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The Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space) gives someone in problem debt the right to legal protections from their creditors.
This guidance is to help you understand the scheme and your responsibility to the court under the regulations.
If you owe a debt that you think is eligible for a breathing space, you should get advice from a debt adviser.
If you have any questions about a specific breathing space, contact the debt adviser whose details are in the notification you received. Do not contact the court.
Your responsibilities
Stop all action and apply the protections
If you’re told that a debt owed to you is in a breathing space, you must stop all action related to that debt and apply the protections. You must keep these protections in place until the breathing space ends.
Numerous county court judgments (CCJs) have been made against Slater and Gordon, RollOnFriday can reveal.
Since 2015, the firm has been subject to at least six CCJs.
The most recent judgment, for £1,100, was handed down on 22 September last year and is shown on the register as still unsatisfied five months later. A spokesperson for Slater and Gordon said the record hasn t been updated and was incorrect , and insisted that we don’t have any outstanding CCJs .
Staff at both the Registry Trust, which operates the public register of CCJs, and at the County Court Money Claims Centre which dealt with the claim, were unable to confirm Slater and Gordon s assertion. However, they agreed it was possible that the debt had been settled and was not yet showing up on court records.