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    • Thank you for this and the attached documents. It all looks fine. The worry about their confidentiality statement. This is normal practice and they probably don't even understand what it really means. They can't impose a legal duty of confidence upon you in this way and there is no reason in equity why you should be bound by a moral duty of confidence – for instance, you didn't eavesdrop this information only didn't find an obviously confidential document belonging to someone else on the street. I'm a little bit concerned about their claim that they have a contractual term with Packlink she expressly excludes third-party rights. I understand from the Cagger above that this has occurred elsewhere but I haven't seen it and certainly I'm not aware that has been relied upon in court yet. We shall certainly start advising people who come here to sue in negligence as well as contract by way of alternative
    • Ok many thanks and we need to meet the 16th May deadline ? I send this to the claimant and which court (as we haven't heard from the court yet) ? I will look at this tonight as I am really restricted at work. Could I post up a draft for you to look at ? Really appreciate any help as feeling very anxious.    
    • I would just say, ask your most challenging friend to review the emails. Are they really inferring or is your perception clouded because of your mental state? For example; asking a question is not an inference. I say this so you don't waste the court's time with minor hurts or imagined slights;  they want the significant elements. Otherwise their perception of you may be negative from the offset. 
    • Thank you. Was the value which was declared to the courier the same value as that which you are claiming? The letter of claim is a bit wordy but it does the job. However I would delete any references to mediation or any invitation to them to make proposals for some kind of settled solution. We would normally be advising people to refuse mediation that I believe that there is a new system which is just coming in where mediation becomes compulsory. With the old system, you could choose whether or not have mediation and you would have to agree to keep matters confidential and also agree that you are prepared to compromise. If these are the requirements of the new mediation system then I would suggest that you say that you are not prepared to compromise and that you are not prepared to sign up to a confidentiality agreement. In terms of compromising – the money is yours and there is no reason why should give up a penny. On this action you will be attempting to enforce your third party rights as you do not have a direct contract with EVRi. You should also sue them in negligence as an alternative on the basis that they are due a duty of care and that they failed in their duty and that the loss of the parcel was a reasonably foreseeable consequence which has caused you financial loss. As I think I said earlier, they won't respond to this or at least they won't agree to pay you are any reimbursement. This means that you will deftly have to issue the claim on day 15 which is in another five days. Have you registered with the MoneyClaim online County Court website? You need to do that the start drafting your claim. I suggest that you post your particulars of claim here before you click them off so that we can see and let you know if we think there should be any changes. Finally, you say that you are taking advice from a government website. You should realise that we are volunteers here. We don't get paid but the people who run the government website to get paid. We are very happy to help you. We help everybody completely free of charge but if you are taking advice from some other source then you should stick with them rather than ride two horses at the same time. It will only cause difficulties and conflicting advice and confusion.  
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    • We have finally managed to obtain the transcript of this case.

      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

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Are domain names company assets? Tribunal award not paid, now bailiffs going in


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In 2005, whilst pregnant, I had an employment issue with my former employer - they stopped paying my wages & didn't pay me any of my Maternity Pay. I took the company to an Employment Tribunal and I won. They were ordered to pay me £8500 in unlawfully deducted wages, Maternity Pay & compensation. It is now 2008 and I still haven't received the money from them as they say they can not afford to pay.

 

I am now going through the county courts to get a CCJ against the company which means I can send in the bailiffs to recoup the debt.

 

However, the company is a web design company and leases most of the computer equipment. This means there will not be much for the bailiffs to take. But one thing they do own are domain names. They own numerous town names for the area in which we live and are currently running them as town portals and charging for advertising on them. I know they make an income from this.

 

So my question is...

 

can these domain names be considered company assets?

 

And if so can they be taken away from the company as part payment for the debt owed to me?

 

As I am a web designer I know I can use these names to generate an income, and would be more than happy to continue running them.

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I don't think you need a CCJ to send the bailiffs in to enforce a Tribunal Award, I think you can send the bailiffs in on the basis of the award itself.

 

The right to use a domain name is of value, and therefore an asset, but I don't think you can get the bailiff to seize one - and in fact it may not even be a transferable asset.

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Inclined to agree, on paper the value of a domain is nothing - it isn't tangible, the value would only exist if there were someone else willing to take it on (and create a'market' for it). It's rather the same in the MD has a personal plate on his car, say 'MD 1' - the plate itself is worth nothing, only the transfer to a recipient that it willing to pay for it.

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I doubt a bailiff could seize a domain name. Nominet and ICANN would need a court order to effect a transfer. The domains are a business asset, but they're not really worth anything until they're sold. Have you considered sending the company into liquidation?

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In this instance the domain name is worth something as it appears the OP is willing to take it on in return for a reduction of the debt owed. The OP is therefore the market for what is essentially an asset.

 

However, I'd guess it would be a bit of hassle getting the domain released to the OP in these circumstances.

 

Does this company rent or own their premises?

 

Also, the debt hasn't been challenged and obviously exists so you may wish to consider serving a Statutory Demand although these should be followed through and will cost quite a bit of money in doing so.

 

Finally, it takes some simple paper work to complete in order to enforce a tribunal award through the county court and I would personally do this in order to gain an 'Order To Obtain Information' against a director of the company so you can evaluate the financial situation and what action to take.

 

Good luck.

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