Statutory demands are just a piece of paper created by the claimant. They don't come from the court and don't require a court filing. I imagine the claimant just completed a form they found online and sent it to you. The effort required on their part is tiny. Furthermore, statutory demands are only supposed to be used for undisputed debts. It also seems that they have not bothered to comply with the rules for properly serving statutory demands - in particular the requirement that they should be served personally (the rules basically say you can't serve it by post). Where a statutory demand is used for a disputed debt, you can a