Sorry, I'm not familiar with terminology. Direction questionnaire is what I've seen online as next step. Witness statement: I haven't gone that far, that's why I put the question marks.

Witness statement???

No, reading the guidance online it says to wait for a letter from the court. Should I wait or submit the directions? BTW, I assume that the directions are a longer version of the particular of claim accompanied by evidence, correct?

They have defended the claim by saying that the job was of unsatisfactory standard and they had to call another carpenter to remedy. My husband has text messages about them losing the keys a second time and also an email. What do they hope to achieve??? Most importantly, as far as I have seen online, now I need to wait for paperwork from the court, correct?

Thanks,but last time I used the faster method, i ended up wasting a lot of time on the phone.

You might be mistaken, unless things have changed in the past few months as I've used your link before and things were slower See my ET thread and in particular this post: https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/topic/456241-employment-tribunal-hearing-coming-up/?do=findComment&comment=5213874

I'm using this one: MCOL - MoneyClaim Online - Welcome WWW.MONEYCLAIM.GOV.UK Where's the new one?

Mcol, definitely

Thanks. I wait. They would be stupid to defend. The owner even sent a message to my husband thanking him for the good job at a good price.

On 19th February 2024 the Claimant agreed to replace the locks on the front door of the premises occupied by the Defendant for the sum of £87. This job was completed to the Defendant's satisfaction. The Claimant invoiced the Defendant on the same day but to date payment has not been received despite numerous requests from the Claimant. The Defendant has stated that they do not intend to pay. The Claimant requested payment of £87.

Yes, he did. He gave them 14 days to pay and today is day 15. They're adamant that because he couldn't attend the second time, he's at fault for the other carpenter charging a lot of money. Go figure that out. My husband charged a fair price so he's supposedly obliged to attend any time they need a carpenter to save them money. Madness. I bet they haven't paid the other carpenter either.

Hi everyone. My husband works as a carpenter as second job and changed the locks for a business but didn't get paid. It's only £87 and he sent many emails to them to no avail. They're refusing to pay because a few days later another employee lost the keys again and my husband couldn't attend, so they called another carpenter and got charged £350. How's that my husband fault is a mystery. I am filling the mcol for him but when I did mine with your help (thank you again), I remember submitting evidence and timeline. This time the mcol is only asking for a brief description of the claim. Do I remember incorrectly? When do you submit the evidence? After they defend the claim? (If they defend it) Thanks.

No stickers anywhere, but all stuff was there when we were TUPEd over, so they either bought it from the previous company or they took over the contract with leasing companies. I don't know how things work, but I doubt the bailiffs would remove fire extinguishers. Got to investigate a bit and see if I can get any info.

@Nicky Boy I could re-submit the warrant at the location I work, but I'm starting to think that it is very likely they lease everything, including pens and notebooks to avoid any payout. I'm not sure how to find out.

Hi everyone, update: I received a letter from the bailiffs saying that they visited the registered head office for the second and last time and confirmed that the company is not there. So they have a false address on hmrc? And how come they received the employment tribunal letters there? Talking about shady companies...