Anyone taken a tradesmen to court?

mmj_uk · 10 Oct 2012 at 21:46

They always say not to pay ANY money up front, the reputable builders will have credit to buy all of the materials themselves and cash in the bank to cover wages until the work is finished.

If the guy you payed £3k to is one of those cowboys and is playing the system then even if you take him to court and win he's not to forced to pay up.

Dr House · 10 Oct 2012 at 21:51

mmj_uk said:
They always say not to pay ANY money up front, the reputable builders will have credit to buy all of the materials themselves and cash in the bank to cover wages until the work is finished.

If the guy you payed £3k to is one of those cowboys and is playing the system then even if you take him to court and win he's not to forced to pay up.

to be honest I dont think he would want to risk his part P registration so will pay up. I am not that fussed about the money more that I just dont want to let him walk over me.

HangTime · 10 Oct 2012 at 21:58

As mentioned earlier in the thread it also seems a big risk bearing in mind there was another £12k waiting for completing the job. Maybe he realised he was out of his depth? All seems a bit bizarre to me.

My guess is if threatened with legal action he will offer to come back and complete the job rather than repay the deposit, but it sounds as though (understandably) other contractors have been appointed so that avenue won't be open to him.

Dr House · 10 Oct 2012 at 22:02

HangTime said:
My guess is if threatened with legal action he will offer to come back and complete the job rather than repay the deposit, but it sounds as though (understandably) other contractors have been appointed so that avenue won't be open to him.

Yah I dont even want him back now, I emailed to ask if he wants to come back but he did not respond. The work will be done by the middle of next week anyway.

"andy" · 10 Oct 2012 at 22:59

got a contract ?

Dr House · 7 Jun 2013 at 01:07

UPDATE

Today the judge ruled against him in "Default of defence" and I was awarded the full £1,693.00 and £120 costs which is what I had put in a claim for.

davido_labido · 7 Jun 2013 at 01:16

grats dude!!!

Jackaby · 7 Jun 2013 at 01:25

Congrats mate, great news.

EDIT: Hopefully he gets some bad press from this as well, put him out of business

Dr House · 7 Jun 2013 at 01:49

Jackaby said:
Congrats mate, great news.

EDIT: Hopefully he gets some bad press from this as well, put him out of business

I decided not to post his name as I do not want to give him a excuse to take me to court.

fell details here
http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk...ectrician-walked-off-job-half-way-update.html

Hades · 7 Jun 2013 at 06:20

Nice one

apeksdiver · 7 Jun 2013 at 06:41

Yay the good guy wins for once, all turned out well and you saved yourself a load of cash.

Tom0 · 7 Jun 2013 at 07:20

Nice

mattyprice4004 · 7 Jun 2013 at 07:25

Good start, but it's not over until you get the cash!

Azza · 7 Jun 2013 at 07:26

Well done! How's it going with that 'interior decorator' or has that been sorted?

Dr House · 7 Jun 2013 at 09:09

Azza said:
Well done! How's it going with that 'interior decorator' or has that been sorted?

slow but going. Looks like that may be over soon. I will post an update on that in about 9 months.

Cavallino · 7 Jun 2013 at 09:12

Well done

This story shows sometimes its worth fighting for your rights and justice does prevail.

Nightglow · 7 Jun 2013 at 09:21

Been following this thread with interest, good you won, but I wonder how long before you get your cash or if you'll get your cash.

sbi5ar · 7 Jun 2013 at 09:27

Dr House said:
I decided not to post his name as I do not want to give him a excuse to take me to court.

fell details here
http://www.electriciansforums.co.uk...ectrician-walked-off-job-half-way-update.html

The court has ruled in your favour and shown that he is in the wrong... I'm not sure he could take you to court if what you write is factual... (basically everything you've written here - and it is factual as the court has ruled in your favour... prior to that it could have been 'hear-say' and open to interpretation i.e. you told half a story)...

Name and shame...

Maybe get on to rogue traders and inform them of him... If this is a common thing with him and they get enough complaints then they might pay him a visit. Others might not have what it takes to see it put through the courts.

MeatLoaf · 7 Jun 2013 at 09:40

Nice one, sadly tho even tho you have a judgement theres nosaying he will pay up.

If not, consider calling in the sheriffs, they were awesome on that BBC show

Dr House · 7 Jun 2013 at 10:06

sbi5ar said:
The court has ruled in your favour and shown that he is in the wrong... I'm not sure he could take you to court if what you write is factual... (basically everything you've written here - and it is factual as the court has ruled in your favour... prior to that it could have been 'hear-say' and open to interpretation i.e. you told half a story)...

Name and shame...

yah I know. I just did not want to start more problems.

He is registered with
http://www.eca.co.uk/find-an-eca-member/advanced-search/

To be fair I do not think he is an out and out scammer. I think he probably got a job closer to home paying well which would have saved him hotel costs and saw it as an easy £3k for under a weeks work.

I have sent him a letter asking him to pay me within 7 days. If he does not I will get the bailiffs on him.