my summary cause

[nearlyoldwoman]

handed in my summary cause yesterday (tue) and paid for it, received it back from the court today stamped and signed but am having trouble getting it served reason is there are no sheriff officers in shetland so have to get a solicitor to do it, traipsed around all the solicitors today and nobody can do it (reasons vary from too busy to we dont do that here) i think in other words small island community too scared to get involved am trying sheriff officers in aberdeen and inverness to see if they can do it and how much it'll be. needs to be served before next fri. if anyone has any other ideas let me know pronto. i really didn;t think it'd be problem, but my partner thought this would happen, is like that here sometimes.

[o0oliambeeo0o]

Hi Marciag, im not sure how it works with the summons being served, im about to do it start of next week, do you know if YOU have got to give it to sheriff officers or can anyone hand it into them, I went into their offices the other day to ask the price and they said it was £30.25 (dont know if yours would be different dependant on distance etc) to serve.

If anyone could submit it for you I would be more than happy to give it into the office im giving mine into. The office im going into is George Walker and Co, 24 St James St, Paisley, PA3 2JS, TEL: 0141 887 2478. Webpage is George Walker & Co. - Messenger-at-arms and Sheriff Officers.

If It can be done this way, and you are happy with it you could post it to me and I would gladly hand it in for you, again im not sure so get confirmed if It can be done this way and how much it would cost in your case and just let me know.

[nearlyoldwoman]

phew, i emailed heaps of places in aberdeen last night and luckily scott and co (messengers in arms etc) have replied first thing this morning and said they'll do it. i have to post it down to them in aberdeen and send a cheque for just under £16.00 (not bad). before i received this email i spoke to the sheriff clerk about difficulty in getting a solicitor etc, i mentioned that maybe i should have gone for 2 small claims instead (people seem to break down their claims in blocks of £750) but he said that cant be done? i'm sure i've seen other posts about it. so it looks like its back on track, just worried about the costs if we do lose the case (i know nobody has lost agains the bank yet) but dont know of any other summary cause cases? small claims if you lose you only pay cost of up to £75 but with summary cause you pay all their costs back! so i'm just feeling a bit nervous today.

[alexcraw]

I also spoke to my local Sheriff Court Clerk yesterday and she said that she doubted very much that this could be done aswell (multiple small claims on one account). However, Mike Dailly on the Govan Law centre site said that there is no reason why not. The clerk I spoke to was not 100% sure, but she was very confident that you cannot do it that way.