I have a similar situation I am trying to resolve. I (mistakenly) used moneyclaimonline to issue a proceeding against my LL and although I now know this was wrong, bad, bad, bad - he did however admit the claim and he did pay the deposit into the DPS, having held it illegally for some ten months. However, I now find myself (potentially) 6k out of pocket, that being 3x my deposit, because I did not fill in a form N208 - damn those technicalities! I wonder, if it might count in my favour that the landlord has nevertheless admitted my claim, which was made under civil procedure rules. My understanding thus far is that the admission he has made is a civil one (a judgement by admission), however surely the county court has in effect "issued a judgement", has it not? Which means that "ALSO" in 214(4) may apply to my case? Am I on a one way trip to disappointment city here?