not resident at an address

[peterpiper]

We are a private limited company with offices in the UK.
In 2013 we employed a EU national for just under six months.
Upon his departure he asked and we agreed to receive mail on his behalf at our address and for him to collect it as and when he returns to the UK, which is 2 or 3 times a year. Unfortunately a CCJ has now arrived in his name with the predictable flow of correspondence from agents/bailiffs in pursuit of settlement along with the usual threats. We have already written to these agents stating that we are simply receiving mail on behalf of the defendant and that he is not resident at our address and never has been.

Can you please advise/suggest the proper course of action we need to take and what is the legal position in regard to a correspondence address where the recipient is not a resident

[des8]

Re: not resident at an address

Presumably this was a private arrangement, you agreeing a service (poste restante) with no consideration from his side.
In other words you are voluntary bailees and there is no contract, written or verbal.

If that assumption is correct all you have to do is keep his mail safe awaiting his collection.
If you have an address where you can contact him, you could write and terminate the arrangement.
When the arrangement has been so terminated you could return to the sender any further mail that is received by placing it in a post box marked "gone away" or some such.

Regarding mail received you should retain it unopened.
Once you have notified the agents/bailiffs they should cease collection activities and return the debt to the creditor/court.