Small Claims Court

I have initiated an action in the small claims court. It was in regard to a holiday.

It does cost something so best to be confident of your claim. The form was easy to fill in to get started.

The holiday company, The Adventure Company, did contest it and tried to flummox me with a weighty document using legal terms like “in torque” and other stuff. And threats of costs.

I continued and they folded at the last minute and then aid the full claim plus both our costs.

So I never got to the final bit.

Take plenty of photographic evidence. Get someone you trust but who is critical to read your claim and perhaps make suggestions for improvement. If you get someone in ask them to detail the work that needs to be done, not just an estimate.

Personally I felt it was worth it. Not just financially. The Adventure Company were dishonest and treated me with contempt.

I don’t know if they are still in business.

Thank you, Lathyrus3. That's made me feel more hopeful.

We took a double glazing company to small claims court. They never turned up to the hearing. We won, but never got our money.

"The plug in the sink has jammed - can't move it at all, so we're left with a sinkful of water and an unusable sink. "

I solved that one for a friend just last week.

The water pressure is holding the plug tight. Empty the sink completely and wipe dry. Now use a knife , slide down the side of the plug and pry up. HTH

butterandjam

"The plug in the sink has jammed - can't move it at all, so we're left with a sinkful of water and an unusable sink. "

I solved that one for a friend just last week.

The water pressure is holding the plug tight. Empty the sink completely and wipe dry. Now use a knife , slide down the side of the plug and pry up. HTH

Not necessarily water pressure. It’s f it’s one of those plugs that pivots on itself to close and open it can be jammed by a tiny particle wedged between the plug and the rim.

I did this to mine by using an exfoliating face wash with tiny particles of apricot stone as the exfoliant. Quite unmovable, non-dissolving 😱

My guess is he’s used the sink to wash after grouting.

We took a letting agent (we had appointed them to collect rent on our behalf and they omitted to pay us one month - we fired them) to the small claims court, the process was straightforward, all done online, and they caved before the final date and paid us.

Thanks for the tips re the plug removal. We tried the knife down the side but the fit was too tight to get the knife down.

Somehow my husband managed to turn it a little with a piece of brown packing tape and from there, I could turn it myself until the top bit of plug came off, then I unpicked the rest of the mechanism out. ~We still have an unusable sink because we daren't put the plug back in in case it jams again. We still can't make out how or why it jammed up in the first place.

Send a letter to your fitter (Signed For) and say since he has not sorted your problems out and does not reply to you, you have no option but to go to the Small Claims Court.

Print off the form online and include that so he knows you mean business. Tell him if he does not respond by xxxxx then you will start proceedings.

This has worked for us a few times.👍

Thank you all for your suggestions.