Company paid a CCJ three months late

[Barbelith]

Having litigated against a company they were ordered to make payment within 28 days of £2,500.

I contacted them and sent my bank details.

They said they had to wait for the court order before making the payment. I reminded them that the date due was stated by the Judge at the trial.

They ignored me. I emailed and told them this money is being used for A B and C and this included a holiday. I had paid for flights. I asked them to make payment immediately or I could not go.

They ignored me.

So those flights were not used.

Can I claim for the flights from the company?

Payment was made three months late.

[Barbelith]

Also, do they owe me interest for those three months?

[atticus]

Interest is only chargeable on judgement debts over £5,000; claim for flights no.

[Barbelith]

atticus so a debtor can pay whenever they feel like and there is no comeback?

I read somewhere that the company cannot claim the flight costs were unknown to them and were outside their consideration because I told them the repercussions of the late payment?

[atticus]

You do know that you can take steps to enforce payment, don't you?

[Barbelith]

Yes. But that would have taken at least a month. When the due date came and went I let this company know the flight departure date was two weeks away, and yet they did nothing to effect payment.

[atticus]

The flight situation raises all kinds of questions. Why could you not go on holiday? Were you unwise enough to book and pay for a holiday you could not otherwise afford in the expectation of being paid this debt?

[Barbelith]

I earmarked the spending money for the trip elsewhere once I knew I had the money coming on such and such a date from this company. Was booked long before the company were ordered to make payment. I had no reason to believe the company would not pay by that date, as they had immediately contacted me after the hearing and requested my bank details "to effect payment"

[atticus]

That was naive.

[Barbelith]

I wouldn't have done this if they had not requested my bank details. Because I was aware they might appeal.

I reminded them that the due date for payment was stated at the hearing, and they ignored three emails chasing this up after I reminded them.

I'm sure there must be liability there?

[JK2054]

sorry there is no liability.

You should not be booking things you cant pay for expecting a company to pay a CCJ on time.

The money is only in your account when its in your account.

sorry but this is on you not htem.