I am living in Switzerland and plan to move back to the UK. I only have two exit dates on my apartment and I must continue paying the rent for a further 5 months which I cannot afford to do. Is there any chance that the landlord could chase the debt back to the Uk and I could have a ccj against me?

Hello, I really hope that you might be able to offer be some advice. I am at my wits end and don't know what to do. I am British and had been living and working in Switzerland for nearly six years when I lost my job in September last year after a prolonged period of illness. I was in a good financial footing with no outstanding debts over here. After I lost my job, it was expected that I would have been eligible for Swiss unemployment support, which is very generous. However, I have been refused unemployment payments and so for the past year have been existing on very little. This has meant that many things, such as health insurance, have not been paid and now I have multiple outstanding demands (poursuites) against me with a threat to be taken to the authorities by the police if I do not present myself to them by the 4th October. I haven't helped myself as in the depths of depression I have not opened mail. Now, finally, after a year, I have been offered a good job back home in the UK. This now presents me with a huge problem because if I return to the UK for the job, I feel like I would be seen to be running away and some kind of criminal pursuit would follow me. I am just so afraid of coming back to the UK and what would be the consequences of leaving Switzerland with all these outstanding debts. Would this make me a criminal and how would this be viewed by the UK authorities. I don't know if you will be in any position to offer advice on this. I just felt I had to try because I am panicking and not really rational at the moment with every waking moment full of fear.