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Our Reference:FOI/82998
/ June 2013

Freedom of Information Request

You asked for the following information from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ):

How many civil claims have been brought as Claimant by a Company named PREMIER PARK LIMITED (England and Wales Co. No. 06434377) of Queensgate House, Queen Street, Exeter, Devon EX4 3SR

• In the past 24 months

• Of the claims brought by the Company, how many went to a Hearing before a District Judge

• How many resulted in a Default Judgement

• How many remain outstanding

How many civil claims have been brought by a Company called DEBT RECOVERY PLUS LIMITED (England and Wales Co. No. 06774150) of 78 York Street, London W1H 1DP (may also use an alternative address in DUKINFIELD SK14)

• In the past 24 months

• Of the claims brought by the Company, how many were decided by a District judge at a hearing

• Of those decided by a Hearing, how many claims were successful and how many were disallowed

• How many claims resulted in a judgement by default against the Defendant

• How many claims have had no result recorded or are still pending

Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

I can confirm that the department holds information that you have asked for, and I am pleased to provide this to you.

We have been able to run a number of queries against our central database for the period 1 April 2011 to 31March 2013and the data requested is in the table below.Please note that, at times, companies may use different names, or their names may be mis-spelled resulting in them not being identified in the data below.

Claims brought as Claimant by Premier Park Limited of Queensgate House and Debt Recovery Plus Limited between 1 April 2011 and 31 March 2013.
Name / Claims Brought as Claimant / Number to go to a Hearing / Number Resulting in a Default Judgement / Number remaining Outstanding
Premier Park Limited / 25 (inc. 4 cases settled without a judgement being entered) / 3 / 10 / 8
Debt Recovery Plus Limited / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
25 / 3 / 10 / 8

Notes:

  1. The above data is the most recent available.
  2. Data are taken from a live case management system and can change over time.
  3. Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.
  4. The data provided has been extracted specifically to answer this question and has not been cross referenced with case files.
  5. Claimant are entered freetext onto the case management system and so are subject to variations in spelling and mis-spelling and so it is not possible to guarantee that all cases involving the two companies have been included in the totals above.

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