evidence of his "loss" had been shutdown months ago AND he hadnt finished paying them either....so the judge roasted him for that.

We fired the CCJ off to High Court to enforce but his company assets were "a printer and a laptop".

The best thing we did was pay for a brief to represent us on the day, otherwise it would have been a nightmare.

I wonder whether in a situation like that you couldn't have applied for a winding up order against his company at the outset and tried to have him disqualified as a director in future.

[SueEllen]

I wonder whether in a situation like that you couldn't have applied for a winding up order against his company at the outset and tried to have him disqualified as a director in future.

You need to pay £2K to do this.

And already being 3.5K down you need to decide whether it is worth it.

[Safe Collections]

You need to pay £2K to do this.

And already being 3.5K down you need to decide whether it is worth it.

It should also be noted that winding up a company does not guarantee the director will be disqualified.