The system works

I have just received advice from my UK counterpart that the County Court has sent them a cheque in settlement of my claim issued through the Small Claims Court on 13 November 2008.

We had to go through the entire process with Larkins dragging the process out to the bitter end. After Judgement was entered against the Defendant (given in my favour) on 3 December, I had to "enforce" judgement through the issuance of a "Warrant of Execution". In effect this means I paid for a court-appointed bailiff to go to The Real World Rental Company's premises in Fulham and ask for payment.

This he did on 19 January 2009. Larkins declined to pay him, but the bailiff "levied on the goods" belonging to the debtor. Having read of a similar exercise by another of Larkins's victims, I was very sceptical that I would receive any monies.

In the interim I assume that the bailiff has revisited Larkins, and has been furnished with the funds to settle the claim, including my costs.

Others, who may wish to follow the same procedure should go to this website. The cost involved has been GBP115, which has been covered in the claim.

I am willing to provide detailed information to others who wish to follow this procedure. If I had been unsuccessful in this pursuit I was exploring the option of filing a "creditor's petition" for bankruptcy - making Larkins bankrupt. Again, I can provide you information on this process.