Personal Car LeasingAt Compass Vehicle Services we welcome customers who have a County Court Judgement (CCJ), but before we explore CCJ car leasing, let’s take a look at what a County Court Judgement (CCJ) is.
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If you owe money to a company or person they can take out a County Court Judgement against you.
The court will decide if there is a debt that needs to be paid and it is at this point that the court will set out how the debt will be paid.
You will first receive a CCJ Claim Form, within this form there will be an explanation of the amount you owe and who you owe it to.
Along with this form you will also receive an admission form, the admission form is there for you to defend the claim if you do not intend to pay it.
The defending claim needs to be sent back within 14 days. It is vital that you do not ignore this in the hope it will go away or that you will receive another letter, you will not and it will be issued anyway in a default judgement.
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It is important to understand that if you do not make payment then the person you owe the money to can go back to court to enforce the judgement, not only will this incur more costs but this could even extend to bailiffs visiting you.
There is a CCJ register – The Register of Judgements, Orders and Fines and the CCJ will stay on there for 6 years.
If you are applying for any kind of finance, that finance company will do a credit check on you and your CCJ will show up. So even if you feel that you should not have been taken to court but you neglected to act in the early stages you will still have the CCJ registered against you.
Having any kind of bad credit does make it much more difficult to get finance through mainstream companies.
6 years is a long time and even if you were having financial difficulty then, does not mean you are having financial problems now. It is for this exact reason that CVS Ltd do not look at credit scores and credit checks as their first port of call.
We look at affordability and traceability – see how it works.
We are not legal professionals, if you have any concerns regarding CCJ’s you should seek advice from a professional.