Hi, I’m new to the forum and need some help.
I’m being taken to small claims court by a private individual claiming I owe her money for stabling my horses at her farm.
I’ve received several letters from her solicitor which contradict themselves, none of which state they are a letter before claim or final letter, also in her solicitor letters she has made up fabrications that we had a meeting at her house in December (I was never there), she also harassed me at my place of work saying that she had my managers permission to be there and in fact my boss stopped any colleague who tried to help me and get her out, but during the harassment she threatened me and my horses and wouldn’t leave until I wrote on a piece of paper that I owed £3,800 (there’s no date and it doesn’t state who I owe it to).
Also in her particulars of claim, she has made up lies, including that I’ve made a false allegation of harassment.
Every payment was in cash and not always signed for, especially this past year and I never received a receipt, in July she agreed to reduce the payments from 4 (at a rate of £25 per horse per week -£100 per week) horses down to 2 (which works out to £50 per week) as I only had 2 left.
She told me she never made this agreement and that I need to pay for the 4 horses!? Which I refused to do as I only have 2.
As far as I’m concerned I don’t owe her any money, in fact I was paid up until the end of January 2018 which means she owes me £200 or Just over. There is no signed contract, but there was a payment schedule that I created so that we could both sign, however she never ever signed my copy. And I haven’t produced one for 2 years.
I have today sent out in my acknowledgement of service, so that I get 28 days to put my defence in and I’m intending to counterclaim for overpayment of livery fees. But I just need some help in how to do the defence and counterclaim.
I’m being taken to small claims court by a private individual claiming I owe her money for stabling my horses at her farm.
I’ve received several letters from her solicitor which contradict themselves, none of which state they are a letter before claim or final letter, also in her solicitor letters she has made up fabrications that we had a meeting at her house in December (I was never there), she also harassed me at my place of work saying that she had my managers permission to be there and in fact my boss stopped any colleague who tried to help me and get her out, but during the harassment she threatened me and my horses and wouldn’t leave until I wrote on a piece of paper that I owed £3,800 (there’s no date and it doesn’t state who I owe it to).
Also in her particulars of claim, she has made up lies, including that I’ve made a false allegation of harassment.
Every payment was in cash and not always signed for, especially this past year and I never received a receipt, in July she agreed to reduce the payments from 4 (at a rate of £25 per horse per week -£100 per week) horses down to 2 (which works out to £50 per week) as I only had 2 left.
She told me she never made this agreement and that I need to pay for the 4 horses!? Which I refused to do as I only have 2.
As far as I’m concerned I don’t owe her any money, in fact I was paid up until the end of January 2018 which means she owes me £200 or Just over. There is no signed contract, but there was a payment schedule that I created so that we could both sign, however she never ever signed my copy. And I haven’t produced one for 2 years.
I have today sent out in my acknowledgement of service, so that I get 28 days to put my defence in and I’m intending to counterclaim for overpayment of livery fees. But I just need some help in how to do the defence and counterclaim.
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