What can we do about a court judgment that arrived while our office was closed?
Q We have just opened the post after two months away from the office to find a court judgment against us. It was filed by a supplier who is claiming that we owe them money. A: Lots of businesses have only checked their post intermittently over the past 15 months and legal claims may still be served by posting to a trading premises, rather than more Covid-era friendly alternatives such as email. Sponsored  If you do not respond in a timely manner the person who made the claim has the right to apply to the court for judgment to be given against you. It is a relatively simple process, as the prime minister found to his cost recently. For money claims it