council applied to evict me - rent arrears

[Laywoman]

what will the judge ask me on friday?

 

just so i can be prepared

 

Not a lot. If there is a duty adviser they will do all the talking for you if you want but if there is no-one or they are busy, then you will just have to say you agree with the council when they say they are adjourning/withdrawing but want costs at £5 a week or whatever arrangement you come to.

 

You are likely to be in and out within 5 minutes. Its dead quick and nowhere near as intimidating as you may think.

 

Good luck!

[mcjordi]

theyve already been awarded costs at the first hearing..

ive been up and obtained a rent statement up until 22/03/2010

and the costs have been added to my rent account already.

 

so with costs and the housing benefit (there is 2 weeks to come off the total) and this weeks payment of rent and a bit off the arrears the total balance is £387.21 actual arrears...

 

duty advisor only available on a tuesday (they are from CAB).. so there will be no one there to advise me

 

thankyou oliver

[mcjordi]

well less than 24 hours and i will know

[oliver10216]

on a lighter note i bet you feel like jack bauer mcjordi. good luck mate sure everything will be fine:)

[mcjordi]

lol

 

im hoping so..

[Laywoman]

theyve already been awarded costs at the first hearing..

ive been up and obtained a rent statement up until 22/03/2010

and the costs have been added to my rent account already.

 

so with costs and the housing benefit (there is 2 weeks to come off the total) and this weeks payment of rent and a bit off the arrears the total balance is £387.21 actual arrears...

 

duty advisor only available on a tuesday (they are from CAB).. so there will be no one there to advise me

 

thankyou oliver

 

Good luck today.

 

Try not to worry too much, just have the figures ready for the judge in the event that the council wont make an appropriate agreement before you go into the hearing.

 

Hopefully, they will agree to adjourn on terms or at worst, ask for a Postponed Possession Order. That said, even an Suspended Possession Order is not the end of the world as long as you keep up the payments but its a bit heavy handed for your circumstances.

[mcjordi]

thank you laywoman

 

i shall let you all know when im back from court (2.30pm)

[mcjordi]

good news..

postponed posession order on terms i pay current rent plus £10 a week off arrears.. council werent happy and were pushing for outright possession

 

on another note my car died tonight

 

the estates officer lied to me from the beginning they wanted possession from the beginning.. i had to fight tooth and nail to keep the house..

 

big thanks to laywoman

and elle en for the witness statement the judge said it looked very professional

and big thanks to CAG in general

Edited March 26, 2010 by mcjordi

[oliver10216]

well done mcjordi really happy for you but wow this has me a little worried now :(why where they pushing to evict you i mean your arrears are not very high compared to some

[mcjordi]

the council estates officer hates me tho oliver so i wouldnt worry to much.

 

there legal advisor was sound as a pound..

gutted comes to mind when the judge told me i could stay.. there faces were a picture..

[Laywoman]

Well done Mcjordi. I'm pleased it went well.