being taken to court by landlord

[molly123]

Hello

Not sure I'm in the right place but hoping someone will be able to help.

My son's girlfriend has received a court claim for rent arrears.

The brief details of the claim are arrears for 1 month due on 8 November 2010

The claim form was stamped 15 November 2010.

The POC's are marked "to follow"

My question is this:

Was she not supposed to have received LBA under CPR rules first?

The Claimant has stated her address as xx but we know for a fact that this is not true so where does stand with that?

It has to be said that there is much more to this, but not sure whether that is legal matter or not.

The court has told her she has till 2 December to acknowledge service.

I'd be extremely grateful for any advice thank you.

[Curlyben]

Re: being taken to court by landlord

First question really, are there any rent arrears ?

[molly123]

Re: being taken to court by landlord

Hello
thank you for responding

yes there are arrears, however she is disputing the amount, as the landlord upped the rent out of the blue without a new tenancy agreement.
She gave her months notice but landlord would not accept this, as she would then owe 3 days rent, which she offered tp pay, and it was verbally agreed by the landlord. But then the next thing was court action.

[molly123]

Re: being taken to court by landlord

By the way, I believe it is her intention to part admit the claim, but the court staff told her on the phone that until the Claimant supplies the POC's she would not have to do anything as there isn't any particulars to admit or defend.