Sorry, I'm not familiar with terminology. Direction questionnaire is what I've seen online as next step. Witness statement: I haven't gone that far, that's why I put the question marks.

Witness statement???

No, reading the guidance online it says to wait for a letter from the court. Should I wait or submit the directions? BTW, I assume that the directions are a longer version of the particular of claim accompanied by evidence, correct?

They have defended the claim by saying that the job was of unsatisfactory standard and they had to call another carpenter to remedy. My husband has text messages about them losing the keys a second time and also an email. What do they hope to achieve??? Most importantly, as far as I have seen online, now I need to wait for paperwork from the court, correct?

Thanks,but last time I used the faster method, i ended up wasting a lot of time on the phone.

You might be mistaken, unless things have changed in the past few months as I've used your link before and things were slower See my ET thread and in particular this post: https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/topic/456241-employment-tribunal-hearing-coming-up/?do=findComment&comment=5213874

I'm using this one: MCOL - MoneyClaim Online - Welcome WWW.MONEYCLAIM.GOV.UK Where's the new one?

Mcol, definitely

Thanks. I wait. They would be stupid to defend. The owner even sent a message to my husband thanking him for the good job at a good price.

On 19th February 2024 the Claimant agreed to replace the locks on the front door of the premises occupied by the Defendant for the sum of £87. This job was completed to the Defendant's satisfaction. The Claimant invoiced the Defendant on the same day but to date payment has not been received despite numerous requests from the Claimant. The Defendant has stated that they do not intend to pay. The Claimant requested payment of £87.

Yes, he did. He gave them 14 days to pay and today is day 15. They're adamant that because he couldn't attend the second time, he's at fault for the other carpenter charging a lot of money. Go figure that out. My husband charged a fair price so he's supposedly obliged to attend any time they need a carpenter to save them money. Madness. I bet they haven't paid the other carpenter either.

Hi everyone. My husband works as a carpenter as second job and changed the locks for a business but didn't get paid. It's only £87 and he sent many emails to them to no avail. They're refusing to pay because a few days later another employee lost the keys again and my husband couldn't attend, so they called another carpenter and got charged £350. How's that my husband fault is a mystery. I am filling the mcol for him but when I did mine with your help (thank you again), I remember submitting evidence and timeline. This time the mcol is only asking for a brief description of the claim. Do I remember incorrectly? When do you submit the evidence? After they defend the claim? (If they defend it) Thanks.

No stickers anywhere, but all stuff was there when we were TUPEd over, so they either bought it from the previous company or they took over the contract with leasing companies. I don't know how things work, but I doubt the bailiffs would remove fire extinguishers. Got to investigate a bit and see if I can get any info.

@Nicky Boy I could re-submit the warrant at the location I work, but I'm starting to think that it is very likely they lease everything, including pens and notebooks to avoid any payout. I'm not sure how to find out.

Hi everyone, update: I received a letter from the bailiffs saying that they visited the registered head office for the second and last time and confirmed that the company is not there. So they have a false address on hmrc? And how come they received the employment tribunal letters there? Talking about shady companies...

Hi @dx100uk, sorry to ask, but what difference would it make if they had 1 or 100 ccj. I'm trying to save the last penny in case they suddenly decide to sack me, so not keen on wasting money to know something that is no use to me. They've sacked a colleague in another site and he's still awaiting tribunal date to recover his losses. No warning, no disciplinary, they called him in the office and told him he was sacked for bad performance after 25 years service (through 4 companies).

The email came on the 23rd and the letter on 27th, so probably the letter was posted after the email?

Hi, I haven't said the company name because I still work for them and they already give me enough trouble as it is. As said, I received a response to a complaint to the bailiffs and they said that there are no goods of value belonging to the Company at that address. Reading between the lines it seemed that was the end of it. However, yesterday I received a letter from the bailiffs saying that they made a first visit last week at the registered address and nobody from my employer's company was there. As next step, they are now writing a letter to the defendant asking for payment. Which communication do I take in consideration? The email or the letter?

I'm up by about £70

Hi everyone, Just a little update. The bailiffs apparently visited the registered address and they said "there are no goods of value belonging to the Company at that address." They suggested to re-issue the warrant at one of the other addresses where they run their business from. Would I be throwing money away? And in any case, can a warrant be issued at a different address from the one listed on the ccj? I am thinking that they might be leasing everything, including desks, chairs and computers and this is the reason for the bailiffs to go away empty handed. what do you think? They owe me around £350 all in. Thanks

Thanks @Nicky Boy. I read the article but doesn't explain whethere the compulsory fitting means compulsory billing. My question is: given that legislations must be adhered by the letter, saying that water companies can impose fitting of water meters, doesn't mean that they can impose billing by meters. Otherwise the legislator would've used the words "charging by meter". Did the legislator make a mistake or this is one of the times where a company can interpret the law in their favour? In other words, does the legislation give them power to charge me by meter even if it's not explicitly mentioned? Please note, I'm assuming there's no mention of charging by meter in law and would be great if anyone could point out which legislation applies here. Thanks

Hi everyone and happy new year! I received a letter from Affinity Water telling me that they had fitted a water meter outside my property (I didn't even know about this) and from next summer they will start charging me accordingly to the meter. At the moment I am paying fixed rate and accordingly to their calculations my water bill will go up 400% from £350 to £1400 approx. I remember reading somewhere that they can install meters to understand what the water demand is in their areas, but they can't force you to be billed by the meter if you don't want to. Now I can't find any info about this, apart from the usual Facebook "freemen of the land" advising not to pay any bills whatsoever Do you have any info about this please? Thanks

@lookinforinfo ok, I get your point. The key word is "must" in the legislation, so they have to be specific and they haven't. Thanks!

Ok, thanks. Merry Christmas everyone!

Hi everyone, anyone would like to chip in regarding my case? I posted a couple of questions above. Thanks for your help.