Thanks for your reply I really don't recall seeing any box to send any extra information as I did it online not postal. I am kicking myself. I decided to go ahead with the court application because a payment was due on 28/2/17 and when I did not receive it I thought that's it. He has put in a insurance claim on his public liability but that will cover about 25% of what I am asking for. I am asking for his fees back, the cost of remedial work, the cost of wall unis and contents, the latter two are items on the insurance claim. He only informed me he was out of work after I told him he would be going to court as he claims he no longer has any work since being removed from Trustatrader had I known his company was out of work I would have thought twice. He is still showing on Rated People. I can post the claim in pdf do I scrub out my /his details.

I am taking a builder to the small claims court who breached an agreement arranged by Trustatrader who were useless. I did the application on line and there was only a small section that allowed me to briefly describe my claim. He has been served and I have received a Notice of issue so he has until 27th March to reply. I have seen there is a N1 claim form that seems to have more space to state the claim and you can send extra pages if necessary, this seems to be a postal application. My question is what happens now? He is claiming he is now out of work because he has been removed from the above advertising site so I am unlikely to get anything out of him anyway but I shall give it ago. I have reams of evidence against him from a week in when he decided to walk away and refuse contact with me. There was also a situation that could have killed or seriously injured someone and I have pictorial evidence. When do I get to state all this as I understand your case in some instances can be strong enough for there to be a judgement without a hearing. He has already admitted liability from emails sent and the fact that he signed an agreement to pay me. I know not to contact the court as they don't give out any advice and have tried getting through to Citizens Advice. I think he will defend his case in order to get a judgement that will allow him to pay over several years at least that's what he said in an email. I want to get over in writing before any hearing what this builder did to me and the extra debt I found my self in, not to mention the stress. I also don't want to arrive at a hearing and have to go over it I would rather it was there in black and white so I can have a clear mind to answer any issues that may arise. Any advice greatly appreciated