Money Claim Online procedural question

[PJK]

A quick question for anyone with experience of MCOL or County Court
procedures.

I recently obtained a judgement against a small trader using MCOL, for a
few hundred pounds.
I applied to the court local to him for a third party debt order. Now
when I view the claim history on MCOL it says that the case was
transferred on 13/8/15 which I would expect.

It also says "a bar was put in place for Mr (defendant) on 13/8/15". I
wasn't sure of the meaning of this and rang the local court for advice.
They said that they don't know and can't explain why the record shows
that but that it won't interfere with my enforcement and that the case
is currently marked for "urgent listing"

I had understood that TPDO's were dealt with wherever possible on day of
receipt, with the issue of an interim order, and am concerned that the
delay may render recovery less likely.

I am also concerned what the bar means - I speculate that it is to
prevent settlement via MCOL before the order is served, but that is only
a guess.

Anybody here who can comment or enlighten me?

Peter.

[rasta....@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 11:26:10 AM UTC+1, PJK wrote:
>
> Anybody here who can comment or enlighten me?
>
> Peter.

The court will draw up an order in Form N39 (Order to attend for questioning), using the information you have given in your application. The order will:

* give a time, date and place for the debtor to attend to be questioned;

* give an explanation that the debtor must attend and must answer, on oath, the
questions asked by the court officer;

* tell the judgment debtor to ask you to provide sufficient money to cover any travel expenses to and from the court if it is needed, and that this request must be made to you within seven days of receipt of the order to attend; and

* tell the debtor, who wishes to pay the amount due, that payment should be made
direct to you