"Rubber cheques" for a service provided. Can I go to the small claims court?

[DenisP]

I have recieved some "rubber cheques" for a service I provided. Can I go to the small claims court to get my money or does it have to go through the commercial court

 

[dahamsta]

Very first sentence of the very first search result for "small claims court".



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[ajapale]

Excluded from the small claims procedure are claims arising from:

(a) a hire-purchase agreement
(b) a breach of a leasing agreement
(c) debts






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[Brendan Burgess]

The minimum for the Commercial Court is €1m so you can't use that either.

I am not a solicitor, but as I understand it, there is no defence to a bounced cheque, so you don't have to prove that the debt is due. In other words, by writing the cheque, they are acknowledging the debt.

If it is a company, you could threaten to wind them up. This is expensive, but the threat is often enough to get a smaller amount paid.

Ask a solicitor.

 

[mickeyg]

Bounced Cheque

Brendan, if the cheque was given with everything intact but sans the date would the receiver filling in the date in any way invalidate it??