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Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money
How to take legal action if someone owes you money (small claims court), how much it costs, what happens next. Includes information from withdrawn guidance EX303, EX304, EX306, EX321, EX325 and EX350.
You can apply to a county court to claim money you’re owed by a person or…
You must pay a court fee when you make your claim. If you know the claim…
You can claim interest on the money you’re owed. The interest will be…
You can make your claim online, unless: you do not know how much money you…
Your claim, including your name and address, will be sent to the person or…
Mediation is when an impartial professional (the mediator) helps both…
If there’s a hearing, you can: represent yourself pay for a barrister or…
You can ask the court to collect payment from the person or business who…
Employment Tribunal decision.
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
Collection of monies owed to an insolvent, including the process for engaging contracted agents to undertake the recovery
What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn...
Claim money if you've lost your job because your employer has been made insolvent
Use this service if you need to repay debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
Money owed by foreign diplomats in respect of legal charges (fines, penalty and congestion charges). FOI Ref 0442-12
What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself
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