Hi All Bit of a long one but I will keep it as brief as possible. I recently started employment within the financial services industry. Their policy is to check new employees for CCJs. Turns out that I had one dated Feb 2008 from HMRC (tax debt) to the value of £5648. Because of this, my offer of employment was withdrawn three days after my official start date - 19th August. I contacted HMRC regarding this CCJ as I had no knowledge of it. While speaking to someone, he instantly told me this CCJ is incorrect due to a mistake on their part and in 2012 they deleted the debt and amended my tax records. He then said, that this CCJ should have been removed from my name as it was issued in error. He forwarded me to their debt management department, and they said they had no record of the 'debt' being deleted at the time but see new amendments on my tax history as of today. When asked about removing the CCJ their response was "I don't know". The first person I spoke to at HMRC is going to send me a statement detailing my tax records and that I have NO DEBT with HMRC and also a separate letter explaining the situation of what happened in regard to the CCJ. I had contacted Experian as well as Trust Online regarding this matter. After research I appears that I had to contact the courts that issued the CCJ with a N244 form and pay £80.00 to have this removed. Then after sending HMRC a letter of complaint, they replied after a long time, saying their records were incomplete but in November 2011 they updated their records (after contact with myself) and removed the debt. At that time they did not mention the CCJ. As I have said I had no idea about the CCJ. Why should I check my credit file when I know I have no debts? I have a CCJ set aside hearing on the 21st of this month. Surely if HMRC removed the debt in 2011 due to records being incomplete then should they have done something about the mysterious CCJ? Or even told me? They issued it to wrong address yet used the excuse "I was not in", yet people are easy to trace, PAYE records is a good place to start. Also I had claimed JSA and working tax credits before, during and after the whole CCJ process, so they knew EXACTLY where I lived at the time. Also, I have lost my job over this. I do not appreciate losing a 40k a year job (including benefits) through someone else's inability to keep records correct. Especially considering I have HMRC correspondence dating to the time with my correct address on it for unrelated matters. Since my name has been brought into disrepute, does this not form libel? If so, I want the salary that I have lost plus extra. I dont suffer fools lightly, especially when their mistake cost me. What do you all think?