advice for small claims from a newbie

[kennyj75]

Hi guys and girls,

firstly i apologise if what im about to ask is a dumb question or is covered elsewhere

 

I'm a claimant in a case where im owed money by defendant,

part of claim is for a transaction i made on defendants behalf with a view to being repaid, she is disputing this claim, i have a bank statement with the transaction on, i did at the time the payment was paid receive an invoice from the company i made payment to confirming the amount and that it was for the defendants policy, however because i thought i wouldnt need it this got destroyed.

I've attempted to get a copy from the company however they say due to data protection they are unable to disclose any information or transactions even tho I had a document previously.

 

soo my question to you knowledgeable people is this-- can i force the defendant to get hold of this copy of invoice for me to use as evidence in my case??

 

thanks