How to respond to joint claim when I no longer live in UK (other defendant does)

[ritesaidfred]

My ex-wife and I have been sued for a school fees debt (child has left the school).

I now live in Asia, which is something I advised the claimant of previously, but they have sent the claim addressed to me at my former address (ex-wife's current address).

Obviously my ex has informed me of the claim, but I'm just wondering if I need to deal with the incorrect address at the stage of acknowledgment of service? I can probably use her address for correspondence, but ultimately I don't live in England so I believe this would affect any enforcement in the long term.

[efpom]

Do you intend to defend the claim?

[ritesaidfred]

Do you intend to defend the claim?

valid question. I presume they can't do anything with me being offshore, but I don't want them trying to enforce a debt against me at ex's address

[efpom]

It is a common misconception that a British court judgment cannot be enforced outside the UK. In fact, there are very few places in the world where a judgment in a British court cannot be enforced.

[ritesaidfred]

They would need to re-litigate the case here, a quick Google search tells me. Anyway that wasn't the question, but rather what should I do about the address issue?