Leicester Money Advice have an office based at The Leicester
County Court, Wellington Street Leicester.
This office is open weekdays from 10am until 1pm and 2pm until
4pm. It is for urgent court matters only. Clients are seen on a first come first served basis.
This
office is situated on the first floor of the County Court inbetween Courtrooms number 7 and number 8.
This
office has a trained Specialist Court Worker who can advise you on your debt related court matter and offer representation
in court if applicable.
The Court Statistics April 2009 to April 2010:
Number of People Seen at Court
530
Drop in Clients
336
Represented
290
Total Debt Involved
£6,687,117.00
An example of a case the Community Law Service Court Worker
may deal with:
Mr A was due before court for a possession of a mortgaged property. Owing to a road accident to which
the client was involved in, his case was heard in his absence and he was evicted from the property.He
attended the County Court Money Advice Office and an application was made to suspend the warrant of eviction.Mr A did not present his application prior to the bailiff attending the property and he was subsequently evicted.Once a client is evicted from the property, the court is unable to assist the client further.The
advisor responsible for the case made an application to appeal the eviction and the matter was heard before a circuit judge.
In light of the limited assistance the court could give the client the case was adjourned to allow Leicester Money Advice
an opportunity to put forward a skeleton argument on why in this instance the decision to evict was incorrect.The client was forced to move in with his parents during the adjourned period. A skeleton argument was prepared for
the Circuit Judge and 14 days letter the application was accepted and the eviction removed.The client
was allowed to regain access to his property and has now discharged all his outstanding mortgage arrears.
