No address provided on quote from sole trader

[Smudge18]

Could someone please give me some advice. I am in the process of taking a sole trader to court for poor workmanship to fence installation. He refuses to provide his current address for serving of papers. I appreciate that he does not legally have to provide address when advertising his business, but I was under the impression that he legally has to disclose an address on quotes and invoices. I have spoken to citizens advice who have informed me this is a criminal breach & they have referred this to Trading Standards but I will not know the outcome. If this is a criminal breach is there any other route I can take or report this matter to and should I refer to this when submitting my court papers. He has only provided email address and phone number on quoote. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[dslippy]

Tell him that without a paper address, you will have to apply to serve by email, and for the costs of that application.

Learn always to get address

[atticus]

You can ask for papers to be returned to you for service. You can then serve him personally (or get a process server to do it).