How not to miss a court claim against me while away from home for several months?

[zetetic]

Some individual threatens to make a small claims court claim against me. I believe I can easily defend it, but my worry is that I am away from my home for several months, have no one to check my mail and can miss a letter saying there is a claim against me and I have two weeks to defend it. Can I somehow get a notification into my email, not my door mat?

[MIKE770]

short time redirect Royal Mail????

[zetetic]

Not an option I am afraid, as I travel a lot to various destinations.

[atticus]

Make an arrangement with a solicitor you can nominate to accept service.

[zetetic]

Make an arrangement with a solicitor you can nominate to accept service.

Well, I doubt it's a cost-effective way, especially provided that the there is 90% chance that this is just empty threats.

[zetetic]

Is there an online way to check if there is a claim against me or not?

[zetetic]

Anyone?

[atticus]

not that I know of

[zetetic]

Well... looks like a great opportunity for fraudsters, if they find out that someone is away from home for at least two weeks.

[zetetic]

Silence... OK. Another question then. If I arrive to home-sweet-home and notice that there is an automatic county court judgement against me, is there a legal mechanism to revert this decision?

[zetetic]

Anyone?

[MIKE770]

Set Aside Application = now calm down and be polite as your tone is not helpful, many could say no help there.

[dslippy]

You are making several lifestyle choices. They conflict. Live with it.

[PallasAthena]

It isn't only a court claim you might miss, there could be any number of important letters that arrive while you are away. You need to ensure someone visits your home regularly - once a week say - and checks your post and calls you to tell you what has arrived.