Circuit Court Civil Bill - Advice

TheCraftsDirect

Hi All,

I'm looking for some advice as I recieved a Circuit Court Civil Bill in the post today. Last year i ran a business as a sole trader and had under 7500 worth of printing done overseas in an eastern european country. It was around October/November last year when I was due to pay it and was unable as pretty much everyone (or quite a few) advertisers within the magazine either went out of business or were unable to pay.

In November they advised me they had credit insurance taken on me and were passing it on to their credit insurers. About a week before this, they had mistakenly sent me a statement saying I only owed €400, which i still have somewhere.

Since then, i havent been contacted by anyone. No solicitors, nothing. Then today, I recieve a Circuit Court Civil Bill to my home address here in Ireland.

I went out of business in February of this year, due to nobody paying me for work done, a vicious circle unfortunately. I was forced to move out of the offices where we were and where the magazines were delivered to. I know the owner of the offices and he still allowed me to collect any mail that arrived after leaving, which I have done since. The whole time i recieved nothing from printer or their legal team.

I did send an email at the start of December to the printers saying I was committed to paying the debt, so they have that as evidence. At the moment, I am massivly in debt and have no way of paying this.

Can anybody advise me on the next step?

Should i contact the plaintiffs solicitors?
I have 10days to lodge with the circuit court, should i do this?


Thanks in Advance!

Steve

Tom Young

Sorry. No legal advice. Respect the deadline issued to you, hire a solicitor.